Laundry Stripping Temple Garments


To temple garment wearers, especially plus-sized garment wearers. I have discovered a thing I must share. And please note: if you don't wear garments, that doesn't make you a bad person. Please don't feel bad. You are worthy of love with or without garments.

It's getting warmer outside. I know what that means for some of you because I know what it means for me. Sweating from now until September without relief. Medicated body powder. Unpleasant smells. Changing your garments at least once a day.

If this is you, and your garments have lingering odors, sweat, and funk in them even after you wash them, I have something that might help. I saw laundry stripping on TikTok and tried it immediately.
  • 1/4 cup baking soda 
  • 1/4 cup Borax 
  • 1 cup powder laundry detergent 
Use that in a presoak with your garments for about 8 hours, stirring about once an hour. Then wash and dry like normal.
 
When I tell you my garments have never been cleaner, I'm not kidding. I'm going to start doing this every time I do whites. I did this in my bathtub yesterday as an experiment, but husband says I can do it in the washer too because we have a presoak option.

You can do this with any clothing. The water that left mine was a dingy gray, but just in the videos I've seen, everything from opaque black to brown water is not unusual. 
 
Give yourself the gift of the very cleanest skivvies without shame. You deserve it.

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