Oh my! My grandmother in the 50’s and beyond always mixed powdered tide and Clorox in a jar with water to put in the washer. Her clothes, linens etc always smelled so fresh. She was from Sweden and was a laundress.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I bought the whole deal… spin mop bucket, Tide, cleaning army handbook, etc. back during the pandemic. My husband was so impressed that now HE cleans all the floors and bathrooms! All I do is dust! 🙌👏❤️ He told our daughter about your recipes and now she uses them and has even stripped her towels and bedding! You folks have changed my life!
Omg the bloopers, love that you guys left those retakes in. Hilarious 😂 Also thanks for the tip of using a bucket. I just hand wrung stuff then ran them to the washer. I wasn't thinking🤦♀️
So I think an important thing to include would be the acidity percentage of the vinegar being used in the shower glass cleaner recipe. I know in America cleaning vinegar is 6% acidity but in Germany white vinegar is sold in grocery stores at 25% acidity. Didn’t realize this difference until I sprayed the shower glass cleaner on my shower and almost died from the fumes 😵
I bought a plunger from the $store and I use that when I do soaking/hand washing. Works great! I love your “spin” idea, lol. I’ve also made washing soda from baking soda by “baking” it. More cost effective.
I am glad I watched this video. Obviously I would read directions or look up stuff to make sure before I EVER mixed other chemicals. So I will keep this in mind! Thanks for the tip. I am a homemaker and I still have not mastered getting stains out of clothes or anything and I still have a lot to learn. I like tips and tricks and I have a few up my sleeves that work fine, but my cup is not full yet and I am open to more professional tips!
I honestly had no idea about the difference or purpose of the laundry agents. Thank you so much! I’ll definitely be adding these steps to my laundry regimen!
I would do this laundry stripping in my washing machine and once it begins to wash, just stop the washer for a hour, let it start again and stop it. That way when you are finished you can let it go to the spin cycle and not have to wring out stuff.
If there's any vinegar involved (haven't gotten to that point yet) it can ruin the rubber seals and elements in the washing machine. I think that's why they say bath tub.
@@scamtastichere’s no vinegar but one main reason they show tub soaks is because many people don’t have top loaders and thus cannot soak in their machines.
I recently laundry stripped some of my husband's shirts and oh my, couldn't believe the color of the water! May I ask, what washer and dryer are you using? Thanks for starting the channel!
If you are just using tide and water without bleach for counters could you leave it in a spray bottle for quick daily cleaning of quartz counters or do I need to mix the formula daily? Or do you have a daily cleaner you use to put your kitchen “to bed” at night?
Question! For the laundry stripping, the blog post says 2 cups of Tide (which is what I have been using), but the video calls out 1 cup. Does it matter?
Good catch Melanie! One generous scoop of tide works just fine. We are in the process of updating our recipes. We love when we can use less product and get the same results!
I tried the one for the glass shower door... I don't know if its because i put too much, but i thought I was gonna die from yhe vinegar 😂 it was burning my eyes. What went wrong? 😂
Bleach can only be used with Tide safely. We only add bleach to our hot water and tide recipe when we want to disinfect...and if it's in a safe area. As an example: We do not use hot water, bleach and tide around couches, carpets etc. where we could bleach the material.
No need to rinse, but you want to spin your mop so its almost dry!! Should be fine to use on engineered wood as long as you are careful not to have too wet of a mop.
Do not use bleach on any hardwood. It will eventually strip the polyurethane coating in spots. It also makes your floors more prone to fading if sun hits areas regularly. You might be ok if you thoroughly rinse, but that's hard to do as you don't want the floors wet. Damp mopping with plain hot water really is best for hardwood. If you really need a surfactant, put a smidge of Dr Bronners sal suds in it. Even a tsp of murphys or pine sol is much better than tide and bleach. Don't use Bona or any of those expensive "hardwood" cleaners they just build up and get filmy.
No, the temperature of water does not effect it's disinfecting qualities. It does degrade in the presence of light though so the solution is only good for about 24 hours. Which is why we say don't mix a large batch and store it.
