We heard it results in gross, yet ultra-satisfying, gray water swirling in your tub, revealing the residue that has been living on your towels and sheets.īut does it really work? Here’s all you need to know before trying it yourself. Elizabeth Mullans, a board-certified dermatologist based in Houston, Texas. “ removes built-up residue from detergent, hard water, body oils, and fabric softener,” says Dr. It supposedly provides a much more intensive clean than your typical washer and dryer. The latest project we’re trying? Laundry stripping-seen on TikTok and other social platforms-is a deep clean that involves soaking your laundry for a few hours in a large tub with a unique cleaning mixture. From tie-dying all of our clothes to making that delicious whipped coffee, we’ve been able to fill up our time in quarantine with some fun DIY projects. ½ cup washing powder or 2 cups washing liquidįill the bath or tub with the hottest water out of the tap, enough to cover the items completely.Īdd the item or items, stir and soak until the water goes cold - stirring every hour.As what can only be described as coping strategies for living during a pandemic, we’ve seen several viral trends come and go since March. I was shocked at how much of a difference it made on both loads of washing and it's something I will be doing again. Seeing the results from both the clothes and the blanket has made me want to strip wash literally everything I can now. As for the clothes, they came out of the wash feeling a lot fresher with the same really clean smell. It took around a day for the blanket to dry completely but it feels soft and smells amazingly clean now. The blanket after a few hours had turned the water a murky brown but the water at the end was disgusting. The clothes in the laundry tub were a lot easier to deal with, it was only a couple of hours until the water cooled down enough to put it all in the machine for a regular wash. The blanket is around king size and with the weight of the water it had soaked up there was no chance it was going in the machine, so I handwashed it in the bath - with a lot of help from my boyfriend, who also helped actually get it on the clothes line. In the end the water was absolutely disgusting and almost black after that much dirt and filth had come out. It took around five hours for the water in the bath to cool down enough to try and wash the blanket as normal, but there was a problem: it wasn't going to fit in the washing machine.
The results from a general load of clothes in a strip wash were surprising but not shocking. Meanwhile in the laundry tub my clothes were also soaking in the mix and the water had started to go a cloudy colour, but nowhere near the colour of the blanket water. It was shocking to see just how quickly the filth was seeping out of the blanket. It was obvious the mix was already working its magic and with each stir the colour got worse.
Within seconds of putting the blanket into the bath the water started to go brown. I decided to do the blanket in the bath and the load of clothes in the laundry sink. It didn't take long at all for the dirt and grime to start seeping out of the blanket.
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