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What does a good cook instinctively use? You guessed it: multi-purpose kitchen towels. To prepare the dishes, we clean the counter, dry the utensils, dry our hands, take out the kitchen towels. Normal ! They absorb all the water and food residues. Result: they get dirty and full of bacteria and stubborn stains. So, would you like to know how to clean those dirty rags without a washing machine? Here are our best tips that only depend on small gestures…
Being the problem of all kitchens, dirty kitchen towels must be washed regularly and dried well. You can even give them a facelift by following our simple, quick and effective tips. Do you want to know what pitfalls we are talking about? Read on and your dirty kitchen towels will be clean and fresh as ever!
How to wash and remove very dirty kitchen towels naturally without a washing machine?
Cleaning dishes with a kitchen towel.
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Clean dishes with a kitchen towel. source: spm
It’s a task that seems like a chore and yet it must be done. We give you the simplest and most effective tips to do it in no time. With this miraculous component, you will wash your kitchen towels as you wash simple dishes. This is the famous baking soda, the maintenance product par excellence known for its ability to catch all difficult stains.
Cleaning dirty rags with baking soda: an ingenious solution!
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Kitchen cloth: a must-have. source: spm
Its abrasive property resists the most ingrained stains on fabric. Baking soda is the natural product that trivializes all difficult washing. Now you know how to add it to your shopping cart, right?
We will immediately show you the method:
Get a pot, salt, baking soda and water;
Soak all your dirty cloths in the pot;
Add a teaspoon of salt, two more of baking soda and water to cover;
Heat the water until it boils while turning the kitchen towels several times with a fork or tongs so that they absorb the ingredients well on all sides;
When the water has cooled, take them out, rinse them with cold water, wring them out and spread them on a rack to air dry;
Once dry, store them in a cupboard away from moisture.
We specify that to improve the cleaning of very dirty kitchen towels, they can also go through another washing phase in the washing machine with your usual detergent. Otherwise, this process alone is usually enough.
Here are the clean towels, peeled off and ready to use for the next use.
How to clean and whiten old kitchen towels that do not withstand pre-washing at more than 60°C?
We are going to present you a cleaning broth, enough to revive the colors of your dark, bright and white kitchen towels. It is about this magic component that always brings shine: it is white vinegar!
A deep wash and bright colors, it is possible!
It is essential every time you want to add a new look to the dull veil of your household linen. White vinegar acts as a bleaching agent with its unmatched absorption action.
In fact, this trick is reserved for kitchen towels that cannot be washed at more than 60 ° C.
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