If you have a child in your household, your laundry stinks. Whether it is poopy clothes, smelly sweatsocks, or grubby uniforms, the smells can be overwhelming whenever you lift the hamper lid. So here's a way to cut down on the yucky odors.
Start with nylon netting. You can buy it for next to nothing at Wal-mart. It's usually about 3 yards wide, so one yard will go a long way.
Cut three or four squares, about the size of a coffee filter. Stack them up. Put a couple of tablespoons of baking soda in the center, bring the corners together, and twist. Secure with a rubber band, or a bread twistie, or a clothespin, whichever you can find in your junk drawer. Don't deny it. I know you have one. Everybody does.
Plop the resulting packet into your laundry hamper. The baking soda will absorb odors, the netting will confine it so you don't have baking soda all over the clothes, and the effect will last a couple of weeks.
When you replace the baking soda with fresh, pour the old down your kitchen drain and run hot water for about a minute to deodorize your sink.
Or use it to scrub your sink, then rinse it down the drain.
If the netting starts to look grubby, just run it through your washing machine, let it air dry, and start again.
Works for me.
4 comments:
Good idea, I'll have to try it! Happy Wednesday, ours is up as well!
clever. resourceful. frugal. and stink-free!
Great idea. I will do it.
Great suggestion! My laundry actually was stinky this morning, so I read this one with extreme interest!
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