Giveaway Results: Newly Improved Clorox 2

This is a simple thing but it really helps me out! I set the buzzer on the dryer so I can grab the clothes out before they cool and wrinkle. I actually hate the sound of the buzzer but it saves me so much time and energy!

Use dish soap to treat oil based spots, stains. Works like a charm.

With two little boys after I get my kids in the bath I throw their clothes in the sink with a little bit of oxyclean and let them soak for about 30 minutes and it gets all of their stains out.

I make a paste with the clorox2 and leave it on those hard to get out stains for a few hours or overnight. Then wash as usual. Works great.

During warm months, hanging my clothes out to dry was not only relaxing, it was good for the earth and easier on my clothes than the dryer. When hanging clothes in the sun, make sure to hang them inside-out as to avoid sun fading on the “good” side.

Don’t let dirty laundry sit around, it will get moldy and those spot do not like to come out. Wash every fews days.

Soaking an oily stain in Joy dish soap takes it out no problem.

We don’t use a laundry basket. That forces me to stand for the extra few minutes at the dryer and fold everything. Then it is a cinch to put away. No more taking 30 minutes to slowly fold one load while watching a tv show!

I have started doing one load of laundry a day so I do not have the monumental laundry day. I don’t mind washing and drying the clothes, but folding and putting them away always seems to be an overwhelming chore. If I only have one load to fold, it is much more managable.

We use Woolite OxyDeep carpet cleaner to take stains out of clothes. It has worked well on red lipstick and red jello-o stains.

I guess my best tip is just like Sydney’s above – I always fold clothes as soon as they are dry which keeps them from getting wrinkled and also from piling up a mile high.

I try to treat stains ASASP so that they don’t get set in. My daughter is wearing lots of hand-me-downs that have already been worn by 3 other girls and go to a 5th after her, so I want to take care of them!

Retractable clothesline outside. I use it often during the warm/hot months. I’m amazed that so few people enjoy this tried but true, and frugal source of heat!
Thanks~Tooty

we also line dry when we can, especially our cloth diapers. We use tea tree oil to disinfect the diapers too. Works great!

Simple: one load of laundry per day. Doing just one load per day keeps laundry from piling up and becoming overwhelming.

THANKS for the opportunity to win!
Melissa

I use Dawn dish soap to treat salad dressing and other oil based stains. It works like a charm!

I wash most of our laundry in cold water now. I know that’s a bit controversial to some, but our family hasn’t noticed the difference. It saves energy, which is great for the environment and our electric bill.

I hang my clothes every now and then in stead of running the dryer.

Treating stains as soon as possible. We’ve saved lots of clothes that way! Also, using vinegar as a fabric softener. It’s cheap and environmentally friendly.

I have a small laundry room. I was able to put a pressure mounted shower curtain rod above my washer and dryer. I can then use it to hang up my clothes as I take them out of the dryer.

Baby wipes! They are great at pre-treating stains while you’re out and about. Thanks!

My husband has t-shirts that are mandatory for work… my daughter has t-shirts that are mandatory for school. Even the shirts would be fine in the dryer, I hang them up in the utility room. I dry the other clothes, shut the utlity room door & VIOLA! the shirts are dry AND hung up!

I keep a bottle of hand sanitizer right next to the washer, that way I can wash my hands right away after touching everyone’s dirty undergarments when I am putting them in the washer.

teach children that folding clothes and putting them away is not a chore, but a way to sit and work together on a project. Even toddlers can learn to fold washrags and help put their own clothes away!

Drop a tab of asprin in your whites to get em whiter!

I hung a small bulletin board near my washer/dryer. I keep a copy of the fabric care icons pinned to it. Easy to reference in case I don’t remember or recognize one of them while doing the weekly laundry.

I keep a stain fighter in the bathroom upstairs since the kids always strip there and i can start pretreating any stains.

I snag the clothes from the dryer before they wrinkle and hang them immediately on hangars. The other thing I do is I keep a bottle of clorox upstairs for those messes that can’t wait but need immediate attention.

If you haven’t tried one, those Tide pens are GENIUS! I carry one in my purse and have several hidden throughout the house. Even if they don’t take a stain out completely—which they usually do, it is kind of like pretreating and then it definately comes out!

Wash everything in cold, it’ll really save you money.

A load a day keeps stress away.

if you don’t have a lot of time to be able to soak those really tough stains- when you put the clorox2 on and it doesn’t seem to be doing it completely- add some dawn dish soap to the stain also & rub it in gently. it does great for me.

I carry one of those Tide pens, or even better, the Oxyclean pens (when I can find one) in my purse at all times. Not only do they get 80% of stains out immediately, but on the tough ones that don’t come out right away, they work as a great pre-treater!

I sprinkle a little bit of baby powder on oily stains to help “soak” the oil…then I scrub with the oily spot with Dawn to completely remove the spot. Works wonders on clothes (but not in the dishwasher, trust me, I learned the hard way!!).

Add one cup vinegar to every laundry load for a clean smell and softer fabrics!

After I do my sheets I fold them and put the set in one of the pillow cases to store in laundry closet. This way you have your whole sheet set together with no strays in the closet.

I use Borax. Put in a scoop and if you leave you laundry in too long it doesn’t smell. It’s a mold fighter so you won’t have to worry about the mildew smells anymore….

Extend the use of dryer sheets by cutting them in half.

My husband has a Tide to Go pen in his desk, I put kids clothes in the bathtub with a little water and Dawn dish soap and maybe vinegar to soak the NASTY spots, I wash my daughters cloth diapers every day along with my sons underwear/training pants to ensure no staining and no smell, and for tough stains I have hairspray and Spray in Wash near the washing machine.

