Over at Rock in My Dryer, Shannon has asked us to post questions, instead of tips. So here is my question: Has anyone tried those Dry clean at home kit. My husband wears a suit to work everyday. We are trying to become a more frugal household and it would be great to cut out the drycleaning cost. So, do those kits work? Is there a homemade solutions to drycleaning.
Also, his t-shirts keep getting this dingy yellow look to them.....how can we get them to stay white? None of our other laundry does this.
4 comments:
I've used the dryel kit for freshing between dry cleanings. You can stretch out the time between professional cleanings, but still will need to take it in occasionally.
I agree with the other comment. I use Dryel which is great for freshing clothes. I can really strech out dry cleaning sweater sets, skirts and pants my using it. But about every three months (of course, depending how much you really wear things) I have to take them to the dry cleaner for a good cleaning.
Dryel goes a great job getting ready of the daily stink that clothes get but I haven't had much luck using it to remove big stains.
On the dingy undershirts:
I use OxyClean in every white load and that helps. I will occasionally run a load of just undershirts which I wash in Fels Naptha and rinse with white vinegar (instead of fabric softener).
Dingy white shirts?
A friend tie-dyes white shirts when they no longer are presentable as white shirts.
Of course, that is no solution for work shirts, eh?
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