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Surprising Items You Can Clean In Your Washing Machine

Sports Gear

Now you need not worry about your or your kids’ untidy sports gears. You can wash knee pads, shin guards, elbow pads, and gloves in your washing machine very easily on a normal cycle with regular detergent and warm water. Then, just put each in an individual laundry bag and load and hang to dry or air dry.

Stuffed Animal Toys And Small Plastic Toys

 

You can never take a chance if it’s about your kids’ health and hygiene. Except for toys filled with beads, beans, or Styrofoam balls, you can wash any other soft toy in the machine. Please put them in a laundry bag and a small amount of detergent and start the machine.

In the same way, you can wash all your baby’s lovely toys, including dog chew toys, bath toys, building blocks, plastic action figures, and others. Do put them in a laundry bag before loading and wash them with cold water and detergent.

Mop Heads, Rubber Gloves, And Cleaning Tools

 

It’s vital to keep the mops, sponges, brushes, rubber gloves, and cleaning tools clean. Now you must be thinking about how to clean the cleaning tools. Honestly, it’s very easy. All you need to do is, after finishing your cleaning, remove all the handles from mop heads and put all the cleaning tools in a laundry bag. Wash with hot water and detergent

Lunch Bags And Boxes

To keep a lunch bag and box clean is necessary to keep yourself and your loved ones healthy. Dirty lunch bags can harbor germs and bacteria, which can make you or your family sick. You can wash soft lunch bags in the washing machine with warm water and detergent.  

Canvas Shoes And Sneakers

Do read the washing instructions carefully on your canvas shoes or sneakers before washing them in the machine. If the manufacturer had not said specifically no, then you can wash them in your washing machine. To remove the heavy stains, use stain removal for at least 15 minutes before starting washing. Then, could you put them in a laundry bag? Next, wash them with good quality detergent and warm water. To remove odor, use a cup of baking soda or a disinfectant in the water in the washer.

Curtains

You can even wash curtains in your washing machine unless they are made of some delicate material or instructed for dry clean only. Always read the washing instructions carefully. If washable, you should clean with cool water and mild detergent.

Pet Beds

It would be best to not worry about your pet’s dirty beds as you can clean them in your washing machine as your clothes. Before putting it in the machine, vacuum up the loose hair. Wash with hot water and regular detergent once a week.

Conclusion

Who knew that we could clean so many items in just one machine and not just clothes? Depending on the weight of your washing and how much load it can take, you need to choose the items to clean. Do not try to wash larger items in your small load washing machine because that could damage the machine in a couple of runs. Hope this helped you and made your life a little easier. Happy washing!

 

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