Set up a laundry schedule with your kids so they know what day you are washing…whites, reds, darks, etc. Have them bring their laundry to the laundry room on the day.

My husband used to be a mechanic and his clothes would be really greasy. I used a can of coke in the washer and they would come out clean. (Don’t use the off brand of coke because it won’t work.) Plus I have a special bin in my laundry room for each type of clothes. I have one for whites, one for colored’s, one for jeans, etc. When the bin gets full I do a load of laundry. It usually works out to where I do 1 load per day but then I don’t have to sort the laundry.

I use an industrial strength cleaner/degreaser for a spot remover. It works really well and is very inexpensive since I dilute it with water. You can purchase most cleaner/degreasers at any auto parts store.

I make my own laundry soap. It costs about $3.00 to make a bucketful and it works really well.

I usually have a retractable clothes line outside during the summer months. Saves money on drying and I think they smell really nice. The only downfall to this is if you have family members with allergies, do not hang your laundry outside. The pollen sticks to the clothes and can amplify the allergy problem.

To get shower curtains or shower liners clean, throw in a few towels with them in the washer. This will scrub them clean.

I have to do one load a day to keep on track of having a small baby and young child. If I have an idle machine during the week, I have a weekend of laundry! Boo!

suave shampoo rubbed on a stain and allowed to sit gets a lot of food based stains out of clothes

I use a folding board so when the Tshirts come out of the dryer they get folded perfectly just like they appear in department stores.

Treat stains quickly-especially those washable paints! I also have my four year old daughter help by sorting the laundry-time together, more skills that she is learning and we get it done faster than if Mommy had to do it all herself.

when my boys were little I started a very ‘lazy mom’ tradition. Whenever we had speghetti for dinner at home I would say ’shirts off’. This helped me with the- ooops splashed a noodle on my shirt dilema. Now that my boys are men they say they will indeed have the same tradition someday with their sons….

Brighten Colors with Salt:
Hard water can cause clothes to become dull or dingy after several washings. To solve this problem, add a couple of pinches of ordinary table salt to the washer with the detergent. Let some water run in the washer to dissolve detergent and salt, then add clothes. Colored clothes will come out much brighter.

I use Clorox bleach on my whites on every other load. They stay bright white that way and your bleach goes a long way! I also try to get things out of the dryer immediately to prevent the wrinkles!

I always have pre treater on hand, my kids play outside every minute they can and pre treater works is a miracle!

I add my bleach in the beginning of the cycle and when the water fills up I stop the machine so that the clothes can soak in the water.

I place a bucket with stain remover and water in the laundry room, then I just toss those little kid messies in for a pretreating before the wash! Easy…and a lifesaver for those stained clothes!!

Here is my rules for laudry
Sort – Today
Wash – Tomorrow
Fold – Later
Iron – Yeah Right

When all else fails for stubborn stains on white clothes, take the article straight from the washer and lay it in bright sun. The bleaching power is incredible.

I buy laundry and kitchen soaps at Sams in bulk, and the new Dawn pump is great to save the empty and put ;aundry soap in the all I do in a couple of pumps and soap is in and no mess

I always spray stains on my 2 year old clothing the same day. Even if they sit a few days, it makes getting the spots out soooo much easier.

As soon as the clothes are done drying I grab them right away and fold or hang them up, so I don’t have to iron them later.

have your kids help fold and put away clean clothes!

I always take my clothes out of the dry right away and put them up. If for reason I do not get to it, I spray a little of Downy Wrinkle Releaser on them.

I save alot of time by hanging the clothes up as soon as they come out of the washer and let them air dry on a rack in the bathroom. I “iron” them a bit with my habd and they dry wrinkle free, I save the energy of the dryer and it lengthens the life of the garment. Of course, this is only done for shirts, jackets and pants; not underwear or towels/linens.

With 5 people in our household 3 of which are children laundry is a daily chore, so we make it easiere by letting everyone pitch in, we sort clothes together, I take the the tough stains and put oxyclean on them to soak meanwhile my 4 and 6yr olds load the machine and my 12yr old switches them over between washer and dryer I fold and we all put away! I also make sure I have clorox 2 on hand for those whites the kiddies stain that can’t be bleached!

To stay on top of Mt. Washmore, I divide the loads. I wash whites and sheets on Mondays, Darks on Tuesdays, Towels on Wednesday, light clothing on Thurday and darks and reds on Friday. Since I have to do laundry everyday with our 3 kids, this is the only system that has allowed me to stay ahead of the game. Also by doing laundry this way, I do not have to do laundry on the weekends.

I have discovered baby Oxy Clean. It’s gentle and does wonders to get rid of those nasty leaky diaper and baby food stains!

When washing towels, I usually put in dish sponges in with the towels. When using hot water the sponges are clean and disinfected, so no need to throw them away so often.

I have one day a week that I do all my laundry. Wash, fold and put away. It makes the rest of my week worry free about the laundry.

As soon as we get the laundry out of the dryer we lay it out so it does not take as long to iron and the kids look great.

I have found that Dawn does take olive oil out of our clothes. Even after washed and dried.

My tip is to keep a shoe box with socks that have lost their match and then whenever you have stray socks check the box. every few months toss any socks left in there

To help prevent stains on my daugthers shirt I give her an old shirt of mine to eat with. She loves being like Mommy and it saves me time in the laundry room!!

