Dustbusters for your favorite dress

1. Don’t leave dress shirts buttoned & zippers open

Loose zippers can rip delicate dress, also it can scratch the door of your front-loading washing machines. Make sure they’re closed before you let them in the machine. The unclipped bras can also pull fabrics or damage the drum if they wing around loose. As a solution, invest in an old pillowcase or lingerie bag.

 Remember zippers has to be fixed firmly, but buttons should not. While washing a buttoned shirt with the buttons fastened results in damaged buttons and can also rip the buttonholes.

2. Steam Out the cigarette (tobacco) Odors

Whether you’re a smoker or not, you can possibly agree that one annoying side of tobacco is its odor that clings to everything. Generally the smell of smoke will go out of most fabrics when we normally wash them, but the fabrics that lock in odors and are sensitive to washing, like wool, are a bit hard.

To get rid of tobacco odors from the woolen dress put hot water into the bathtub and add 2 cups of white vinegar. Then hang the cloth on the rod that is close to the bathroom door. The vinegar in the rising steam will eliminate the smell of smoke without damaging the fabric

3. Make Dull Pants Shine

Have you ever been embarrassed because of your favorite pair of jeans has developed that unpleasant shine in the seat. It does happen to most of our dark jeans.

To put your mind at ease, try this quick trick to dull the shine. After laundering the dress as usual, spray the shiny is with vinegar and, allow it to dry without rinsing out the vinegar before wearing it. Now the only thing shining will be your smile, once you have your favorite jeans back that to embarrassment free.

4. How to Fade Scorch Marks

What happens when you stop paying attention for two seconds with the iron in your hand and the grey shirt underneath, and you’re left with a scorch mark. Well you can save the shirt by just wearing a jacket over it. Or maybe you should try our painless trick and do not have to hide anything!

So when your iron got too hot while your mind wandered or your hand lingered, fixing the scorched fabric is as easy as stepping out. Hang your grey shirt in direct sunlight, here the sunlight’s natural bleaching action helps to fade away the scorch mark. No jackets or expensive cleaners needed to hide it afterwards.

5. Fixing Flannel Fabric

Stains on a rough dress like flannel are like every mom’s nightmare because whatever you drop is locked in by the texture of the fabric. Don’t just say bye-bye to that shirt just yet, because we’ve got you a whole new trick.

So for stubborn stains on flannel fabric, pouring 1 tablespoon glycerin and 1 egg yolk into a deep, wide-mouthed plastic cup, mix them together using a spoon and spread the mixture onto the stain. Wait for about 30 minutes for it to release the stain and then launder the garment as usual.

6. How to Boost Your Detergent?

When your normal detergent isn’t making the score, don’t just throw away a half-full bottle and run out to find an expensive brand name detergent. All you need to beat your laundry detergent into form by a little help from your food store.

All you have to do is to add baking soda to a washing machine’s rinse cycle, which will help your clothes become more carefully rinsed, and they will resist the stain swelling that can at times come with hard water. The detergent and  baking soda work better and act as a deodorizer for some of the rougher-smelling clothes. You will also find them feel softer,  another bonus plus softer fabric, Cleaner clothes, and no extra money spent.

7. When Life Gives You Lemons, you should make Bleach outta it!

Pouring straight lemon juice that is squeezed directly from the lemon or poured even from a bottle -works very well for bleaching the clothes and it doesn’t contain the harsh and potentially dangerous chemicals the name brand bleaches do, as it is natural.

You can use it on any fabric (except silk) they can be bleached a brighter and whiter color by drenched in a mixture of lemon juice and especially hot water. First, mix 1/2 cup lemon juice with approx 4 liters of very hot water. Soak the clothing in it for at least one hour, although it can be soaked as long as overnight. Later, pour the lemon juice mixture into the washing machine, then wash the garment as usual.

8. Use shaving cream as a stain remover on the cloth.

Shaving cream consists of active ingredients similar to many home soaps, and the foam-covered nature works great at removing stains, especially in a pinch or so. Let some cream settle into the stain, sit for a few minutes, then wash it up.

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