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While vinegar is mainly used to create the perfect salad dressing or other delicious meals, it is so much more powerful.
It can help kill bugs in your house, especially those pesky lanternflies.
However, vinegar is also amazing for your laundry! Here are 5 vinegar laundry hacks to make your clothes soft, white, and clean.
Vinegar Laundry Hacks
Here are a few of my favorite vinegar laundry hacks that are so easy to do!
1. Remove Stains
My grandma always used vinegar before detergent became so advanced. The best thing is that it still works!
Depending on how big your load or how bad the stains might be, simply put ½ cup to 1 cup of vinegar while washing your clothes.
It can help remove red wine, oil, coffee spills, and more!
2. Cleaner Clothes
One woman swears by this next technique. All you need to do is add ½ cup of vinegar and pair it with just 1 tablespoon of baking soda.
Pour this alongside your detergent. However, you need to pour it halfway through the wash cycle.
Your clothes will turn out to be softer and will feel like brand new clothes! This such an easy hack to have cleaner clothes.
3. Whiter Clothes
I’ve heard this one before as I’m sure most have as well. If you pour some vinegar at the start of your wash with whites, they will get brighter and whiter.
4. Softer Clothes
You could even get rid of your fabric softener altogether and simply use vinegar because it’s that good.
Vinegar will make your clothes softer after washing and drying them. It’s a cheaper solution if you can stand the smell when you pour it in!
5. No More Smelly Clothes
Even though no one likes the smell of vinegar, it will even get rid of all the smelly clothes you have.
Depending on how big your load is, use between ½ cup to 1 full cup of vinegar.
Who knew vinegar had so many amazing benefits for your laundry! Next time you put in a batch, throw some vinegar in and be amazed.
Who is going to try these amazing vinegar hacks? I know I will be!
I have used 1/4 cup of vinegar in my laundry rinse since my daughter was born 62 years ago. People have always asked if my clothes don’t smell like a salad, but they just smell clean and fresh. It does wonders for diapers, which were all we had in those days, and mine were always very white.
Thank you for all this info… I plan to try it all BUT does it matter if it is “white” OR “cider” vinegar? Please specify. Thank you
Judi, use white vinegar.
White vinegar
Cheap white vinegar
Use white vinegar!
Regular vinager is always best I even use cleaning vinager wich ever is on sale
White vinegar
I put 1/4cup of baking soda and 1/4cup white vinegar along with soap in the nastiest loads and it stops stains, ring around the collars.
Do you put it right in the drum with with clothes? I have a front loader or do you put it in the slot with the detergent?
I have a front load also I would put it in where you put the detergent. I’m not sure but I don’t think you are to put it inside the door. Just my opinion.
I use white vinegar in my washer all the time. It doesn’t clog up inside my washer like fabric softener does!! My clothes smell great too!!
So do you just use the vinegar & no soap?
Use the vinegar in addition to the detergent.
Mom used vinegar for laundry, cleaning (it disinfects) Also as a prince for our hai…soft and shiny! The s.ell to me is a clean onea d is gone quickly.❤️ I use it nearly every day also! Thanks Mom
My Nanna taught me this trick many years ago and I have been doing it most of my adult life. Works a charm. Great for everything from pet blankets to your delicates.
I have been using it off and on for the last 9 years. Where we live now clothes had an odd smell after washing and the water turns clothes a dull white, So since I use white vinegar it has helped big time
That’s what I was wondering about. Some of the clothes that are delicates that you watch with wool light would seem to need a different type of cleaning than regular clothes.
Does it matter whether you use white vinegar or apple cider vinegar?
White vinegar
Do you use white vinegar or does it matter
Yes, white vinegar.
I use vinegar and Epson Salts for the same reason works wonderful for whites and coloured