I like to wash my clothes in cold water to save on energy. If theres a tough stain I usually soak it in Oxyclean overnight before washing.

for baby socks and the like i put them in a lingere laundry bag before washing so i won’t lose them.

I use white distilled vinegar as a fabric softener. I realized you don’t really need fabric softener sheets either as it really gets the static out. Plus, it is super cheap and great for the environment.

I always wash all my clothes in cold water the colors are brighter and the whites are whiter then i hang them out on my clothes line its economical and the clothes smell fresh and that makes my whole house smell good

A great tip!
If you do your pedicures at home you can add a cap full of Clorox Bleach to your water. It brightens ( whitens ) up your toenails and prevents any bacteria. It also helps with odor and disinfects the foot bath as you rinse.
PLEASE, do not add any other products to your water. This is meant to be used as a final step of your pedicure only! Happy Pedicuring!

I keep a bottle of hydrogen peroxide right in my laundry room. Peroxide is PERFECT for any blood stains from your ‘handy helper’ DH or the busy boy cuts and scrapes from a child. Learned this trick while I was in nursing school. Its the best!

Spray hairspray on ink stains on clothes and rub in well. Then wash as directed!! Learned this trick from my mom who is a beautician.

While I am no laundry guru, I have learned not to let hubby sort the laundry.
I also hang dry anything I don’t want to shrink. And grab those clothes right out of the dryer and getting them hung up will reduce your ironing.
Happy Holidays

Instead of using fabric softener in the wash use 1/2 cup of white cider. To start just use 1 Cup the first load, then when you wash again use 1/2 Cup. I use it in both warm water and cold water. It does work. It not only makes the clothes soft it also helps make them whiter. I just put it in my fabric softener dispenser. It is cheaper than fabric softener.

I add Hydrogren Peroxide 3% to a l oad of laundry.
It’s the same ingredient that is used in the brand name OXY-Clean. It does seem to make our clothes cleaner AND it’s cost effective.

Keep a spray bottle with water near by when you are doing you ironing.

If you use baking soda you can remove unwanted stains.

I always add my detergent when the water if filling so that it won’t stain my clothes.

One thing that I have found is helpful that my best friend actually taught me was to turn your t-shirt inside out when you wash them. Both sides get clean, but it’s easier on the design on the t-shirt.

for very stubborn stains like blood, I spray windex with ammonia on the stain and toss it in the wash. No scrubbing required and you dodn’t have t do it immediately.

As mentioned earlier I too use vinegar in the wash/rinse cycle. Makes clothes cleaner and softer. Also if I can’t pretreat right away I will tie the aricle in a knot (loosely) so I don’t forget it on laundry day. Wish I’d know these things when I was raising my kids.

Use liquid dish soap to treat greasy stains.

Wash On Cold–Your clothes get just as clean.
This way you save electricity, natural gas (if your like me), and the environment.

Put a brighter light bulb in the laundry area. I was missing a lot of stains to prespot until I did this.

After the guys come back from fishing, I soak their blood filled shirts in peroxide.

With three kids I try to do laundry once a day. That way dirt doesn’t settle in and I am not overwhelmed with laundry once a week.

I always pretreat immediately. And I know it sounds crazy but I have some lye soap that my aunt made. It’s great for tough stains, I just wet the spot and rub with the soap.

Set up your laundry space by installing a cabinet or shelving where everything you could possibly need is all together – I don’t have much room, so most of my supplies sit on top of my front loading machine – but I know where everything is, and when I need to buy new – I know exactly what I have to get!

I try to soak a stain as soon it hits the clothing. If its a shirt I jump up, take it off and soak it in cold water…I have heard this helps. I think it does. (of course I only do this if I am home!)

I wash and fold the laundry. My HUSBAND puts it away. I hate doing that.

If you’re ever out of stain remover, use a gentle spray carpet cleaner like Resolve to fight those pesky stains. It works great!

I keep my spray stain fighter right next to the dirty clothes hamper. I tend to forget the stain is on the clothes when I throw a load in the washer. So when I take off a piece of clothing and go to throw in the hamper I see the spray and spray the stain right away. No more forgetting.

We make a game on laundry day so the little ones can learn to gather their clothes, sort and put in washer and dryer and fold. When all the laundre is put away, we go out for a special treat.

I keep a stain stick pretreater in all everyone’s hamper and all but my 2 year old know to check thier clothes for stains before they toss into the bin. They scribble the treater on any spots and everything comes out in the wash without any additional steps.

When you are folding laundry and you come across the sock with no mate (there’s ALWAYS one!) leave it in one specific place every time so whoever eventually finds the other one can pair it with its mate again.

tip: run your empty washing machine with clorox bleach after you’ve finished your laundry. It prevents mold from forming.

Treat stains right away with a stain stick and have a place for the stray socks to wait until their partner shows up.

I would have to say one of my best laundry tips is….teach those teenage boys how to do laundry! It makes them more responsible and if there is a laundry error they can’t say “mom did it!”

I have bought the smallest laundry baskets I could find. This way when they are full, it equals one load of laundry.

Put the lint from your dryer in toilet paper tubes to start your fireplace fire. Let’s use as much “trash” as we can. Plus, it’s FREE!!

Guess what? You can wash almost anything! Save money and keep harsh chemicals out of your clothes by setting the machine to “hand wash” or “delicate” and wash items made of linen and (Yes!) even silk in cold water. It’s better for your clothes, better for the environment (no driving to the dry cleaners), and better for your bank balance.

Use a little baking soda in with your detergent and your clothes will smell so fresh!!

Oxyclean in the laundry – works great for cleaning clothes.

