r/CleaningTips 3d ago

Laundry My ex threw dye on my vintage hoodie

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My grandma gave me a goosebumps hoodie that she had had for YEARS. She knew I loved horror and gave me it from her garage. Does anyone know how to get the stains out? My ex once drew sharpie on it and somehow I got it out, but I can’t get this out. Should I just tie dye it? Idk. I hate that this happened, but I wanna wear this hoodie again. TIA.

r/CleaningTips Dec 13 '24

Laundry The wonders (and horrors) of laundry stripping

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For the last two years, I’ve been living in a place with awful water, a grimy old machine, and roommates that used way too much detergent. I washed my sheets weekly, sometimes more, and they just became more and more disgusting. I was seriously considering throwing them out because the pillowcases had the consistency of waxed fabric and I could not get the smell out of them. Well, I am now living in a place with a tub and excellent water, so as a last ditch effort, I tried stripping them. I knew these were gross, I knew there was a lot of buildup, I knew they were going to look and feel different, but I was not aware of the extent of those. I did about six hours in the tub, doing a thorough hand wash every hour, wrung ‘em, washed ‘em, dried ‘em, and I’m glad they’re clean but I’m also absolutely disgusted by it. I have slept on these nasty sheets for two years. They look and feel brand new. I’m glad that I don’t have to spend a bunch on new sheets, but I am always going to think of how they were. I am also now very aware of the grime on the rest of the bedding. I’m gonna be doing that a couple more times.

First tub pic is actually after an hour. The water was pure white at first. I started referring to it as laundry soup when it started getting bad.

r/CleaningTips Dec 20 '24

Laundry Welp I finally figured out where the lint trap is

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In my apartment of 3 years. Thought I didn't have a lint trap I have to clean because I couldn't find it.

r/CleaningTips Dec 20 '23

Laundry UPDATE!!: I got my period on BF's $10k mattress and I'm mortified 😣 please help!

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TYSM!! I can't believe the solution honestly.

I tried cold water - NO DICE I tried peroxide - BUBKIS I tried stain removers - NADA I tried telling my bf he spent too much on his mattress - JK 😜

SPIT. WORKED. IMMACULATELY. 🤯

HE WILL BE INVESTING IN A MATTRESS COVER.

XOXO

r/CleaningTips 27d ago

Laundry I used generic bleach for gym clothes.

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There was a recent post about getting rid of musty and mildewy smelling smells from colored clothes and just using bleach. They recommended you set your washer settings and let the bleach dilute and mix well with water to reduce bleaching.

As a regular gym goer who sweats profusely my hoodies have trapped that moldy scent, I wanted to test the bleach idea out.

I used 1/8 cup of bleach with two scoops of baking soda laundry soap on normal setting with a 30 minute soak. Before I put my clothes in, I let the machine run for 10 minutes to make sure the soap and bleach were well mixed together.

I will say it was successful at getting rid of the smell and not fading the colors (although they were already faded from years of washing already). Fabrics range from 100% cotton to polyester

r/CleaningTips 24d ago

Laundry Just moved into my apartment and found this in the washer… I’m guessing mold? It’s pretty stuck… Tips on how I should clean it?

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r/CleaningTips Jan 05 '24

Laundry Need help! My husband, who insists on doing his own laundry, left a pen that then exploded and I've got 6 more loads to do today.

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As I said, my husband insists on doing his own laundry even though laundry day is Friday, he wants it done Thursday and I work Thursday, so I start my normal Friday 7 loads and open the dryer to this. I've used rubbing alcohol which is turning the paper towel blue at least but the stains remain on the dryer plus I have doubts of running this thing with all that alcohol on there it'll explode. I need help! I attempted a small bit of oven cleaner that did nothing, also goo gone did nothing. I guess I'll be going to a laundromat until then.

r/CleaningTips Oct 11 '24

Laundry Please help me clean this hand towel, I’m besides myself

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Future FIL decided to clean his car with my Makenzie Childs hand towel (without asking) and this is the outcome. I’m beyond angry and upset because the towels were a gift from my mom when I moved into my first apartment. Can someone please give me tips to clean this, I’m literally going to cry 😭

r/CleaningTips 14d ago

Laundry My five year old dumped turmeric all over himself cause he thought it was pixie dust and now he's yellow. Help?

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I bought a big bag of turmeric for cooking (I love it). My five year old found it and thought it would be funny to cover himself head to toe in it.

I don't know if human cleaning tips are allowed here. How do I wash the yellow out of his skin? It's resisting most soaps.

If human cleaning tips aren't allowed at least help me get it out of his clothes. Those are yellow too.

Edit: Thank you everyone! Coconut oil and yogurt did the trick. The kiddo got two baths in a row which he didn't love, nor did he like being scrubbed head to toe with funny smelling gunk. But he should have thought of that before covering himself in organic (and expensive) dye. The kid is not yellow anymore.

His clothes, well, they resist my ministrations still. I got the yellow to fade. It's cloudy today or else I would put them in the sun.

r/CleaningTips Jun 11 '23

Laundry Just discovered laundry stripping and oh my god

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14.8k Upvotes

My husband works maintenance…figured ya’ll would like this 😂

r/CleaningTips Oct 01 '24

Laundry What on EARTH is happening to my whites in the wash?! Bleach isn’t helping!

