I’m a cleaning pro – revive sweat stained pillows using 5 items, including a cheap way to kill dust mites
A CLEANING professional has revealed her method for reviving sweat-stained pillows using just five items.
It also included a cost-effective way to kill dust mites.
It’s not a job many think of doing, but Carolina Mccauley (@carolina.mccauley) certainly does.
Over 2.8 million followers and another whopping 21.6 million likes regularly tune in for her “home tips and tricks.”
This was the latest.
“How to wash pillows,” she said at the top of her video, as two rather grubby pillows waited for their deep clean.
“My secrets to getting those pillows squeaky clean,” she added before taking a deep dive into her method.
First, “always check the labels,” she wrote, and adjust your machine settings accordingly.
Next, she placed the pillows in the washing machine.
But she added some caution: “Take care not to overcrowd the machine.”
To the drum, she added “half a cup of baking soda.”
In the detergent draw, she used a “gentle detergent.”
Then a quarter of a cup of “hydrogen peroxide,” was poured in with the detergent.
Following this came “half a cup of vinegar,” which was used instead of softener.
How to clean pillows
Cleaning professional Carolina Mccauley has revealed her five-step method for cleaning sweat-stained pillows. It is cost-effective and kills dust mites.
- Always check labels on the pillows and adjust your machine’s settings accordingly.
- Place pillows in the machine, but be sure not to overcrowd them.
- To the drum add half a cup of baking soda.
- In the detergent drawer, use a gentle detergent.
- To this, add a quarter of a cup of hydrogen peroxide.
- To the softener drawer, add half a cup of vinegar to be used instead of the softener.
- To this add a few drops of Eucalyptus oil, to kill dust mites.
- Finally, add dryer balls to the drum to help pillows keep their shape.
Eucalyptus oil was also placed in the softener section “to kill dust mites.”
Finally, she added “dryer balls” to the machine “to keep the shape.”
Commenters welcomed the tip.
“Just did this. Thank you. Just wow,” said one.
One commenter worried that she didn’t have one element of Carolina’s method – dryer balls.
In the concluding remark, this commenter offered their alternative: “You can use tennis balls,” they suggested.