Make sure stains are washed or pre-treated as soon as possible. That way, they are easier to get out.

Air dry your delicates – it makes them last much longer.

when i get a stain on a shirt or something I quickly use shout scrub and it scrubs it right off. then let it dry and throw it in the laundry when it time to wash all the clothes.

When I wash my clothes I put my shirts in the dryer for a couple of minutes to get the wrinkles out, then I hang the shirts in my bathroom on the shower curtain to finish drying.My bathroom is the warmest room in the house and the vent blows out right at the shower. This way I save on gas and electic and my clothes dry from the heater.

My tip: don’t overload the washer…sounds generic, but really seems pretty important. Not only do loads dry quicker, but they have more room to move and agitate in the washer, resulting in cleaner clothes!

I let my whites soak for 1/2 hour before finishing the load. I think this helps them come out brighter.

It’s kinda something I learned by accident but if you spill something on you from coffee to chili and don’t have a stain stick (I now carry one) or any other remover, try a baby wipe. It lightens the stain enough to get through the day unnoticed and keeps it from settling in for when you wash it. I even keep a box in the car and my son is almost 4!

WINE…white wine removes red wine stains!!!

I have a retractable clothesline in my basement . I can hang the clothes here and let the furnace dry them every time it turns on. I save money by letting the furnace do double duty drying and heating. Also as you take the clothes down you fold them and put them in the basket.I keep a basket for each child and they put away their own. Just don’t hang the clothes within 10 feet of the furnace for safety.

I try to do at least one load a day, so that I am not overwhelmed on the weekend. Also it is easier for me to just get them washed, dryed, folded and put away one load at a time. Keep baskets presorted and which ever is full, wash that evening. Pretreat with stain remover when you sort, if needed.

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Put Dawn dishing washing soap on grass stains and let them set for a while. Then put them in the washer run it for a while, then let it soak over night. Wash in the morning and they come right out.

I spray my daughters clothes with oxy clean when she has a mess on them and i can wait and wash them and it still comes out!

Keep a small bottle left over from dish soap. Fill it with liquid laundry soap, so that if you do have a stain you can treat it before it sets in. (Some of those stain treaters just don’t work) Another thing that works pretty good on getting a stain out is clairifying shampoo.

When my daughter’s tennis shoes are all scuffed up, I use a magic eraser from Mr. Clean to remove the scuffs. Works absolutely terrific!!!

Don’t leave dirty laundry sittin around and trat a stain when it happens.

I wash everything in cold water to save money and I make Mondays my laundry day…

spray your stained clothes as soon as you take them off before putting them in the hamper and forgetting about it.

We do our work (dress) clothes in one load, and our everyday clothes in one load. Towels and sheets only get done once a month, unless they need it sooner. We don’t seem to notice stretching it this long. And, finally the baby’s load all together or with the everyday clothes. It seems to minimize laundry time.

use baby oil to take out oil stains in clothes

i mean use baby powder to take out oil stains.. sorry child was talking …

Wash your clothes in cold water to save on energy. Do you know the size of your carbon footprint?

SHOUT!! WORKS GREAT ON EVERY STAIN AND CLOROX BLEACH LOVE IT !!

If I’m not going to fold a load of laundry immediately, I shake out just-dried clothes & linens and lay them flat on top of the dryer. That way I don’t have a wrinkled load of laundry waiting for me later.

I carry Tide to go with me eveywhere and treat the spot right on the spot!

This is a very good product and I would recomend it to everyone.

I like to focus on just whites one day, and next time darks. Like a light day..and a heavy day. Change it up !

If i have exceptionally dirty socks or other whites .I fill up the washer with my detergent and clorox and let them soak for up to half of an hour and then start the washer.

I immediately do my folding as soon as the clothes are dry so that they do not wrinkle.

I hung three color coded laundry bags on the side of one of my boys dressers. When they get dressed, they automatically sort their dirty clothes by putting the whites in the white bag, the darks in the dark bag and the med or light clothes in the other bag.

use white wine over red wine spill and blot it up.

If I have clothing that needs special attention prior to washing, I tie the arms or pant legs in a knot so the item will not be washed until I have inspected it.

Don’t overload the dryer.

I use half of a dryer sheet to make my dollar stretch. The clothes still smell nice and my box of dryer sheets last longer.

My husband came home from work after a bloody nose with blood all over the front of his uniform. I grabbed my club soda, laid the uniform flat on the dryer and poured the soda on the stains…every 10 minutes or so, I’d pour a little more on, and after about 30 minutes, there was no sign of blood at all! YAY!!!

I love the tip the “Flylady” gave me a while back: Never do a load of laundry if you can’t do it all the way through! I say “Amen!” to that…otherwise it can become all-consuming and never seems to end…And I also don’t know what I would do without Shout ColorCatcher sheets in each load in my washer!

The sooner I treat the stain the easier it comes out. I like to have a bottle of stain treater in my closet so that if something has a stain I can spray it when it comes off and before it goes in the hamper.

I find it easy if you start filling your washer with whites and when it is full, start the load- then move on to dark or delicates. Makes life easier for me.

I grew up seeing my mom use Clorox in her white loads. Thus, I use Clorox in our socks, underwear, T-shirts and bath towels. And at times I only soak them in Clorox if thet’re not that stained.

Minnie posted comment number 61 NOT Marie. I don’t know why this eorroe occured.

Yes, I grew up watching my mom use Clorox in her white loads. Thus, I use Clorox in my white loads as well especially in our socks, underwear, T-shirts and bath towels. At times I only soak them if they’re not too dirty or stained.

