Worthy alternative to tissue kitchen towels are paper, which are simple and economical to use. However, many housewives prefer traditional flax or cotton products. And since such towels still have a habit of becoming dirty, we will try to find out how easily and quickly they can be washed at home.
- Methods for removing stains
- Mustard
- Citric acid
- Permanganic
- Ammonia
- Bleaching agents
- Hydrogen peroxide
- Vegetable oil
- silicate adhesive
- Soda
- Sol
- means dishwashing
- Vinegar
- Soap
- Shampoo
- As prevent
contaminationWays to remove stains
In the kitchen it is difficult not to put a food stain. And many of them are not easy to get out. However, the simplest, sometimes unexpected, remedies will come to the rescue, with which you can remove stains at home.
to contents ^Mustard
This method both bleaches, and disinfects. Dry mustard powder pour hot water to the consistency of thick gruel. Apply the mixture to damp towels. You can erase them in 6-8 hours.
to the table of contents ^Citric acid
Aging spots are effectively citric acid. It is necessary to sprinkle it with dirty places and stand on the cloth for an hour.
You can remove stains from tomatoes and beets using "lemonade".First, wash the towels with laundry soap in hot water, then squeeze lightly, sprinkle problem areas with acid, soak for 5 minutes and just rinse.
to the table of contents ^Manganese
Add 200 grams of washing powder and a bit of potassium permanganate to the tub with boiling water to make the water pinkish. Towels, previously washed, put in the resulting solution. The pelvis is covered with a film - until the water cools down completely. Afterwards, wash and rinse again.
To get rid of the unpleasant odor, you need to soap wet kitchen textiles with laundry soap and put in a basin of cool water, adding a little bit of potassium permanganate to it. In the morning it will only be rinsed.
to contents ^Ammonia alcohol
Spots from tea or coffee can be easily cleaned with a solution of ammonia. Dilute it in water in equal proportions and for an hour soak the towels in the resulting solution.
Spots from tea brewing can be cleaned with a mixture of ammonia and glycerin in a proportion of 1: 4, respectively.
to the table of contents ^Bleaching agents
If there are few dirty towels, you can wash them by hand, using whiteness or a more gentle AMWAY whitener, which is suitable for all types of fabrics. In 1 liter of boiling water dilute 1 tablespoon of the product and soak dirty things in it. After complete cooling of the liquid, wash.
Hydrogen Peroxide
Spots soak in perhydrolyl solution, leave for half an hour, andafter washing - even the oldest pollution will go away.
to contents ^Vegetable oil
Add 3 tablespoons of detergent, soda, bleach and vegetable oil to hot water. In this solution, soak the dirty towels and leave overnight. In the morning it is most effective to wash the textile in the washing machine, setting the mode of quick washing.
Silicate glue
This means can be used to remove a wide variety of stains on products made of white fabric. Grind the chips of laundry soap into the water, add 1 tablespoon of silicate glue. In this liquid, kitchen textile products boil for 30 minutes.
to the table of contents ^Soda
Greasy stains on colored towels can be removed by soaking kitchen textiles in 2-3 liters of water, adding soda and dish detergent - 2-3 tablespoons each. In this liquid, the product should be held for at least an hour, and then washed.
to contents ^Salt
To remove stains of coffee and tomato, dilute the salt in water in the ratio of 1 tablespoon per liter of water. To remove wine stains, you need a steeper solution of 2-3 spoons of salt.
Leave the towels in the solution for about an hour, and then wash in a washing machine or manually.
to contents ^Dishwashing detergent
You can wash off white and colored kitchen towels from grease and bad smell with a dishwashing detergent. The gel should be applied to the dirt and left for a day. After washing and rinse as usual.
Vinegar
This method will easily relieve the kitchen towels of unpleasant smell and mold stains. In a 5-9% solution of acetic acid, soak the cloth with mold marks for 5-10 minutes. After washing as usual and rinse well.
Unpleasantly smelling products for a few hours soak in water with vinegar or baking soda, and then, squeezing, washing in a washing machine.
to the table of contents ^Household soap
Household soap can deal with any traces of food, including fat. The color and tone of the fabric do not matter - it can be both colored and light-colored monochrome.
Method 1.
Towels should be soaked in warm water, then generously soap them with laundry soap and put them in a cellophane bag so that no air gets into it. So leave for the night. In the morning, you just need to rinse them and rinse thoroughly. This method is suitable for linen stitches, and for waffle towels.
Method 2.
Grate half a bar of laundry soap and a handful of soda ash pour on a coarse grater into the enameled basin, filling it with half water.
While the mixture is not completely dissolved, it must be stirred constantly. Then put textiles in it and add the fire, bring the mixture to a boil. After that, the fire can be reduced to a minimum, but for about a quarter of an hour you should hold the pelvis with the mixture on the stove.
Then you can wash the towels as usual. If you want them to become perfectly white, you can add bleach to the pelvis.
to contents ^Shampoo
Shampoo is usually used to remove fruit stains. It should be applied abundantly on the stain, soak for 10-15 minutes and wash as usual.
to contents ^How to prevent contamination of
- You need to change kitchen towels more often so that they do not have time to get very dirty.
- It is better to wash the textile as soon as it gets dirty.
- Kitchen towels are recommended to iron - then they get dirty much less, and they look neater and more beautiful.
- Towels should be several for different "kitchen" purposes - to wipe hands, dishes, vegetables and fruits, a table and a stove.
- It is not recommended to use terry cloths in the kitchen, as they quickly get dirty, dry longer after washing, which creates favorable conditions for the reproduction of fungi and microbes.
- You can starch towels - the starch film will repel some pollutants. To do this, in a liter of warm water, you need to dilute a tablespoon of starch, put the towels there for 5-7 minutes, squeeze, dry it and iron it.
- Textile products for the kitchen need to be dried especially carefully to avoid the rancid odor that they acquire if they remain at least slightly damp. After washing, the towel should be shaken, spread and let it dry naturally in the fresh air.