laundry stripping

do you ever have laundry that you feel just doesn't get clean enough even after you've washed it???  well, i saw something about "laundry stripping," basically removing excess detergent, oils, lotions, etc. from your clothes.  i bought all the cleansers and we are giving it a a try.

ingredients:

1/4 cup borax

1/4 cup arm and hammer laundry booster

1/4 calgon soap

1/4 cup your favorite detergent

mix all in a bath tub full of HOT water and sit for at least 12 hours (longer the better).  wring out and wash as normal in washing machine.

start of process

5 hours

when i started this process, i forgot that we had friends spending the night and that they would be using this bathroom.  so at 7 hours in, i moved all the shirts to the utility sink in the laundry room.  at that point, i obviously added fresh hot water and did my cleaning mixture again.

20 hours

29 hours of soaking - done!

obviously, the water is really gross and dirty.  all of these shirts went into this process "clean."  at the end the water was so dirty,  you couldn't even see the shirts in the water.  after the soaking process, i washed them as usual and they came out really soft and clean.  i would say it worked well!