Again, I, Minnie Chatham posted comment number 61 NOT Marie. An error occured…why? I don’t know.

I use a capful of peroxide in the washer to help keep clothes brighter and breaks out stains. It works well with blood and tomato stains.

The best tip I can give to someone about doing laundry is separate, separate, separate. I separate our clothes into whites that can be bleached, whites that cannot be bleached, light colors, dark colors, and my husband’s work clothes. I can’t stress the importance of washing like-colored clothing together. This keeps you from having men’s pink underwear, Haha.

I always have an extra botle of dish soap for those stains it works great. Also for spaghette sauce use a little milk on it.

I use vinegar in the fabric softener ball. It’s environmentally friendly, and dissolves left over detergent residue that can be left on clothes. It’s especially helpful with towels, as the residue can buildup and decrease their absorbency.

With so many socks being lost I keep safety pins at the washer and before loading in washer I make sure I hve a match and pin them together. Then after they come out of the dryer, I take the pins out and I have my matched socks.

very simple pre-soak!

When my kids get a stain, put hairspray and then dishsoap. Wash it normally and it normally comes out completely. If not try the hairspray again. I use this all the time and it has always worked for me!

I personally make up a little paste of baking powder and bleach to treat stubborn stains. Works wonders on my husbands shirt collars.

IF YOU USE DRYER SHEETS . WASH THE LINT CATCHER ON A REG. BASES . IT WILL GET A FILM ON IT FROM THE DRYER SHEETS THAT STOPS UP THE HOLES. WASH WITH WARM WATER AND LET DRY.

Pretreat grass stains or grease with lestoil. It works great, I used it on high school football teams white jerseys and they were bright again.

Spray hairspray on ink stains and wash out

There is this stuff called purple power that works great on almost every kind of stain. Oddly enough, you can find it in the automotive aisle at Walmart!!

always keep hydrogen peroxide in the laundry room. It works wonders on blood stains, grass and many others.

We had red rags for clean up yup you are thinking right they got mixed up in the wash and they made anything they can pink! Well redid the wash and just put in clorox 2 and cold water bam everything is normal again!

I never dry certain types of clothes like slippers, pleather jackets, dresses, nylons, bras anything. I just find places in my house to hang them where they will dry and be out of the way. Helps them last much much longer!

Before kids put dirty clothes in the laundry basket I check them to see if they need any stain remover. If so, I spray it on the clothes to make sure the stain doesn’t set in.

My advice is to use vinegar instead of softener. Thanks for the giveaway.

With 3 boys I have a lot of dirty socks. I fill up the washer with bleach and warm water and let the socks soak in it for about 30 minutes, it works wonderful!

When all else fails try putting Coke in the washer it has enough acid to take out some tough stains.

I use a 1/4 cup of baking soda with my laundry detergent. It seems to power up the detergent.

for perspiration or deodorant stains in the underarm of shirt. make a paste of baking soda and water add a drop of dish washing liquid, enough water to suds and brush with an old tooth brush…launder as usual.

Soak and pre-soak. Best advice ever. Little ones can get soo dirty. I have used everything. Clorox for colors works great. Even when they have to sit for a few days.

My laundry tip is to ALWAYS clean your lint catcher to avoid a fire. Can’t dry clothes fast with no dryer.

I love Clorox2 becouse all my colors come out clean and not faded thank you clorox2…..

I like to soak my toddlers clothes bofore I wash them to avoid the set-in stains

bleach took out a stain of strawberry soda on my husbands white shirt, i didn’t think anything would have worked but clorax worked like a charm

I wash all stains in cold water and then cover them in Zout immediately. Then I try to wash them within 24 hours.

I always have empty hangers in the laundry room so when I take clothes out of the drier I put them on hangers and right back to my closet. Saves on ironing too.

I find nature’s miracle is awesome for any “organic” type stains (food, kitty puke) and is also pretty good for that mildewy smell that comes from forgetting damp laundry in the dryer!

Best for odors is anti-icky-poo! As a cat owner, I swear by it!

PEROXIDE WORKS JUST AS WELL AS OXICLEAN AND ITS ALOT CHEAPER

anytime i get something on my clothes i immediately use cold water and club soda takes it right out next time you do laundry

baking soda!

I wash the dirty hats of my husband alone in the dishwasher using dishwasher soap. They come out sparkling clean.

When I see a stain on my sons or any of our familys clothes I always soak it in the kitchen sink with cold water first then it goeas straight in the wash with shout and clorox for colors and then I hang the atricle of clothing up to dry instead of using the dryer in case the stain did not come all the way out and if it did then I still let it air dry or I will wash it again plus hanging clothes to dry saves on electricty and lots of wasted energy!

I agree with the one that said wash everything in cold water. It works just fine and it really does save you money.

When using liquid fabric softener, I prefer to use 1-2 tsp on a damp wash cloth and put directly into dryer w/clothes. I also use 3 or 4 tennis balls in my dryer to cut down dryer time. This method saves at least 15 min drying time per load which saves on my electric bill!!

To get pen marks out of my daughter’s white uniform blouse, I spray it with hairspray and scrub it with a toothbrush. Gets out the stain every time.

this is a very cheap way to make your detergent
last another week with the same or more cleaning power. brand does not matter buy some vinegar very cheap under three dollars a gallon . mix with liqid laundry soap. it has cut my detergent bill in half and everything smells clean. also great with getting the smell out of old towels maybe sat in the kids room way to long? i know it happens to me

Call me old fashioned…ALWAYS pretreat stains, even if it is just using a bit of your detergent and a toothbrush. In the long run it saves money on clothing, and when you have an eleven year old and a 15 month old saving money is important. Oh, and my old man gets just as filthy as both of the kids put together at times! Happy holidays, don’t forget to smile!!!

