Just like a washing machine, you don’t want to overfill or crowd the fabric – in other words, don’t throw all your laundry in. Gather the laundry that needs to be stripped. If you have sheets, towels, cloth diapers, or any other laundry that you feel isn’t getting clean or might have some build-up trapped in the fibers, laundry stripping might be a good option. After seeing the results this is a process that I will use if I feel like our laundry needs a deep clean. This isn’t something that I regularly do because I don’t find that I have build up from laundry products or minerals, but I thought it would be fun to try it out and show you my results and method. You’ll see this method talked about regularly in cloth diapering groups and laundry forums. Stripping laundry is just removing any residue from some detergents and fabric softeners, or a build up of minerals from hard water that you aren’t able to remove from your laundry with traditional laundry washing methods. It’s a question I get asked about regularly so I thought I’d share a safe and effective method you can use if you want to strip your laundry too. Next week, I will talk about how tide, hot water, and bleach can solve 90% of your home’s cleaning problems.Stripping laundry has been floating around the internet forever and I’m sure in mom circles long before the internet. I stripped both mine and my husband's workout gear, as well as our clean white towels, and was shocked every time. Stir every hour for four-six hours, and the result is some of the most disgustingly satisfying brown water you will ever see. The process is this: soak clean laundry of like colors in a bathtub filled with hot water and the cleaning mixture. It involves four simple products: Borax, Tide Powder, Arm & Hammer Washing soda, and optional Calgon water softener. ![]() The purpose of laundry stripping is to remove detergent residue, fabric softener, minerals from hard water, and body oils that have collected on your laundry over time. ![]() Their before and after videos will leave you saying, “No way!” “I gotta try!" They also have fabulous sayings that just speak to my heart: Bleach Pray LoveGo Clean ArmyTime is the new currencyQuarancleanIf you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen my recent Instagram stories about “laundry stripping” - a gross yet satisfying trend to revive laundry. If the simplicity didn’t convenience you, check out their 30+ Instagram videos on how to clean anything from your Vitamix to your jetted tub. Nothing is overwhelming, it is simple and effective. I love how almost every product they recommend can be found at Costco, that less than 20 products are needed to clean your entire home, and they have a system - left to right, top to bottom…one room at a time. Go Clean Co is teaching those of us who rarely cleaned their own home, not only how to clean but how to clean correctly with only a few basic products. In three months, they have grown their Instagram following from 10,000 to over 450,000 people. ![]() ![]() I never thought cleaning was my “thing.” Don’t get me wrong, I like a clean house, but my busy schedule has never allowed me to get knee-deep in cleaning my own home.Well, thanks to quarantine, some extra time, and my newfound obsession with the Go Clean Co Instagram account all that has changed! Go Clean Co is a female-owned professional cleaning company based out of Canada.
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