That laundry stripping recipe has been around ages though, cloth diaperers know this. There’s a final step in the rinse cycle you didn’t do 🫢 Also if you’re washing laundry and actually washing it, it shouldn’t need to be stripped all the time.
@@brownfamily8786 most of the time people just throw laundry in the machine and push buttons and call it clean. There’s a science behind actually getting it clean (the soap, the water hardness, the temps, when to bleach, etc)
Oh my! My grandmother in the 50’s and beyond always mixed powdered tide and Clorox in a jar with water to put in the washer. Her clothes, linens etc always smelled so fresh. She was from Sweden and was a laundress.
Yes, I learned a lot of my tips and tricks from my Grandma!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I bought the whole deal… spin mop bucket, Tide, cleaning army handbook, etc. back during the pandemic. My husband was so impressed that now HE cleans all the floors and bathrooms! All I do is dust! 🙌👏❤️ He told our daughter about your recipes and now she uses them and has even stripped her towels and bedding! You folks have changed my life!
Omg the bloopers, love that you guys left those retakes in. Hilarious 😂 Also thanks for the tip of using a bucket. I just hand wrung stuff then ran them to the washer. I wasn't thinking🤦♀️
So I think an important thing to include would be the acidity percentage of the vinegar being used in the shower glass cleaner recipe. I know in America cleaning vinegar is 6% acidity but in Germany white vinegar is sold in grocery stores at 25% acidity. Didn’t realize this difference until I sprayed the shower glass cleaner on my shower and almost died from the fumes 😵
I bought a plunger from the $store and I use that when I do soaking/hand washing. Works great! I love your “spin” idea, lol. I’ve also made washing soda from baking soda by “baking” it. More cost effective.
I am glad I watched this video. Obviously I would read directions or look up stuff to make sure before I EVER mixed other chemicals. So I will keep this in mind! Thanks for the tip.
I am a homemaker and I still have not mastered getting stains out of clothes or anything and I still have a lot to learn. I like tips and tricks and I have a few up my sleeves that work fine, but my cup is not full yet and I am open to more professional tips!
Ha ha so funny Sarah 🤗
Thanks for leaving that in. Thanks for the refresher on these tips! 👍
I honestly had no idea about the difference or purpose of the laundry agents. Thank you so much! I’ll definitely be adding these steps to my laundry regimen!
A while ago I purchased your cleaning guilds/recipes and I have been using them sense! My floors are so clean! Thanks for all your work!
You are so welcome!
I only use these three recipes now, especially that shower recipes 🙌🏼 all works great!
I mix dawn and vinegar all the time and so does millions of others we are just fine and it does a great job
I would do this laundry stripping in my washing machine and once it begins to wash, just stop the washer for a hour, let it start again and stop it. That way when you are finished you can let it go to the spin cycle and not have to wring out stuff.
If there's any vinegar involved (haven't gotten to that point yet) it can ruin the rubber seals and elements in the washing machine. I think that's why they say bath tub.
@@scamtastichere’s no vinegar but one main reason they show tub soaks is because many people don’t have top loaders and thus cannot soak in their machines.
Thanks for sharing this I bet it smells good too I might try it sometime
Thank you for the advice! What temp water are you using for the laundry stripping? Hottest possible or warm?
I recently laundry stripped some of my husband's shirts and oh my, couldn't believe the color of the water! May I ask, what washer and dryer are you using? Thanks for starting the channel!
Thanks for watching! Sarah has a Huebsch washer and dryer.
And that's Speed Queen in the US. Best EVER! 🙂
4 tsp = 1 tbsp + 1 tsp. Much faster to measure out.
Unless you don’t want to dirty up two measuring spoons
😂love it!!! Love GoCleanCo!!!
Great video! Can I use it unscented Tide. Will that still work?
Love these recipes
Thank you! I have all your handbooks!