Always have a spare measuring cup next to youe washer. If you try to guess how much beach you need, it’s always too much.

Makes your clothes smell just like you hung them outside on the clothes line to dry. What a great smell and it makes you think its summer again.

I pretreat the stains asap. I always put my bleach in first so its diluted by the time I am putting in my clothes.

Treat stain asap. I love the way Clorox bleach keeps my clothes white and bright.

For blood stains use peroxide. I have a bottle with a sprayer nozzle attached in the laundry room. Boys are always scraping knees or scratching themselves while climbing around in the woods. Just spray the stain with the peroxide let it bubble and rinse with cold water, repeat until stain is gone.

I keep a tide-to-go pen in EVERY purse & diaper bag I own, so that, no matter where we are, I have one handy when the kids (or husband!) spill on their clothes. It saves me big time!

When your childrens socks get so black from those play places that children could play but with no shoes…. well take clorox 2 and carpet spot remover and soak the socks for ten minutes before washing them. They come out brand new.

use cold water to wash your clothes to save on money, it okay your clothes will be clean if you use clorox.

My son had fell down and skinned his knee and got a few spats of blood on his pants and i soaked them in cold water and clorox 2 and it came right out

I’d have to say dishwashing liquid and stain stick are the stain fighters I always use with great results. Apply immediately after staining and let soak before washing the stain comes right out.

My best tip … Don’t buy the stain removers EVER. Take some baking soda and sprinkle it on the stain then use a wet toothbrush and rub it all in until a nice paste forms. Let it sit for at least an hour depending on how bad the stain is. Then wash like normal. I have gotten every single stain out from … oil, grss, grape juice, mold … there isn’t anything that I haven’t gotten out. I might have had to wash it twice but I didn’t have to toss out the article of clothing. Besides its A CHEAP FIX!!!!

I always use half the amount of detergent the manufacturer recommends for normal laundry. Of course, any clothes used to “dig a ditch” get the full treatment!

I put a new load in every time I take one out of the dryer. This way, I stay on top of the task versus falling under it and getting lost in the pile.

I have started doing laundry everyday so I won’t have to waste my weekend doing it! Throw a load in the washer in the morning before work, and throw it in the dryer before dinner, fold it before bedtime

Use a 10% solution (10 water to 1 Clorox) to clean/sterilize counter tops, cutting boards, or wash eating utensils after a sick loved one. This is often used for baby/toddler toys, as well.

Used dryer sheets are great for dusting. The static picks up the dust and holds it tight.

I keep a bottle of spray stain remover upstairs so I can treat stains right away without having to run downstairs to the laundry room. Let it soak for a bit, rinse and then wash the item when I have a full load.

I always use liquid laundry detergent for the wash. I have found that with many of the leading name brand powdered detergents, there is a substantial amount of “filler” in the box, which usually contains things like ground oyster shell–substances that are very hard on the seams of clothing, where it lodges and creates holes in seams by friction on the thread. I have found a wonderful big jug of liquid detergent at my local Costco, called “Ecos” by Ultra. It’s earth friendly and scented lightly with magnolia and lily. I’ve had it since summer and have used less than a third of the jug. It might be a storage challenge, but well worth it!

Sometimes if I am busy and might miss the rinse cycle. I put the fabric softner in at the begining of the laundry cycle along with the laundry detergent. Seems to work just as well!

Hang the clothes straight from the dryer – It keeps the wrinkles from setting in.

I have a family of 5 with 3 active children and we are home very little sometimes. I switch a load of laundry the minute I wake up everymorning, the minute I walk in the door in the afternoon and right before I go to bed. This keeps it from piling up and I never have to have “a day for laundry”. 5 minutes a couple times a day and its done!

Fold your clothes right away, as soon as that dryer stops, saves on the ironing. Also hang your shirts, if they do have a few small wrinkles, by the time you wear it the wrinkles are goon.

After fluffing my Down pillows in the dryer, with a tennis ball, on Fluff only, I put on patio table, in the sunshine, for a couple hours.
Love the fresh smell.

I found this stuff called purple power in the car section ran out of regular cleaner and had to use it on a shirt one day. It never hurt the fabric so now I use it on everything. I also run vinegar through my washing machine a bout once a month to break down any goop in the lines or any stuck on fabric softener inside the dispenser.

We love the Tide pens! Each of my teenagers
have one in their rooms. That way they can
take care of the stain before it has a chance
to set it.

While you are fixing dinner do a load of laundry than while you and the family are eating do another load. So you can stay up with the laundry and not have it all to do in one day. The machines are doing their jobs while you are working on dinner and eating so you are doing two things at one time.

my two daughters get their toys so filthy! sticky spots, food stains, paints, and just oily fingerprints ALL comes out if you just plop their toys into the laundry with some towels. even their stuffed animals come out so clean and smelling lovely!

I like to wash at night when my daughter is going to bed and I can focus on the laundry. Have all my loads ready and they rotation of the washer and dryer keep going. The dryer stays hot and you use less energy that way not having to warm it up again.

I let the clothes with stains set a bit with home dishwashing liquid belive it or not and I really never have trouble getting out the stains. Then after letting the set or a cpl of hrs or even a day I wash the clothes like normal and they come out great.

My best tip is using hair spray on ink stains. The kids come home from school with ink on their sleeves regularly – without hair spray their clothes certainly wouldn’t last as long!

