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Fresh laundry with vodka - insider tip for the household?

2023-01-25T07:44:54.497Z


Vodka for washing should be a real insider tip in the household. He should make the laundry extra fresh. But how does it work and what is the real benefit?


Vodka for washing should be a real insider tip in the household.

He should make the laundry extra fresh.

But how does it work and what is the real benefit?

Kassel – When it comes to vodka, most people certainly don’t think of cleaning first.

The high-proof alcohol, which is made from potatoes, has other uses besides cocktails and long drinks.

One of them should be the washing machine.

It wouldn't be the first home remedy you can use to wash.

For example, coffee helps dark laundry fade more slowly.

Vodka is said to help against strong-smelling laundry in particular.

The reason for this is the high alcohol content, which has a disinfecting effect,

reports

chip.de.

Bacteria are often responsible for the foul smell of laundry.

They are supposed to be killed off by the alcohol in the vodka so that the laundry smells fresh again.

According to hna.de, vodka should even help against stubborn stains.

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The alcohol in vodka has a disinfecting effect, so it is supposed to kill bacteria.

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© Armin Weigel/dpa

Extra fresh laundry with vodka: does it work?

And this is how easy the vodka trick for laundry should work:

  • Add about 1/3 cup of vodka to the detergent.

  • The program is then started as usual.

  • When the machine is filled with water, you pause the wash cycle and let the laundry soak in the liquid for about an hour.

  • Then you exit the program as usual.

  • Source:

    chip.de

However, experts doubt the effect of the vodka on the laundry.

In order to disinfect reliably and thus have a noticeable effect on the laundry, the drink would have to contain significantly more alcohol, at least 70 percent, said Bernd Glassl from the Industry Association for Personal Care and Detergents (IKW) to

myhomebook.de

.

"The approximately one-third cup of vodka to be used according to the instructions would be diluted with at least five liters of water in the washing machine, so that the concentration drops to less than one percent.

That's far too little for a disinfecting effect," said the expert.

However, it cannot damage the laundry and washing machine.

This is how vodka helps with foul-smelling laundry, even without a washing machine

Although the effectiveness of vodka in the washing machine is not guaranteed, it can be used in other ways to freshen up laundry.

To do this, the vodka is simply filled into a spray bottle and sprayed onto the corresponding piece of clothing.

The effect is improved if you then briefly treat the sprayed area with a steam iron.

"The hot steam rips the vodka, which heats up at lightning speed, out of the jacket and takes the smell with it," washing expert Hans-Jürgen Topf told

BR

.

The whole thing only works with vodka.

When it comes to washing, there are a few tips and tricks.

But you should also pay attention to a few things when washing yourself.

For example, it is not a good idea to always wash laundry at 30 degrees.

You can also make a few mistakes when drying your laundry in winter, because in some rooms you shouldn’t hang the laundry out to dry.

List of rubrics: © Armin Weigel/dpa

Source: merkur

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