It's my kitchen towels, dishclothes, and washclothes. Yep, that's right...I boil them once a month or so. See how gray the water is? These are freshly laundered towels.
Have you ever grabbed a wet dish rag that you just got out of the drawer this morning, and it smelled a bit sour?
Then this is the trick for you....unless your washing machine has the super-hot cycle, a good boil is about the only thing that will do it.
I start with a VERY large pot. This one I found at a second hand store with a canning pot to match for about 4 dollars. I get all my clean dish towels and rags gathered up and place in the pot with about 1/4th scoop of Oxi-Clean. I then add hot top water and place on high, givin' it a good stir every now and again. I let it bubble and boil for about 1/2 hour then I turn it off and let it sit for another 1/2 hour.
Then I drain as much of the water out that I can; note how dirty the water is. These were clean(ish).
I then place them in a load of bath towels to wash....
Ouch, it's still hot.
then to dry....
and believe it or not, only on the day I do the boil,
I give 'em a good press...
and there....they are done. Don't they look nice? And they smell fresh, too!
5 comments:
ewwwww! It just makes me want to go and clean mine right now!!!
~your sis~
simply stork
I stick mine in a bucket of hot water with some Biz and leave them sit for 24 hours. If there's a particularly bad stain, I make a Biz/water paste and apply it to the spot. Works like a charm. I'd try boiling and ironing them, but if my husband caught me, I think he'd decide I need a part time job! :)
I like your idea too Angie! I won't let my husband read what your husband would say... :-)
Hey stork... get to it. You can use my pot :-)
I am so glad I stumbled upon your blog via Amanda's @ Much Forgiven, You have some neat recipe's, thank you for sharing
Welcome Tumble weed! What a great name.
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