Ever heard of Greased Lightning??? That’s the best cleaner I have ever found. It removes grass stain, oil, grease, dirt, mud………I spray it on everything from the stove, the sink, sneakers….great on sneakers, really whitens them and removes mud. Clean your bathroom…….you only need Greased Lightening…Great for everything. A close friend has a cleaning service and they used Greased Lightening for everything. Except windows.

I had been having trouble getting my boyfriend to realize when the laundry hamper was full and washing was needed, so I bought a smaller hamper. It seems obvious, but I am not looking for something that I wore months ago, which should have been washed since.

I never go without having a bottle of Dawn dish soap above the washing maschine. If grease gets spattered on my clothes, dawn takes it right out!

I use vinegar when I am out of fabric softener.

I just purchased old table cloths for Thanksgiving at a thrift shop. A few stains, but I knew Clorox would get them out.

I use Dawn dish soap on oily stains. I love the clorox sticks. They work great.

Also put a clean dry towel in with the wet towels and they get dry faster.

When you need to get ink out of your clothes, use hairspray and blot out. (Test for color fastness first.) This works great on everything, even couches!

Clorox does make great products that have been around for a long time.

A laundry tip for readers with small children: Attach a zippered lingerie bag (dollar store $1 for 2) to the child’s clothes hamper. When his/her socks come off, put them in the lingerie bag. At laundry time, zip the bag up and toss it in the wash. This way no little socks get “sucked in” by the dryer (where DO they go, anyway???) and pairing them up is a snap! BTW, leave the safety pin on the laundry hamper for the 2nd lingerie bag. When one is the wash, the other is available for use!

I have a stain stick right by my dirty clothes hamper. That way I can treat the stain immediately so I dont forget!

I heard putting an aspirin in with your whites helps make them look brighter.

Oxyclean anything you can. It works to get stains out so that you dont waste time scrubbing out the stains latter.

cascade power boost that you find with the dishwashing liquid will help get the grease stains out of clothes very well and also dawn dishwashing liquid works well too

I Pretreat stains before i put them in the landry bag. One reason is if i do not get to the landry right away the stain won’t set as well and it keeps those stains from sliping by into the laundry without being treated with spot remover.

cc

Clorox2 is awesome for ANY load of laundry. Use a little less than the recommended dosage as it will fade clothes somewhat. Also, I just use a very small amount (approx. the size of the cap bottom for darks as it will fade them quickly. In all loads, I measure out my detergent, and the amount of Clorox 2, then add 10 SPRAYS of SHOUT to each load…no pre-treating stains, etc. It works GREAT!! Plus the colors of the clothing looks absolutely NEW!! Give it a try and see

A simple way to remove blood stains, is to soak in Hydrogen Peroxide and it comes right out. Cold water also works well if you rinse as soon as the garment is taken off.

My kids wear white uniform shirts to school. I love Biz for getting them whiter w/o having to use bleach all the time.

For all you red wine drinkers, if you have a spill, sop it up with white wine before washing and it will not stain!!!

When I get a stain on my clothes, as sooon as I possibly can I pre-treat the stain and when I wash the stain is gone!!!

Dial bar soap works great to get out blood stains! I should know being a nurse.

The thing that helps me the most is having my family put their laundry in the laundry sorter when they put away their dirty laundry. It helps me a lot when it’s time to do laundry, one less thing to do

peroxide also works great on blood stains and doesn’t hurt the color of your clothes either.

I use Shout Advanced to get out stains on white or off-white clothes. I also love Downy Wrinkle Releaser ~ I almost never have to iron anymore, which is a great timesaver with 7 people in our family.

I leave the lid to the washer open while it fills up. Then I let the clothes sit in the washer full of water to soak for a while to help get the dirt loosened up.

I use 20 Mule Team Borax (buy at Walmart) in addition to my detergent when I wash towels. I also use hot water. It keeps my towels smelling fresh.

My Mother-in-law swears by using electrasal. She either throws a tablet in with the laundry soap or uses the powder and mixes it with water, then puts the paste directly on a stain. I haven’t tried this yet butI am going to.

I keep the stain stick in the kitchen cupboards so it is handy whenever anyone gets a stain on their clothing you can treat it instantly – very helpful with small children. I do this as I usually have a tendency to forget once I throw clothes in the washer to pretreat and this way the stain is treated and comes out in the wash!

I pretreat my daughters clothes, so that I don’t have to rewash them. I love the tide to go pens, they are awesome. I also love using white vinegar in the wash and always keep a bottle of peroxide in the laundry room.

Don’t make the weekends your laundry day. It is important to be with your family on the weekend. Do a little laundry each day of the week and you’ll have more time on the weekend to do what you enjoy.

If I have a load of clothes in the washer and dryer at the same time. The washer always finishes before the dryer, so I take out the load in the washer set them aside and start another load. When the dryer finishes I take them out and put the load that I set aside in the dryer. This can cut out on laundry time.

clorax has been used in my house since i was a baby with my own mother. Now that i am a mom again for the third time with this surprise baby that has been a blessing in my house in more ways than one, useing this product will help get out those baby stains more easier.Of course it will also help on buying one less thing on my shopping list since everything is so tight in my house hold these days.

With a dog in a small apartment, it is easy to find “spots” on the rug so….I always keep a rag handy that I can dip in a small amout of cold water with a drop of bleach in it to rub out and stains. Just rub lightly or you will rub “out” the color in the rug. Then rub the area with clear water and “voila”….no more spots or stains.

do it when you are “in the mood”

Store Detergent right above the laundry in the cooler size dispensers for easy access.

