White vinegar has become a household favorite for laundry, especially as a refresher for towels, and Mrs Hinch’s fans swear by its cleaning sensation.
Victorian Plumbing’s cleaning specialist Brenna Ryan has won praise for a method of adding distilled white vinegar to towels during the wash for musty odors and stiff towels.
Brenna shared her support for the tactic: “We love this hack for Mrs. Hinch fans who add white vinegar to the washing machine when washing towels.”
He highlighted the effectiveness of the hack, explaining: “This is a quick and easy way to prevent a musty smell from entering your bathroom.”
To pull off the trick, the cleaner advised: “If you want to try the hack yourself, just add half a cup of white vinegar to the washing machine drum. This helps loosen the fibers of the towel and remove the dirt and bacteria left on them.”
One important tip that Brenna emphasizes is the importance of water temperature when using white vinegar on towels so that they come out of the wash perfectly soft and fluffy.
He advised: “One must step I recommend when doing this is to increase the heat of the wash, although clothes can often be washed on a colder wash, raising the temperature of the towels to 40-60 degrees can help ensure that the towels are washed. are completely clean, soft and free of the bacteria that cause this musty smell.”
Even if there is still a hint of the vinegar aroma after washing, the expert assured that it will disappear after the towels have dried.
White vinegar can be used to clean towels by soaking and hand washing. It is naturally antibacterial and acidic, which means it removes sweat, oils, other stains, and residues from shower gels and shampoos.
Fill a sink, bucket or bathtub with enough warm water to cover your towel and add one cup of white vinegar for every bucket of water used.
Soak your towels in the solution for 30 minutes, then rub them between your hands to remove any marks or stains and make sure the liquid has fully penetrated the fabric. After 30 minutes, rinse, squeeze, shake and hang to dry.
In addition to white vinegar, Brenna suggested that households could add bicarbonate of soda to the laundry to help freshen towels and remove odors.
Like vinegar, baking soda is used in several alternative cleaning methods. Add half a cup of baking soda to the wash and it will react with any fabric softener residue and dissolve it.
In addition, it removes certain odors caused by humidity. Using baking soda may be a better option than vinegar for those concerned about odors and contamination, as it is a more neutral agent that does not linger in any noticeable way.
