Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Apr 24, 2016 19:37:25 GMT
My comforters and bedspreads. I know I heard about it here and have wanted to try it. My bedding seemed a bit dull looking and I wanted to freshen it up. OMG!!! I am a clean housekeeper, I swear. But the water that I soaked the bedding in turned the most disgusting gray brown and now look like they are brand new. So to the RP that posted about this, thank you. And now I need to clean out my tub and drink a glass of wine to rid my mind of the thought of all that grime!
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 24, 2016 19:42:30 GMT
This is why I love down comforters with duvet covers. Everything's washable. There's nothing like slipping into bed with freshly laundered linens. I also love the look of a fluffy, pillowy duvet. My cats even like it. My elderly female cat loves to sleep on the bed--she burrows in so all you can see are her ears...
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Peamac
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Post by Peamac on Apr 24, 2016 19:45:38 GMT
My comforter really needs to be cleaned, but it's so heavy when it's dry, I don't think I could wrangle it out of the tub when it's wet. And it would take forever to dry! How did you manage it?
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 24, 2016 19:51:58 GMT
I am the Worlds Worst Housekeeper, but I regularly wash these, I thought everyone did. You give me hope- maybe I'm not so bad after all!!! But I'm not saying you are now the worst, because I'm sure there are still plenty of things here I'm not doing Cheers! Enjoy your wine and brighter bedding!
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Post by anonrefugee on Apr 24, 2016 19:53:35 GMT
By the way- have a second glass, or little treat , because you had a great title!
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katybee
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Post by katybee on Apr 24, 2016 20:04:09 GMT
I take my big quilt I use in the winter to he cleaners to get washed.!i wait for a sale and it's usually about $20. It's so big and heavy, when I try to wash it in my machine, it practically tips over during the spin cycle. I use lighter, very washable blankets in warmer seasons.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Apr 24, 2016 20:06:49 GMT
Ok...I must have missed something? you have NEVER washed your bedding? your comforters???
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caro
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Post by caro on Apr 24, 2016 20:43:17 GMT
I take my comforters to the cleaners but I do wash my down mattress pad in the washer. It takes forever to dry, like four dry cycles. It's a beast to get out of the washer when wet. It's Queen size.
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Post by rst on Apr 24, 2016 20:47:14 GMT
Stripping is beyond just laundering. It's supposed to remove all the residues of past detergents in addition to grime. I only do it if I'm aware of having over-done the detergent and then see something look dull. Or if there is a weird and persistent odor.
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scrapaddie
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Post by scrapaddie on Apr 24, 2016 20:47:19 GMT
Stripping and wine do seem to go together!!
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Apr 24, 2016 20:49:02 GMT
People on my fb group im in are obsessed with this. They post pics all.day.long. of their dirty laundry in the bathtub soaking lol
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Post by rst on Apr 24, 2016 20:56:27 GMT
Oh, I've unfollowed several FB friends due to their excessive laundry stripping photography. However, if I had realized that wine consumption was involved in the aftermath, I would have stuck it out.
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Post by cindyupnorth on Apr 24, 2016 20:59:06 GMT
oooh, so it's soaking it too? Yea, I totally missed whatever this is. Sort of glad. HA
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Post by rst on Apr 24, 2016 21:02:36 GMT
People who were /are big fans of making their own detergents, like the duggar recipe, for example, often find that after several months, their laundry is stiff, smelly, dull and pretty gross. They get big returns for the stripping process, as much of what soaks out is just laundry residues that never rinsed out properly.
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Judy26
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Post by Judy26 on Apr 24, 2016 21:20:08 GMT
I wash my sheets weekly and my comforter on my bed monthly. The bedspread in our guest room... Not so much. I soaked them in borax, Persil and washing powder in my tub today. I think because it is quite large it may not be getting the rinse it needs in my washer even though it is a large capacity machine. Also we have two dogs who find their way onto the beds on occasion even though they aren't supposed to.
I doubt I will become fanatical about stripping but once in a while it's good for a pick me up. And I promise not to post pictures. No one should have to see that!
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SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Apr 24, 2016 21:23:13 GMT
Never heard of this before.....
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tincin
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Post by tincin on Apr 24, 2016 21:30:01 GMT
I have never heard of stripping laundry. That's new to me. How exactly does one do this? I take my comforters, quilts and area rugs to the laundermat every couple of months and do them all at once. I use vinegar as the "rinse agent" to get the soap suds out. I don't do anything else to them except add a dryer sheet to the dryer. Now I have to "strip" them as well? Details are needed.
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Post by rst on Apr 24, 2016 21:53:12 GMT
tincin -- you probably don't need to if you've been using a quality detergent and adequately rinsing all along. It's an issue for people who've been making homemade recipes or who use too much product and have insufficient rinsing. The whites get a grimy grey tone, everything feels a bit stiff, and there's a stale odor underlying the fresh laundry odor. I only have to do a few of our huge bath sheet towels-- and that's because kids overuse HE detergent.
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perumbula
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Post by perumbula on Apr 24, 2016 22:08:30 GMT
tincin -- you probably don't need to if you've been using a quality detergent and adequately rinsing all along. It's an issue for people who've been making homemade recipes or who use too much product and have insufficient rinsing. The whites get a grimy grey tone, everything feels a bit stiff, and there's a stale odor underlying the fresh laundry odor. I only have to do a few of our huge bath sheet towels-- and that's because kids overuse HE detergent. And this is why I stopped trying to make my own laundry soap. The problem with it is that it's soap. Not detergent. Those are two different things and two different chemical compounds. Soap binds with hard water to produce soap scum, which is why you have to use as soap scum remover on your tub and why Zest advertises itself as a residue free. (Zest is a detergent and detergents don't form soap scum. Ever notice your dish washer doesn't get soap scum build up? that's why. I saw the ugly scum that formed on the window of my front loader when I tried using home made laundry soap and quickly realized that was being left on my clothes. I went back to Tide.
