YouTube/Bunda Ipi
Brilio.net - Sofa pillows are one part of the living room accessories. Usually the pillows are arranged neatly on the sofa. Even if you don't use it for sleeping, sofa pillows also need to be washed regularly, you know. The reason is, a lot of dust and dirt sticks to the surface. Apart from dust, the surface of sofa cushions is also often dirty and stained due to spilled food or drink.
If left dirty for too long , the sofa cushions will look dirty and dull. It can even get moldy, you know. Even dirty sofa cushions can give off an unpleasant odor, such as a musty smell.
To deal with the musty smell of sofa cushions, some people choose to brush them with a mixture of detergent and water. However, these two ingredients are less effective if the sofa cushions have been dirty for too long. In particular, the musty smell will be difficult to remove.
Well, a netizen via YouTube, Bunda Ipi, also showed the condition of the sofa cushions in her house which were dirty and smelled musty. He intends to clean the pillow and shares the steps via a video upload.
Apparently, he only needed to add two kitchen ingredients to get rid of the unpleasant smell on his sofa cushions. What's more interesting is that you don't need to brush the pillow to clean it, you know.
How to wash musty sofa pillows so they are clean and smell good.
Reported by BrilioFood from Bunda Ipi's YouTube on Monday (26/2), the two kitchen ingredients used were dish soap and vinegar. Apart from that, he also uses citrus, detergent and clothes freshener.
photo: YouTube/Mother Ipi
First of all, he boiled water until it boiled. After that, boiling water is poured into the bucket. This YouTube user also added a packet of citrus and enough dish soap. Stir the three ingredients until dissolved and evenly mixed.
photo: YouTube/Mother Ipi
Once the ingredients have completely dissolved, place the sofa cushions in a bucket filled with citron liquid, laundry soap and hot water. Make sure the entire surface of the pillow is submerged in the cleaning fluid.
Soak the pillow for about 1 hour so that the cleaning fluid can work and absorb into the fabric fibers. That way, dust and dirt can be removed.
After soaking for 1 hour, he continued the washing process with the washing machine.
"Well, I want to soak it for 1 hour so that the dirt stuck to the pillow is gone and can be cleaned more quickly. After soaking, I won't check it, I'll wash it as usual in the washing machine," he said.
photo: YouTube/Mother Ipi
The next step, pour the sofa cushions with liquid detergent and water. Then wash in the washing machine as usual. After the washing machine stopped and the remaining washing water had been thrown away, the YouTube user did not immediately rinse the pillow. He chose to dry the pillow first.
"Before I rinse it, so that it can be cleaned quickly, I want to dry it first. After drying it, I rinse it, then I dry it again. I dry it first so that the remaining soap foam disappears," he added.
The process of drying sofa cushions is done to remove the foam left over from the washing process, so it doesn't need to be rinsed repeatedly. This method is also used to save water usage when washing sofa cushions.
photo: YouTube/Mother Ipi
"I added fragrance mixed with vinegar so that the fragrance sticks. So the pillow won't smell musty and will smell better," he said.
After drying, the new sofa cushions are rinsed with additional clothes freshener and vinegar. The addition of vinegar itself functions to make the fragrance more even and long-lasting. Rinse the pillow in the washing machine until there is no soap residue left. Next, the YouTube user dried the pillow again a second time.
photo: YouTube/Mother Ipi
After washing and drying, the sofa cushions, which previously looked dull and gave off an unpleasant odor, now look bright and smell good again. This method of washing musty-smelling sofa cushions shared by YouTube user Bunda Ipi also seems to save time and energy, you know.
The reason is, you don't need to bother brushing and rinsing the pillow many times to keep it clean. By using several kitchen ingredients, you can make your sofa cushions smell fresh after washing them.
YouTube user Bunda Ipi's method of washing musty-smelling sofa cushions has also received the attention of netizens. Not a few wrote responses and thanks via the comments column.
"Present, mother... wow, very clean, mother," said the account @ZidanZulianLuthfi.
"Thanks for sharing tips on how to wash sofa cushions, bro, very useful," commented the account @bundajordan6029.
"Thank you for the tips on how to wash your pillow, it's immediately clean and smells good," said the account @routinitasirt.
(brl/lut)