If you are just using tide and water without bleach for counters could you leave it in a spray bottle for quick daily cleaning of quartz counters or do I need to mix the formula daily? Or do you have a daily cleaner you use to put your kitchen “to bed” at night?
I leave it in one!
Can I use a powdered tide with oxi clean in it and bleach for the recipe?
best recipes ever !! ❤️
Thank you 😋
Why not some other powdered detergent or a liquid like Gain?
I just bought the huge thing of Tide from Costco and realized after I got home it was Tide Oxy.. is this still ok to use with bleach?
Could always call the 1-800 # and ask 👍
Can the dawn and vinegar stay in a spray bottle?
Yes!
Nailed the outro! 😂❤
Question! For the laundry stripping, the blog post says 2 cups of Tide (which is what I have been using), but the video calls out 1 cup. Does it matter?
Good catch Melanie! One generous scoop of tide works just fine. We are in the process of updating our recipes. We love when we can use less product and get the same results!
Thanks!
I tried the one for the glass shower door... I don't know if its because i put too much, but i thought I was gonna die from yhe vinegar 😂 it was burning my eyes. What went wrong? 😂
Do we need to worry about bleach staining things? If it touches wood, carpets, etc? Do you use this mix on wood floors?
YES. It will bleach your carpet and I'd never use bleach on wood.
hahahahaha you guys are great, thanks!
Is there an alternative laundry powder to tide you can use? Tide isn’t available in Australia
Can you use splashless bleach for all your recipes or?
Bleach can only be used with Tide safely. We only add bleach to our hot water and tide recipe when we want to disinfect...and if it's in a safe area. As an example: We do not use hot water, bleach and tide around couches, carpets etc. where we could bleach the material.
The best recipes for cleaning! I learned so much. Guilty of mixing baking soda and vinegar 😱🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
I'm allergic to Tide. Is there another all-purpose cleaner recipie you love?
Why powdered and not liquid?
Spin mop for clothes is genius I’m always soaking my clothes
Do you have to rinse the surface after using the water, tide, and bleach? Can you use it on engineered hard wood floors?
Do not use bleach on wood floors. Or quartz countertops.
I need an answer to this as well!
No need to rinse, but you want to spin your mop so its almost dry!! Should be fine to use on engineered wood as long as you are careful not to have too wet of a mop.
@@karlifleming2650 Thanks for answering my question!
Do not use bleach on any hardwood. It will eventually strip the polyurethane coating in spots. It also makes your floors more prone to fading if sun hits areas regularly.
You might be ok if you thoroughly rinse, but that's hard to do as you don't want the floors wet.
Damp mopping with plain hot water really is best for hardwood. If you really need a surfactant, put a smidge of Dr Bronners sal suds in it. Even a tsp of murphys or pine sol is much better than tide and bleach.
Don't use Bona or any of those expensive "hardwood" cleaners they just build up and get filmy.
After laundry stripping would you add fabric softener to your clothes?
Fabric softener is one of the reasons clothes need stripping. It leaves a residue.
How do u make your granite shine?
Polish Cloths, they are amazing.
Doesn’t bleach become ineffective in hot water?
No, the temperature of water does not effect it's disinfecting qualities. It does degrade in the presence of light though so the solution is only good for about 24 hours. Which is why we say don't mix a large batch and store it.
That laundry stripping recipe has been around ages though, cloth diaperers know this. There’s a final step in the rinse cycle you didn’t do 🫢 Also if you’re washing laundry and actually washing it, it shouldn’t need to be stripped all the time.
What do you mean by "and actually washing"?
@@brownfamily8786 most of the time people just throw laundry in the machine and push buttons and call it clean. There’s a science behind actually getting it clean (the soap, the water hardness, the temps, when to bleach, etc)
What's the final step to the rinsing process?
@@kt795a cold bleach cycle on the machine, then a final wash. It’s harsh, but it’s for diapers soooo gotta be harsh!
Were your leggings clean or is this the washing process
slow the voice down. You're not paid by the word
When she said surfactants, I unprescribed. 😲🫣🤬