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happymomma
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Post by happymomma on Apr 25, 2016 0:15:31 GMT
Can someone explain the process/ingredients to do this?
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Post by freecharlie on Apr 25, 2016 1:00:04 GMT
I had no idea this was a thing. I use tide and double rinse when I wash the down comforters
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NoWomanNoCry
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Apr 25, 2016 2:22:28 GMT
@happymomma here is a condensed version of the "how-to" on stripping from a group im im.
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MsKnit
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Post by MsKnit on Apr 25, 2016 2:30:32 GMT
This is why I love down comforters with duvet covers. Everything's washable. There's nothing like slipping into bed with freshly laundered linens. I also love the look of a fluffy, pillowy duvet. My cats even like it. My elderly female cat loves to sleep on the bed--she burrows in so all you can see are her ears... I went to the duvet cover with down comforters (the hyper-cleaned ones) for the simple reason I could launder the covers frequently. My husband's allergies are numerous. Thus the hyper-cleaned down. It allowed me to permit my pup on the bed when dh worked cat-eye. I'd simply launder them and no problem. (Her poor hips are too bad to get on the bed, now. I miss sharing my bed with her though. She would lay smack up against me. If I moved, she moved. LOL! ) Now we have the cats, too.
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Post by lucyg on Apr 25, 2016 2:35:31 GMT
My fingers are in my ears. No such process is going to happen in my house. Wine, yes. Stripping, no. (Which I also have never heard of before this thread.) I do use a nice quality free & clear detergent and don't use too much of it.
I just wanted to say I have the easiest, cheapest process of all of for washing the down comforters. I drop them off at my sister's house and she washes and dries them. LOL
She has an oversized washer and I don't. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
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MsKnit
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Post by MsKnit on Apr 25, 2016 2:39:59 GMT
tincin -- you probably don't need to if you've been using a quality detergent and adequately rinsing all along. It's an issue for people who've been making homemade recipes or who use too much product and have insufficient rinsing. The whites get a grimy grey tone, everything feels a bit stiff, and there's a stale odor underlying the fresh laundry odor. I only have to do a few of our huge bath sheet towels-- and that's because kids overuse HE detergent. And this is why I stopped trying to make my own laundry soap. The problem with it is that it's soap. Not detergent. Those are two different things and two different chemical compounds. Soap binds with hard water to produce soap scum, which is why you have to use as soap scum remover on your tub and why Zest advertises itself as a residue free. (Zest is a detergent and detergents don't form soap scum. Ever notice your dish washer doesn't get soap scum build up? that's why. I saw the ugly scum that formed on the window of my front loader when I tried using home made laundry soap and quickly realized that was being left on my clothes. I went back to Tide. My procrastination super powers paid off then! LOL! Do you think the stripping method would work for just general heavy duty cleaning of pillows. My husband has a habit of shaving before bed. He knicks himself and bleeds through the pillow case. Oh, how I love my dark sheets. Do you think it would clean those kinds of stains off the pillow? Or will the hot water just set it worse? What am I supposed to do with the washing powder and whatever the bars of soap were needed for that recipe now? Any suggestions?
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Peamac
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Post by Peamac on Apr 25, 2016 2:44:16 GMT
MsKnit- I use peroxide to get blood out of fabric. It's never bleached the fabric before, but check a small spot of the fabric first, to be sure.
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Post by seikashaven on Apr 25, 2016 2:48:09 GMT
Anyone who cloth diapers will be familiar with laundry stripping. It's oddly satisfying.
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M in Carolina
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Post by M in Carolina on Apr 25, 2016 3:46:14 GMT
This is why I love down comforters with duvet covers. Everything's washable. There's nothing like slipping into bed with freshly laundered linens. I also love the look of a fluffy, pillowy duvet. My cats even like it. My elderly female cat loves to sleep on the bed--she burrows in so all you can see are her ears... I went to the duvet cover with down comforters (the hyper-cleaned ones) for the simple reason I could launder the covers frequently. My husband's allergies are numerous. Thus the hyper-cleaned down. It allowed me to permit my pup on the bed when dh worked cat-eye. I'd simply launder them and no problem. (Her poor hips are too bad to get on the bed, now. I miss sharing my bed with her though. She would lay smack up against me. If I moved, she moved. LOL! ) Now we have the cats, too. My cats think we bought the bed for them. The tempurpedic is really comfortable on her old joints. You need to get some pet stairs. Dh found ours at Homegoods. They're sturdy foam covered in brown canvas that's removable and washable. Our down comforter is one we bought at Ikea. It's an all season one that has two layers that snap together. Our king bed is split because of the adjustable base. Since our comforter is two layers we each get one. They fit on our regular front loader and actually get more fluffy after washing.
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calgal08
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Post by calgal08 on Apr 25, 2016 3:54:04 GMT
Not sure about the definition here of stripping, but to me, stripping the bed means washing all the sheets, blankets, pillow cases and duvet covers. I do this each week. What else am I missing?
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Post by rst on Apr 25, 2016 5:45:00 GMT
Stripping your laundry is soaking it in a solution (recipes vary, but they tend to include borax and persil among other ingredients) and then watching in horrified fascination as thick scummy residue is released from what was assumed to be clean laundry. It's a lot like when I was a teen, we'd strip the built up conditioner, mousse and gel residue from our hair with a vinegar solution soak every now and again.
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