What do you do when you need to wash your teenage daughter's t-shirt and it is the whitest white and the deepest red?!! Wash with the colored clothes...yipes--of course not! Wash with the whites...no way! But if we wash it with the lights (the remaining option), the stains won't come out!
The answer is to use my best ever laundry tip (actually it's not my idea). In my whole life, there is only one laundry tip that I consider the very very best--automatic dish detergent for stain removal!
Years ago, when Rebekah was only a baby, I was in desperate need for a magic cure. You see, Rebekah was a drooler. In case you didn't know, drool turns brownish gray on everything--especially on the gorgeous baby dresses that my friend Sarah Forman loaned me.
Years ago, when Rebekah was only a baby, I was in desperate need for a magic cure. You see, Rebekah was a drooler. In case you didn't know, drool turns brownish gray on everything--especially on the gorgeous baby dresses that my friend Sarah Forman loaned me.
One day I was perusing the homemaking books at Half-Priced books when I picked up a cute book by Erma Bombeck. Hand-written on the inside cover was a laundry tip--1/2 cup automatic dish detergent, 1/2 cup bleach in a few inches of sink water for baby drool stains. Wow---manna from heaven! The Lord had answered my prayers! I left out the bleach because all of these beautiful dresses were colored, but the automatic dish detergent worked perfectly. And it still works great today!
When you get out those baby clothes from two years ago and find yellow stains on them, or urine on diapers, sweat, many food stains, stinky tennis shoes or just dingy socks or underwear that the boys have worn a few times too many...this tip is the answer for you!! And if those items are colored...this is the only solution! Any protein stain can be improved or removed by this cleaner. Why? Because automatic dish detergent is filled with enzymes! It's designed to eat protein...and that's the kind of stain I'm trying to remove! Don't gross out by the brown water though--you just didn't know that item had so much dirt in it! Surprise!!
Steps for cleaning with automatic dish detergent---
Add 1/2 cup detergent with enough lukewarm water to cover the item. (Coldish if item bleeds.)
Swish detergent until it is dissolved and mixed with the water. (especially needful with dry detergent)
Add item--scrub and squeeze a little--especially the stained part.
Let soak for thirty minutes.
Rinse thoroughly with clear water.
Dry as usual.
Voila--clean clothes...no fading of colors...and one very happy teenager!
Happy Homemaking!
Donna
Happy Homemaking!
Donna
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