How to remove sweat stains and musty smells from clothes? Ordinary clothes can also be washed to look like high-end ready-to-wear

Although Xiaolu also takes care to do her makeup properly,

she always feels she falls a bit short compared with refined girls.

Take Andy from Ode to Joy for example:

Xiaolu feels the gap between them is not in makeup or clothing taste,

but in the fact that their clothes are always

"clean, flowing, and full of presence."

But away from her mother, Xiaolu's clothes are a pitiful sight.

Every day after work she is too lazy to move at all.

Dirty clothes go straight into the washing machine.

Now the collars and cuffs are yellow, and even hand-scrubbing cannot get it off.

Summer dresses always seem to have a sweaty smell,

so she washes them after wearing them every day,

but "the more you wash, the more yellow and the more stiff" - what on earth is that about?

Also, a couple of days ago she bought a white short-sleeved shirt,

and she did not know how to pretreat the soy sauce dripped on it,

so later no matter how she hand-washed it, it would not come out,

and she could only wear the clothes with soy sauce stains to work...

So in order to become a refined girl like Andy,

Xiaolu carefully studied the differences between herself and refined girls when it comes to washing clothes.

Now she will share with everyone

those things about washing clothes that you do not know:

1. How can yellow stains and stubborn stains on clothes be cleaned completely?

2. What to do about the musty smell of clothes in the rainy season?

3. What to do when clothes get stiffer the more they are washed?

4. How can lazy people wash clothes to a high standard?

How can yellow stains and stubborn stains on clothes be cleaned completely?

In summer, just moving a little makes you break out in sweat.

Maybe white short-sleeved shirts or dress shirts

will start to turn a bit yellow by the second or third day of wear.

Also, baby clothes and diapers are often wet with urine,

and are especially prone to yellowing.

Yellow stains are not easy to wash clean,

and this is related to the fact that people in China nowadays do not like to use washing powder.

Because most domestic washing powders contain fluorescent agents and phosphorus,

and are also hard to rinse out.

But the sweat stains secreted by people are weakly acidic.

So using weakly alkaline washing powder

works better for washing slightly yellowed clothes.

Kao enzyme washing powder deeply ferments plants,

contains no other harmful substances,

so even poured on the hands it does not burn.

But this washing powder mainly uses protease and lipase to break down sweat stains and oils,

and enzymes only have enough activity in water above 40 degrees,

and for high-end clothes such as wool and silk,

it has a damaging effect.

So the scenarios in which it can be used are still fairly limited.

"Collars and cuffs" are the places where yellow stains accumulate most easily.

If you do not specially scrub the collars and cuffs clean every time you wash clothes,

then once it builds up, it becomes very hard to wash.

You can use Kao and Lion collar cleaners.

Kao's deep-cleaning ability is stronger than Lion's.

Lion's smell is a bit nicer than Kao's.

Their main ingredients are enzymes and non-ionic surfactants.

Enzymes themselves are already very strong at cleaning human sweat and oils,

and can also clean oil stains and fruit juice stains.

Compared with washing powder,

collar cleaner has a better cleaning effect on local stains.

The slender nozzle can apply the detergent directly to long, narrow areas such as collars and cuffs.

Soak for five minutes and put it in the washing machine, and that is enough.

Compared with the previous hard work of scrubbing yellow stains,

this is much less trouble.

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For clothes that have already turned yellow,

or that have blood stains on them that truly cannot be removed,

you have to use active oxygen granules.

Japanese housewives keep active oxygen granules at home as a cleaning agent.

Besides being able to bleach clothes,

they can also wash your darling's white sneakers,

wash baby clothes that are extremely hard to clean,

bleach discolored tableware,

and can also be used to clean mildew at home.

Although it has many functions,

the principle is very simple:

it uses "the movement of active oxygen molecules" to break up stains.

Dissolve the detergent and bleach in warm or hot water,

then soak the clothes for 0.5-2 hours,

and put them in the washing machine and wash them once as usual, and they will be clean.

The method of use is roughly the same as enzyme washing powder,

but the effect is stronger than enzyme washing powder.

What to do about the musty smell of clothes in the rainy season?

A while ago, Xiaolu was deeply addicted to games and could not pull herself away.

Every time she came out of the arcade,

she had a smell on her that even perfume could not cover,

which directly reduced her enthusiasm for games.

Usually after working out,

it is really awkward for a girl to come out covered in sweat and sit on the subway.

The south has reached the plum rain season again,

and many friends report that clothes have a moldy smell after drying.

Ah ah ah ah ah, clothes having a smell is simply too damaging to Xiaolu.

Recently

Downy scent beads have been very popular,

and you just pour in half a capful before washing clothes.

Like perfume, they have top, middle, and base notes,

and the smell is neither cloying nor heavy.

The scent can last about three or four days.

Xiaolu likes the berry floral scent best;

it is sweet and tart and very pleasant.

With it, she does not even want to use perfume anymore,

for fear of covering up its own fragrance.

Although its scent sheets are colored,

once dissolved in water they become colorless,

so there is absolutely no need to worry that clothes will be dyed by the scent sheets.

There are also many domestic brands of scent beads,

which have some price advantage over Downy.

But Xiaolu would still choose Downy,

as it feels a bit more professional.

What to do when clothes get stiffer the more they are washed?

When fabric softener first came out,

Xiaolu thought it was just a bluff.

Aren't fabrics like that anyway, so why make them soft?

After trying a friend's once, she also felt it did not make things much softer,

and then she automatically ignored it.

It was not until this year, when Xiaolu bought a dress similar to silk,

that she loved it so much she wore it every day,

and was afraid it would have a sweaty smell in summer, so she washed it every day,

but found that it actually got stiffer the more it was washed,

and was no longer flowing at all.

This is because fabrics have generally already been softened before leaving the factory,

and we gradually wash away the original softener.

In the north, for example, the water is hard,

when clothes are dried, only the water evaporates,

while the calcium and magnesium salts remain in the fabric fibers,

so the more times they are washed,

the stiffer the clothes become.

In Japan,

the basic functions of fabric softener are already fully developed,

so what the brands compete over is the scent and how long it lasts.

LAVONS fabric softener is one that is widely recommended both in China and abroad.

Its scent is divided into top, middle and base notes,

and many people say the blue version is the scent men love most~

Its ingredients are so safe that even babies can use it.

Fabric softener actually forms another protective film on the clothes,

so its claims of dust-proofing and pollen-proofing are still believable.

It is not recommended to pour fabric softener directly into the washing machine,

it is best to add it during the final rinse of the clothes,

no extra rinsing is needed,

so pay attention to the amount you use.

How can lazy people wash clothes to a high standard?

Having said so much about meticulous clothing care methods,

if you think it means laundry detergent,

and then fabric softener,

and the process is both troublesome and takes up space,

you can try Japan's P&G laundry pods.

Its pink and light blue versions are truly "three-in-one",

combining the functions of "laundry detergent, fabric softener and scent booster",

and you can complete the whole washing process just by putting them into the washing machine.

What's more, a wife can hold her child with one hand,

and finish the laundry with the other.

It also contains cold-water enzymes and color-protecting chelating agents,

and can also remove dried-on stains.

No need to think about how much laundry detergent to pour anymore,

one pod is enough to wash a whole load of clothes.

Its outer plastic film melts when it meets water,

and although it is not so exaggerated that it dissolves the moment you touch it,

you should still try not to pick it up with wet hands.

The washed clothes smell nice,

and even after wearing them for a day there is no sweat odor,

so you no longer need to wash clothes every day.

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