Without soaking in detergent, here's a trick for washing dirty, rancid-smelling towels to make them cleaner and more fragrant

YouTube/Zulaikha pratiwy

With the addition of 1 kitchen ingredient, the resulting towels are shiny like new.

Brilio.net - Dirty towels are usually washed using detergent like washing clothes in general. However, sometimes this method is still not effective, because towels have quite thick fabric fibers, especially if the towel is white and is dirty and smells rancid. As a result, if you wash them only with detergent, the stains and unpleasant aroma on the towels may still remain.

That's why many people try to wash dirty towels with a number of tricks . For example, by soaking a towel in hot water, brushing it with lemon, and so on. However, unlike netizens on Zulaikha Pratiwy's YouTube account, this woman has other, simpler tricks, you know.

After investigating, he used an additional kitchen ingredient to wash the towels so that the results were shiny and more fragrant . On the other hand, the washing process using this netizen's trick named Zulaikha also doesn't require soaking the towel at all, you know. So, for those of you who are busy, you don't need to worry about running out of time to wash towels.

First, smear the towel with laundry bleach. Zulaikha used a brush to apply it. This bleach is guaranteed to be effective in removing stubborn stains that cause dirty towels. After that, rinse the towel using running water.

Not only rinsed, Zulaikha also explained, towels that have been treated with bleach can also be smeared with bar soap for a while, just to remove the remaining aroma of the bleach. Then, rinse again until clean.

"Don't forget to wear gloves, because your hands will feel itchy," added YouTube account owner Zulaikha Pratiwy, quoted by BrilioFood on Monday (5/2).

photo: YouTube/Zulaikha pratiwy

Finally, to make the towels even shinier and get rid of the remaining rancid aroma on the towels, you can soak them in water with a clothes freshener solution. So, Zulaikha has a trick to make clothes fragrance stick better to the towels, namely adding a little vinegar.

This vinegar is the main kitchen ingredient to add when washing these towels. Stir, then rinse and dry the towel until dry.

photo: YouTube/Zulaikha pratiwy

How about it, the results are really shiny, right? Taking a peek at Zulaikha Pratiwy's YouTube upload which has been watched 204 thousand times, quite a few netizens have left enthusiastic comments wanting to try this trick at home, you know.

Disclaimer: This translation from Bahasa Indonesia to English has been generated by Artificial Intelligence.