Mum shares simple but effective hack for getting rid of washed tissue on clothes
‘Tis the season at the moment for colds, flu, and other nasty bugs that have us all reaching for the tissues. While this isn’t a problem on its own, the trouble comes from when the offending material is left in a trouser, dress, or skirt pocket and then gets chucked in the wash.
If you’ve ever done this you’ll know just how annoying it is to pull out some freshly washed clothes and find everything covered fluff - and trying to get the items clean again and fluff-free is something that can prove difficult time and time again.
Thankfully, one mum has shared a simple hack for getting rid of the problem after she was forced to find a solution following her husband dropping an entire box of tissues into the wash.
Horrified at the state of her washing, the woman said she tried every ‘hack’ on the internet to get rid of the mess but nothing worked. Taking to social media instead to ask others for their advice on what to do and find out if there was an easy fix, she was quickly inundated with support.
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The one answer that people swore worked was popping dissolvable aspirin in with the clothes and washing again, claiming it would eliminate the fluff. Having nothing to lose, the mum added the pain relief medication to her next spin and told fellow social media users that it had got rid of "70% of the tissue". She announced in the post: "The clothes have been saved.”
Explaining how she had done it, the woman revealed she’d split the load in two, added eight aspirin tablets to each, as well as a cup of vinegar, and washed the clothes again. She then said any remaining fluff was easily removed after the clothes had tried by using a lint roller or sticky tape.
Some people suggested putting the wet clothes in the tumble dryer to remove the remainder of the fluff but warned people they’d need to clean the filter thoroughly after use. Others explained that aspirin works by dissolving the tissues without damaging clothing, revealing it’s a trick many cleaners swear by.
One savvy clothes washer added that bicarbonate of soda also works well, as it foams up in the wash and breaks through the tissue. Another user pointed out that paracetamol is also great for removing sweat stains, explaining that they just need to be crushed, mixed with water and applied to the offending area.
The post quickly attracted hundreds of comments, with many remarking that her husband’s ‘accident’ could have been tactical, as he would probably never be allowed to do the laundry again. One person wrote: "Still trying to work out how your husband managed to wash a whole box of tissues.” However, the woman did defend her hubby, adding"Just to stick up for my poor husband, he is actually really good at doing the laundry, I barely have to touch it," she said. "But this was out of both of our leagues."
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