Do your towels look like brush mats and do you feel like you’re putting on cardboard when you put on your socks? No doubt: you have a problem with rough laundry after washing! In these cases, we often wonder if the laundry is clean or if we have made a maintenance error. Is it a detergent or machine setting problem? For you, grandmother looks back on all the causes and good gestures to find soft laundry. In addition, we love sharing our natural, economical and ecological solutions for obtaining impeccable clothes.
1) Rough laundry after washing is often caused by water hardness
And the water is very hard in your areayour laundry may suffer! To find out if you have a hard water problem, find the information in your town hall or in the documents from your water company. You can then take some measures such as limiting washing to more than 40°C. In fact, above this temperature, your clothes will become more saturated with limescale. You may then need to invest in an anti-limescale product. The latter is dosed depending on the washing temperature (the hotter it is, the more we add) and water hardness.
More natural and economical, the white vinegar can be used as a natural softener and anti-limescale. Added to the softener tank, it will prevent limescale from accumulating on the laundry. In addition, he will take care of treat your dirty washing machine by tartar. And we reassure you: its smell disappears from the textiles when rinsed!
2) The problem may be with the rinse program
Often, households complain that their shiny new machine makes the laundry rough after washing, while their old washing machine washed perfectly. In fact, the reason for this problem is simple. THE modern washing machine only rinses 3 times compared to 5 before. For home appliance manufacturers, this makes it possible to display a best ecological rating (AAA+++)because the machine uses less water. The other side of the coin is that this saving of water during the rinsing phase means that the clothes are poorly rinsed! We then understand better why laundry is cardboardy… In this case, press the “plus rinse” button for additional rinsing. Furthermore, prefer liquid detergent, because powder detergent is harder to rinse.
3) Sometimes the laundry is also rough after washing due to incorrect dosage
You tend to have a heavy hand when it comes to laundry ? Of course, this is not good for the wallet, but the laundry also suffers… Too much is indeed the enemy of good when it comes to dosages. The detergent becomes in fact impossible to rinse completely and it will weigh down the fibers synthetic and natural fibers in clothing. So, follow the detergent manufacturers’ recommendations or the dosages recommended in homemade detergent recipes to the letter. Moreover, in this matter, we can opt for the ivy laundry detergent which makes the laundry very soft. Allow 100 g of chopped leaves to boil for 30 minutes in 1l of water. Then, let it sit overnight and filter. To wash 5 kg of laundry, use ½ glass of mustard.
4) Put the clothes in the dryer if you have one
Unfortunately, it is not the most energy-efficient device. So, we are tempted to use it as little as possible to reduce our electricity bill! However, it must be recognized that in addition to drying the laundry, it brings softness and bulk to the textile fiber. So, if certain items in your wardrobe are very rough, put them in the dryer to soften them. restore flexibility. If you do not have one, we recommend drying it outdoors, sheltered from the sun if it is colored or black. Otherwise, it may bleed (on the other hand, for white, don’t worry!). The ideal here would be thatit would have to be “beaten” by the wind. Indeed, it is THE condition for rapid drying and plumped fibers.
5) Steam ironing for added softness
If the clothes can tolerate it, treat them with the maximum steam output to make them more pleasant to the touch ! Also, use the iron when the laundry is still a little damp. This will make ironing easier, without creases and your towels and sheets will regain their original appearance. infinite sweetness.
6) Final advice: replace your industrial softener
Commercial softeners are very pollutants. Even when called “hypoallergenic,” these chemicals still contain lots of perfumes and preservatives bad for the skin and health (long live allergies and irritations on sensitive skin!). So, even though they are effective against rough laundry after washing and static electricity, you can definitely replace them. To do this, we mentioned above white vinegar which will also act as a hard water softener and eliminate bad odors. Another solution, baking soda which has the advantage of perfectly preserve the colors of linen. Like vinegar, it deodorizes, removes stains and effectively softens laundry. Just add a tablespoon to the laundry detergent drawer!