If you shake out your wet clothes before you put them in the dryer (jeans, pants, button-down shirts), they will have less wrinkles & require less ironing.

I have a spray bottle of Clorox 2 and water mixed up and hanging on my laundry organizer, so when I get a spot on an outfit or see my hubby’s jeans need a little extra “power” I grab it and spray away. IT WORKS GREAT!!!

aerosol hairspray on ink stains… the cheap Aquanet seems to work best for me!

I use Biz Laundry booster for presoaking as well as an enhancer to my regular detergent. Works like a charm!

I like to use a cup of vinegar in the wash to help with the smells and stains. Also if I have a bad stain I use a degreaser and it works wonders. Thanks!

No reason for mom to do all the work, involve everyone to do their own folding, which seems to be the worst and dreadful task! We have “sock parties” Folding white socks is terrible, when everyone is gathered for favorite tv show, dump the socks out and everyone matches their own!

the sun is a great natural bleacher for whites especially diapers!

I use both liquid fabric softner and fabric softner sheets. I love good smelling clothes.

As soon as your clothes are dry, take them out of the dryer…hang up the shirts and pants and fold everything that has to be placed in drawers. Your clothes will be less wrinkled.

I have four children, so I am always washing clothes. When washing infant clothing, use cold water. The cold water preserves the color and integrity of the fabric. Warm-Hot water frequently makes infant clothing look very worn and old.

Soak any stain for 24 hours in oxy clean. If it does not come out the first time do it again. After soaking twice for 24 hours in Oxy Clean then washing almost any stain will come out.

Let your husband do the laundry! That way you get a break!

I soak my new dark clothing for 8 hours in warm water and vinegar before I wash it. This keeps darks from fading in the wash.

I try to wash at least one load of clothes each night. It is such a daunting task to try to tackle 10 loads on Saturday–NO FUN! hahaha

Add 1 cup of Borax to very soiled loads to get clothes cleaner. Most grocery stores have Borax (boxes) in the laundry section.

I do a lot of the same, one load daily, wash everything in cold water & hang clothes as soon as they come out of the drier. Every little bit helps!

I use cold water for washing everything except whites. It saves a little money.

I also use only cold water, no problems with our laundry and lower electric bills. Be sure to add detergent to water prior to adding clothing, it won’t stick to your clothes and become a stain in itself!

I fold and hang clothes asap and put them away (or have kids put them away) at a later date, that way, i don’t have such a huge pile of laundry that overwelms me, just one load at a time

Wash as many loads in cold water as you can. It will get them just as clean, but it will save on energy costs and hot water.

I absolutely HATE ironing, and try to avoid it at all costs. When I do laundry, I try to sort things by color and then if I can, I sort it by loads of things that “hang” and things that fold. If I can get the things that hang out of the dryer and onto the hanger quickly, they don’t always need ironing! Another trick (especially if you’re in a hurry) is to hang your clothes in the bathroom while the hot shower is running, the steam helps de-wrinkle your clothes!

Treat stains when you take your clothes off. Also add a little white vinegar to each load of wash, takes out any odors, and any additonal soap residue…..

When in doubt… throw it out! I hate to waste time rewashing items over & over… so if I can’t get the stain the first time, I simply toss it!

Clean your lint catcher/screen/collector/thingy every single time. One of the biggest causes of house fires is lint build up. Even better, you can wash it off with some mild dish detergent.

Hugs,
Melinda

If I don’t have time to fold, I at least lay all of the laundry flat across the top of my basket. This way, they don’t get wrinkled because I hate to iron.
Another tip is to have a shower rod or clothes line in your laundry room. This way you can air dry your clothes in the winter months as well.

I TAKE MY CLOTHES OUT OF THE DRYER AND HANG THEM UP RIGHT AWAY!!!!

My big tip- check to make sure the stains are truely gone before putting the clothes in the dryer. The heat will set the stain for sure.

There is a product called Purple Power that will take out any stain from any surface and from clothes. This product is amazing but you should wear gloves if you have sensitive skin if cleaning appliances/household items. I use an old spray bottle to use around the home and I also like to use it to pretreat stains that are very difficult to get out of clothes. You might want to test a small area first before using it on all clothing. I also like to add a little to the laundry in the wash to get towels/whites extra clean.

I also like to use scent free/nothing added baby wipes to clean my monitors/tv screens/ or anything else that needs dusting. It doesnt leave any lint and it is safe to use on most anything…just make sure you get the kind with nothing added. If they dry out before you get the chance to use them up(sometimes the packaging isn’t completely seal-tight if you buy the cheaper brand) you can simply just add some water to it and for some extra clean even a tad of alcohol. It should be ok to use on most tv screens and computer monitors.

Forgot to add that Purple Power is usually found on the automotive isle. It is actually a product used for getting grease off of automotive products but works great in the kitchen and all over the home for stains. I have seen it occasionally at Freds Discount Stores/Dollar General and/or the Dollar stores but it will always be located in the automotive sections of anyplace it is stocked. If you get it at Wal-mart it will be located in the automotive section. You can also buy it in the Automotive Parts stores. You can buy the spray bottle size/gallon size and even 10 gallon bucket sizes. If I get the size other than the spray size i just use an old spray bottle and refill each time I run out. Its cheaper to buy the bigger size and it lasts longer.

need this too.

i do laundry just about every day so it doesn’t pile up on me. sarah_jakel at yahoo dot com

will clorox leave a film on floors if you use it to clean them, and will it attact dirt. does it have an oil base to it.