Today you can hop around our blogs and gather all kinds of tips for your home. We are sharing our secrets for cleaning and organizing. I want to share what I have discovered about the power of the sun when it comes to laundry.
As a cloth diapering mom, I have discovered a magic way to remove poop stains, SUNNING! The sun's rays are a natural bleach. Hanging my diapers outside not only saved our electric bill but left my diapers looking bright white. I hang them out ideally in the morning and by mid afternoon they are dry, white and fresh smelling. If you have little ones out of diapers its still great for stains on other clothes as well.
SUN+LEMON JUICE
This year I learned more about the power of the sun when our washer broke. I had rust stains on several articles of clothing. I was able to use lemon juice and the sun to remove the rust stains.
- Find a flat place to lay the article in direct sunlight.
- soak the stain with lemon juice, (I used a bottle from the grocery store)
- let dry in the sun for at least an hour.
- lauder as normal
- repeat if necessary.
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6 comments:
Great tip! When I was a cloth-diapering momma myself, we lived in an apartment, and I can remember hanging prefolds out on the balcony. I'm pretty sure it looked terrible, but it worked! THanks for hopping along with us!
Thanks for the tip! I don't have anyone in diapers anymore but I keep thinking about wanting to hang laundry outside to dry. That's what we did growing up. Maybe I'll be intentional about implementing that this year.
SO the lemon juice gets rid of the stain and doesn't leave one? Awesome. I might have to try that. Do you think there is any type of fabric is wouldn't work on?
I don't have any cloth diapers around my house- but maybe this would work on yellowed t-shirts and gross gym socks :) Thanks for the tip!
Living in Florida, I have plenty of access to the sun. Thanks for these great tips on using its power for cleaner laundry!
Thanks for the great tip. I never knew you could do that!!
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