Laundry Stripping, Couches

Used to deep clean whites especially, but also towels and other laundry. You just need a plastic tub or bathtub to fit whatever it is you want to strip. Everyone is always amazed at how grey-brown the water turns from supposedly "clean" laundry. Order the stuff online, since I can't find all of it at stores. 

Prep this and future loads by mixing:

48 oz. powder cascade mixed with

3lb.  box Oxi-Clean White Revive

Keep this in it's own container. 

Now fill tub or some container with HOT HOT HOT water. 

Add 1 cup of the above mixture, PLUS:

1 cup of Persil Pro White power pearls 

1 cup of vinegar

Add clothes and let sit overnight, or longer, stirring occasionally with big wooden paddle or a broom handle. 

Squeeze out as much of the liquid as you can when finished and rinse. I wrench and rinse myself, and then wrench water out again and finish on a rinse cycle in the washing machine with the spin. 

Dry in the dryer, or, better, on a line outside. 

*If clothes have blood on them, wash that out with cold water first before doing this. Heat sets blood. 

HOW TO CLEAN MY WHITE COUCHES (2+ times a year)

Early on a sunny day take seat cushions and back cushions outside. Spray with a hose briefly until wet, use the above mixture, or Oxyclean White Revive and a big scrub brush to scrub the tops and sides well (in a sudsy bubbly fervor). Then spray off all the soap with a hose as thoroughly as you can and leave to dry on the rocks and sidewalk in the sun. You start early in the day because it might take the whole day for the cushions to dry. The sun helps bleach it and sterilize it.

As far as the smaller cushions and pillows, fill up the bathtub and let them soak for a couple hours in White revive or any of the solutions from above. Then rinse and place outside as well or on the trampoline. The trampoline gives some air from above and below. Or you could hang on a clothesline if you have one. Or just place on the sidewalk and rocks with the others in turn throughout the day. The sun helps to bleach and sanitize as it dries.