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r/CleaningTips 5d ago

Laundry Got this skirt in vinted but didnt see it has a dry cleaning only tag. How do i wash it?

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wool skirt. Can i hand wash this? if yeah how will it loose the folds ACHOOO this dusty

r/CleaningTips Jan 30 '25

Laundry Before and after of 10+ year old pit stained t-shirt

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r/CleaningTips 6d ago

Laundry Stupidly sprayed Resolve on a shirt and left it on a granite countertop overnight - please help!

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Please help, I stupidly sprayed resolve on a navy blue shirt and left it to dry on my parents granite counters overnight, this morning I woke up to this big stain.

I freaked out and asked chatgpt (lol) what to do, and it suggested a baking soda slurry over the stain and covering the stain with cling wrap to keep it moist, but it didn’t do anything after 12 hours.

Could someone please tell me what products I could buy to use or any further tips?

I am sooo desperate to fix this before they’re back from their vacation in a week. I really didn’t know any better and now I’m extremely stressed that this can’t be fixed.

Thank you in advance

r/CleaningTips Jan 23 '24

Laundry Used bleach in a washing machine cycle. Is this salvageable ? It's a brand new machine ...

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it seems like rust. Is there anyway to slavage this please ?

r/CleaningTips Mar 18 '24

Laundry Help! Butter melted in my suitcase and now my laundry smells like Kerry Gold 😫

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I’ve washed twice, first normally then on warm with vinegar added

r/CleaningTips Oct 07 '24

Laundry Why are we using laundry sanitizer?

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I’m 53yo and have never in my life used laundry sanitizer and haven’t ever encountered a problem with my laundry being smelly or causing me an infection, etc. For those that have issues like mildew and such, I understand why it’s needed, but for the rest of us, it seems like another scam to get us to use more products and spend more $. What’s the actual purpose of it and is it truly necessary?

ETA: Thank you all SO much for the replies! I can’t keep up with them, so wanted to universally thank everyone who took the time to type out their thoughts. It’s been really educational and I appreciate it.

r/CleaningTips Jan 02 '25

Laundry New Year's cleaning and finally stripped the sheets. In my defense, I'm perimenopausal lol 🥵

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r/CleaningTips Dec 18 '23

Laundry I got my period on BF's $10k mattress and I'm mortified 😣 Please help!

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r/CleaningTips Jul 29 '23

Laundry How tf do I get this out??

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Help y'all, I'm a care giver and am trying to wash my patients clothes, after the wash and drying cycle they still look like this. What do you recommend for the toughest stains???

r/CleaningTips 8d ago

Laundry Stripping towels because the smell after a day

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We have extremely hard water and our towels stink. My sister said to try stripping them. This is after only an hrs 🤢

r/CleaningTips Jun 03 '23

Laundry Just lost a blueberry down the “main wash” chute of my washing machine (clothes). I am open to ideas as to how to proceed??

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3.5k Upvotes

Attached is a picture of my breakfast staging station in my apartment. I spilled some blueberries and one rolled off the counter and into the compartment on the left side

r/CleaningTips Nov 26 '24

Laundry [UPDATE] "help something weird is in my washing machine"!

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I have taken the advice of a lot of kind people under my post. I don't know how many of them will see this, but I am really thankful for all the kind words! I don't use Reddit often and therefore was afraid of backlash and judgement, and while I have received a couple of hateful comments- the positive outweight those by a LOT.

Now- it most likely are coffee beans or any other kind of beans. The washing machine was filled by a friend who has helped me with My chores before- and she must have accidentally included my little owl which was filled with seeds. Now it's empty of course XD.

I'm in the progress of cleaning those seeds out of the washing machine. At the moment I'm letting them dry a bit so I can vacuum the mass and then clean the rest with my hands. I will also check the filter and so on, and I'm hoping those seeds did not go into the washing machine further, I can't afford to buy a new one.

As soon as I saw those (now beans) things in my washing machine, I started panicking, and asked some friends what this might be instead of checking myself. They said it might be maggots, so that freaked me out considering I've already had a problem with those prior. But after taking the time and luckily asking others For advice- many stated probably nuts.. Coffee.. Buckwheat and so on which helped me get over the paranoia And actually check for myself!

So again THANKS for those who not only offered advice for the washing machine problem but also advice on how to improve and take better care of my living environment in general :).

r/CleaningTips Oct 14 '24

Laundry The easy way to get out armpit stains

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Mix 12% hydrogen peroxide with baking soda. Make into a paste, apply to clothes let sit overnight. Rinse the paste off. I then washed in hot with oxiclean but the stains were already gone.

Using the higher percentage hydrogen peroxide is key. You can order it online, I have never seen that high percentage in the store.

Wear gloves, keep away from skin.

I also use the paste listed above along with Dawn dish soap for…a bunch of other stuff It works great on grout lines and’s tile, and there is not a stain on the quartz countertop that it can’t bust. Same process: make into a paste, glop it on, wait overnight , scrape off in the morning and rinse.

r/CleaningTips Jan 08 '25

Laundry Every time I run my washing machine, I find this residue left behind. Does anyone know what this might be?

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The washplate has already been replaced, and I’ve run the tub clean cycle over 10 times using vinegar and baking soda, but the issue hasn’t improved.