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It is known that white things have to be periodically bleached additionally, because they quickly get dirty and turn yellow after a large number of washes. For this, chlorine-containing bleaches, expensive imported ECO analogues and folk remedies are used.
The latter include aspirin – how effective it is and how to use it, you will learn in the framework of this review.
What is the secret of action
An aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) tablet is a cheap pharmacy remedy that is also used to wash and bleach clothes. There may be several names for the drug, but any one is suitable for washing:
- Aspirin C.
- Upsarin UPSA.
- Acetylsalicylic acid.
- Aspirin Cardio and so on.
Important! Aspirin C is the most soluble in water.
You can also use expired tablets – feel free to throw spoiled aspirin into the washing machine, this will not affect its properties and will not harm the machine.
Compare the cost of bleach and acetylsalicylic acid, and you will understand why aspirin is put in – to wash, bleach and save money.
How to wash clothes with aspirin
For effective washing of white linen, a solution is prepared from the following ingredients:
- 10 tablets of 325 mg.
- 15 liters of warm water.
For washing with aspirin to bring results, you need to crush the tablets into powder, pour them into water, put laundry in it and leave for 8 hours.
After soaking, you can proceed to both hand and machine wash. If there is no time for soaking, you can add crushed acid to the drum along with the laundry. The effect will not be as pronounced as with soaking, but the quality of washing will increase.
Important! Before washing in the aspirin machine, always crush the tablets. This can be done in a mortar or coffee grinder.
How to whiten with aspirin
Whitening clothes with aspirin is a favorite method of economical housewives. The most common whitening recipe is:
- Take a few antipyretic tablets (depending on the amount of laundry).
- Unravel them.
- Mix with laundry detergent or gel.
- Pour the resulting mixture into a cuvette (pour the liquid solution into the drum).
- After selecting the appropriate mode, start washing.
Before bleaching laundry in this way, you can not soak it. Soaking should be carried out only for things that are too gray or yellowed.
You can remove sweat stains on clothes in a similar way:
- Powder 2 tablets.
- Take half a glass of warm water and dissolve the resulting powder.
- Treat stains with a sponge or cloth.
- Leave for a couple of hours.
- Wash by hand or in the washer.
- Dry naturally – under the influence of sunlight, the whitening properties of aspirin will manifest even more strongly.
Sometimes stains are simply sprinkled with powder, but the acid works harder after dissolving.
Is it possible to descale the washing machine with aspirin
Using acid tablets, you can descale the parts of the washing machine. To do this, proceed as follows:
- Take half a pack of acetylsalicylic acid (5 tablets).
- Pound it into powder.
- Mix with conditioner.
- Run a dry wash without laundry.
This mixture will not clean off a strong plaque, but it will definitely remove fresh layers of scale, and it will also be an excellent prevention, as it acts similarly to citric acid. Read more about descaling methods on the page “How to clean a washing machine with citric acid».
In conclusion, we say that user reviews of such washing and bleaching methods are mostly good. The soaking method is especially touted, but machine washing also brings results.
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