When you buy a garment you only think about how good it looks on you and how you can combine it with the rest of the clothes you have in your closet. So far so good! But the problems appear when the time comes to wash it. Each shirt, each pant, each dress or each sweater has an explanatory label with the instructions for washing it: type of water, temperature, products… And this is how you accumulate a lot of brands of detergents and fabric softeners on your terrace. Did you know that there is one that works for everything and does great miracles? Discover vinegar as a laundry detergent and fabric softener.

Tricks for washing clothes with vinegar

You are used to using vinegar in your salads, but after reading these tips you will start using it in your next laundry as well. And it is that this product does not resist anything: difficult stains, bad odors or adhesive fluff… (White) vinegar! Can with everything

Vinegar and detergent, a great combination

Do you have the feeling that your detergent does not wash as well as you thought? What seems as if it will not remove thestainsat all? You have used different brands (cheap and expensive), but you have not managed to obtain the expected results. The next time you prepare your laundry, before pressing the “start” button, pour a splash of vinegar into the detergent drawer and you will notice the difference.

Vinegar as softener

There are more and more people against the use of fabric softener in thelaundrydue to the amount of chemical products it contains. You are probably wondering if there is an alternative and we say yes: white vinegar. Once you try it, you won’t miss your old fabric softener.

Traces of sweat

Deodorant stains and sweat stains are some of the most difficult to remove.They are very unsightly and can ruin a new shirt, especially if it is white. Thanks to its properties, white vinegar will help you make them disappear.

Detergent residue

One of the most common and at the same time most hated things when takingclothesout of the washing machine are the remains of detergent that often get stuck in it. Avoid this next time by pouring half a cup of vinegar into the detergent pan. This one will dilute much better.

Clean washing machines

From time to time, the washing machine needs to be tuned up and cleaned. But do not worry because if you start using vinegar in your laundry as we have explained in the previous points, you will be helping your washing machine to clean it.

Difficult stains

For those difficult, vinegar can be your great solution. Put the garment in a basin with water, add a glass of vinegar and let it rest overnight. The next day, the stain will have disappeared.

Unpleasant odors

Tobacco ourselves. The smell of a cigarette quickly adheres to clothing and, despite washing it; it is very difficult to remove. For this mission, vinegar will be your great ally.

Delicate clothes

There are sweaters or shirts that it is better not to put in the washing machine because, otherwise, they may shrink or be damaged. How to wash this type of clothing? In a basin, by hand and adding six tablespoons of vinegar. Let it rest for about 30 minutes, rub well, and rinse it with plenty of water and… Ready to hang!

Lint and static electricity

But this is not all. Did you know that clothes washed with vinegar do not accumulate as much static electricity as those without it? And there’s more, white vinegar gets yours lint-ridden dirty clothes out of the washing machine without a trace of them. As you read, the powers of vinegar are many and very good