Brilio.net - Pillows are used for sleeping, supporting the head and neck. Currently, many people use pillows made from dacron or memory foam because they are softer and more tender when used. Pillows made from this material are also usually covered with a white cover.
Pillows are also prone to getting dirty and stained. Dirt and stains can come from sweat that sticks and then penetrates inside. As a result, the pillow becomes damp and turns yellow over time .
If you don't clean it immediately, the yellow stain can turn into fungus. To overcome this, quite a few people wash stained pillows by rubbing the surface vigorously. There are also those who soak it in hot water before washing the pillow .
photo: YouTube/Ziza's House
Unfortunately, even rubbing your pillow vigorously can risk tearing and damage.
Well, actually there is a fairly practical way to wash yellowed pillows, you know. With this trick, you don't need to spend extra energy brushing the surface of the pillow. The trick was shared by YouTube user Rumah Ziza.
Through one of his uploads, he shared a trick for washing his yellowed pillow so that it becomes white and clean again. He uses a kitchen ingredient that is easily available, namely vinegar. Apart from vinegar, he also adds bleach, liquid detergent and clothes freshener.
"I want to tell you how to make your pillow look like new again. The dirt stuck to the pillow that makes the yellow color disappear. The ingredients are just simple things you have at home, such as clothes bleach, clothes freshener, and vinegar," he said. , quoted by BrilioFood on Tuesday (6/2).
photo: YouTube/Ziza's House
First, make sure the pillow you want to wash is dry. After that, pour enough bleach into a spray bottle. Then spray the bleach on the stained surface of the pillow and then scrub it gently using a toothbrush.
photo: YouTube/Ziza's House
After brushing the clothes with bleach, the YouTube user then washed them with liquid detergent. This trick minimizes the strong smell of bleach. He was seen preparing a bucket filled with water to wash the pillow. To do this, put the pillow in a bucket, then add enough liquid detergent and rub it gently with a clothes washing brush.
"Then I wash it using detergent so that the smell of the bleach isn't strong," he added.
photo: YouTube/Ziza's House
After brushing with liquid detergent, rinse the entire surface of the pillow with running water until it is completely clean. He then continued the process of rinsing the pillow with the washing machine. To do this, fill the washing machine drum with water, then put the pillow in the washing machine. Then add clothes freshener and vinegar to taste.
Besides being able to help remove stains, vinegar can also remove the strong smell of bleach. The addition of clothing freshener and vinegar also makes the pillow smell better after washing.
"I want to deodorize the clothes so they don't smell like bleach. Then add a little vinegar. Rinse them briefly in the washing machine, then dry them," he explained.
photo: YouTube/Ziza's House
After drying it in the washing machine, he dried the pillow in the sun. This is done so that the pillow is completely dry and does not smell musty. As a result, the previously yellowed surface of the pillow looks bright and white again.
"Here's the before and after. It looks really different after cleaning, it's whiter," he concluded.
You don't need to bother soaking the pillow in hot water first and brushing it vigorously. In addition, the process of washing pillows this way tends to be faster.