Hair in the wash is pretty stubborn.
Household remedies or a dishwashing sponge will help effectively to remove them from the washing machine.
Dortmund – Anyone who has pets or family members with long hair knows the problem: the hair collects on clothing and at the latest after the next wash in the washing machine.
According to the manufacturer, so-called anti-lint balls or washing balls should solve the problem - but these are often expensive and, above all, unnecessary.
Because there are cheap home remedies that fix the problem at least as much.
There is also a solution for yellowed laundry.
Removing hair from the washing machine: Expensive balls or washing balls are unnecessary
Once the hair has collected in the washing machine, the vicious circle begins: the next time you wash it, it ends up on your new clothes.
This not only looks ugly, but can also lead to the fluff filter clogging and the washing machine breaking down in the long term.
Therefore, the top credo is that you have to clean the fluff filter regularly, reports RUHR24.
A measure that significantly extends the life of the washing machine - regardless of whether there is a hair problem in the household or not.
But how can you ensure that annoying hair doesn't get scattered all over the washing machine and end up in the fluff filter?
There is a simple and ingenious lifehack for this.
Remove animal hair in the washing machine with home remedies: Simple and effective
According to the household portal
Beste-essen
, a sponge should work wonders to remove (animal) hair from the washing machine.
The trick is simple.
To start a wash cycle, simply put a sponge that you no longer use in the washing drum and start the desired program on the washing machine.
After that, all hair should stick to the sponge instead of to the clothes - especially on the black-green rough side.
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If you add a sponge, you don't have to struggle with annoying hair in the washing machine.
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The renovation portal
tedox
is of the opinion that it does not necessarily have to be a dish sponge that ends up in the washing machine to remove pet hair.
Other items that almost every consumer should have in the household also put an end to the annoying problem:
tennis balls
curlers
Knotted nylon stockings
Similar to putting the dish sponge, tennis ball, hair curlers or pantyhose in the washing machine.
After washing, the hair no longer sticks to the clothes, but to the balls or rollers.
They can be easily plucked from it.
Annoying hair in the washing machine: home remedies solve the problem forever
However, authors of the magazine
Hausjournal
point out that there is no panacea against hair in the washing machine.
Even with sponges, balls or tights, not all hair can be completely removed.
Another tip is to vacuum the washing machine.
Simply open the door of the washing machine wide after the wash cycle and let the drum dry.
Hair can then be easily sucked out - this prevents the animal hair from ending up on the new laundry during the next wash cycle.
Washing at 95 degrees should also help.
The high temperature ensures that the fats are removed from the animal hair so that it can be brushed off the clothing more quickly.
However, washing cycles at high temperatures are often real energy guzzlers.
Vinegar not only works wonders against hair in the washing machine
If you don't want to use high temperatures in the washing machine and don't have balls, tights or hair rollers at home, you can also try another tried-and-tested household remedy: Vinegar is also said to remove fluff and animal hair in the washing machine.
Vinegar in the washing machine ensures that the static charge is reduced and that annoying hair disappears from the clothes.
Additional advantage: the effect lasts for a while, so less hair sticks to the dry clothes.
Vinegar also cleans the washing machine.
Soap residue is removed, as well as unpleasant odors - and vinegar can replace expensive fabric softener.
No matter what purpose you put vinegar in the washing machine for, you should never put the essence directly into the drum, but always put around 120 milliliters into the compartment for the fabric softener.
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