Brilio.net - Many people think washing bed sheets is difficult because they are large, so sometimes there are still stains left behind even though they have been washed well. Apart from stains, dirty bed sheets can also be marked by their dirty or brownish color. Especially if the bed sheets are white, it will definitely be obvious if they are wrinkled.
So that crumpled bed sheets can be clean again, people usually choose to wash them with laundry bleach or hot water. Both techniques are known to be effective. However, if you don't have a stock of bleach or hot water at home, don't worry because there are still other tricks you can practice.
As in a video uploaded by a netizen on the TikTok account @mizbom, he admitted that even without hot water or bleach, crumpled bed sheets can still shine again, namely by adding kitchen ingredients. He also explained that this trick can be used to wash bed sheets made from cotton or tencel.
"If the material is tencel like this, I want to put it in a laundry bag or net (laundry bag) first," he added, quoted by BrilioFood from TikTok @mizbom on Saturday (3/2).
Next, put all the bed linen you want to wash into the washing machine . On the other hand, you can also wash it manually using a squeegee or brush technique. However, if you use a brush, make sure the brush is not rough, so that the bed sheet fibers will not be easily damaged.
After that, add one main kitchen ingredient to practice this trick, namely baking soda. Reporting from homesandgardens.com, baking soda contains mild alkaline substances which work to make it easier for stains to dissolve in water.
photo: TikTok/@mizbom
Apart from baking soda, the owner of the TikTok account @mizbom also added dabbing soap and clothes softener. So, before using it, you can first dissolve the dab soap in water so that it doesn't clump. Then, wash the bed linen as usual.
photo: TikTok/@mizbom
Finally, the bed linen can be wrung out or dried in the washing machine with clothes dryer mode. After that, dry the bed sheets until dry and the bed sheets are ready to be used again. How about it, the sheets that were originally crumpled have become really shiny, huh?
photo: TikTok/@mizbom
Taking a peek at @mizbom's TikTok upload which has been watched 23 thousand times, quite a few netizens have left questions or enthusiastic comments about this trick, you know. Apart from that, there are also netizens who share other knowledge about washing bed sheets.
"I use sodium + hot water. The mold is gone. Without bayclin ," added TikTok @Cheesecake.
"Does it make the color fade, bro?" asked TikTok @Nifa and the video owner answered, "No, bro, those are my bed sheets, all the colors are still good ."
"Use hot water or normal water?" said TikTok @gado2cabe1 and received the reply, "Normal water."