Brilio.net - Pillows can add comfort when resting. The softer the texture, the more comfortable it will automatically be to lean on. However, when a pillow is used frequently, without realizing it, the pillow usually becomes damp, so the color changes to dirt and black dots or mold appear, you know.
To clean it, people usually choose to soak the pillow in a detergent solution. However, this method is sometimes less effective, because the stains on the pillow are very stubborn. Not to mention, after drying, pillows washed with detergent can turn hard.
Well, netizens on the YouTube account @Gianola Vlog have another trick for washing dirty and moldy pillows, you know. After investigating, he had a number of ingredients and two of them were obtained from the kitchen. As a result, pillows that were originally dirty and moldy are clean again, like new.
"Only IDR 3,000 capital, your favorite pillow will shine again," he said, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube @Gianola Vlog on Friday (16/2).
How to wash dirty and moldy pillows.
First, prepare laundry bleach in a container. Yup, this material is said to require capital of IDR 3,000. If so, take a brush, dip it in bleach, then rub it on the pillow that has the stain . Next, rinse the pillow using clean water so that the bleach is removed.
After that, prepare a basin filled with water. Pour enough dishwashing soap. Dish washing soap is one of the main kitchen ingredients for practicing this trick for washing dirty and moldy pillows. Then, soak the pillow for a few moments to remove any remaining stains.
The owner of the YouTube account @Gianola Vlog explained that this soaking technique should only be done on dacron pillows. Meanwhile, for kapok pillows, you can just rub in the dish soap solution without soaking the pillow at all so it doesn't clump.
photo: YouTube/@Gianola Vlog
Then, lift it, squeeze the pillow slowly, and rinse it using clean water. Just soak it in a basin filled with laundry fragrance solution. So, to make the fragrance absorb better into the pillow, the owner of the YouTube account @Gianola Vlog added a few drops of vinegar. This is the second kitchen ingredient to practice the trick for washing dirty and moldy pillows.
Reporting from apartmenttherapy.com, apart from making the pillow smell better, vinegar can also work to brighten the pillow, you know.
photo: YouTube/@Gianola Vlog
After soaking it with fragrance and vinegar, then dry the pillow. The mothers on the YouTube account @Gianola Vlog like to dry their pillows with the dryer in the washing machine. Finally, dry the pillow in the sun until it is completely dry, then the pillow is ready to be used again.
photo: YouTube/@Gianola Vlog
So, even without detergent, this trick for washing dirty and moldy pillows is still very effective, right? Taking a peek at @Gianola Vlog's YouTube upload which has been watched 53 thousand times, quite a few netizens have left enthusiastic comments about this trick, you know.
"Isn't this Dacron material? After washing it, does it clump up or not?" asked YouTube @nitaanaya0793 and got the answer from the video owner, "Yes, Dacron, sis... at first it definitely clumps because it gets wet when you dry it in the sun, you often just squeeze it, sis."
"If it's blue, how do you wash it," wrote YouTube @inisialb6530 in response, "for blue, so it's safe, soak with liquid soap for 15-30 minutes and scrub with KK bar soap."