Laundry Spa Day Works
We use Eco Egg laundry detergent. It works great, is crazy simple to use, leaves our clothes smelling like nothing, and it really inexpensive. You should use it too.
While the Eco Egg gets out normal dirt and many stains, I still need to stain treat. I’ve used a bunch of products and they all work pretty well… Clorox 2, Shout, Oxyclean, some others.
I’ve got a few shirts that have underarm stains that I’ve never been able to get out… until now! Here are 2 cotton-poly shirts that cleaned up well with the fad “Laundry Spa Day”.
The instructions for Laundry Spa Day are stupid long. Here is the brief version:
Use
– Ammonia
– Tide Clean & Gentle powder (what I used) or 365 by Whole Foods Unscented Powder
Directions
1. In very hot water, soak clothes in 1/4 cup of detergent for 8-12 hours in a small container. Make sure the powder is dissolved first. Consider using an insulated cooler because it will keep the water hot.
2. Do a regular wash in hot water with 1 cup ammonia. Make sure the powder is dissolved and keep the undissolved powder away from the ammonia. Don’t add other products.
3. Consider adding vinegar in the final rinse to reduce the pH from the ammonia.
4. Consider rinsing twice to get the ammonia smell out of your clothes.
This process is poorly suited to rayon, acetate/triacetate, viscose, Tencel/Lyocell, “bamboo”, modal and similar semi-synthetic cellulosic fabrics because of the extended soaking time and high pH. To try this on these fabrics, use a delicates mesh bag for both steps, so that the fabrics aren’t being stretched or jostled as much in their weak state.
It’s not suitable at all for silk, wool, cashmere, Angora, alpaca, vicuña, leather, suede or fur – anything of animal origin – because of the protein-destroying enzymes, high temperatures, long wash motion and high pH.