15 LAUNDRY HACKS & TIPS YOU NEED TO KNOW | How I Do My Laundry Efficiently

Today I am sharing 15 laundry hacks all of which will save you either time, money, or space in your laundry room. I’ll be honest, laundry is NOT my favorite thing to do. But we have to do it unless we want to smell like a sock. So I have learned these hacks over the years to reduce my time spent doing laundry and preserve clothes and linens for longer so I can save my coins and get good use out of what I have. Below there are some affiliate links to many items shared as well as commonly asked for items on my channel. Thanks!
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[@abbysheridan1429]

Quick share: when you decide your towels are no longer usable, consider donating them to your local animal shelter. They take blankets as well.

[@Angel-zz8ot]

Same with blankets and pillows!!

[@jennifertull5158]

This share makes me happy!!

[@368chen]

Thank you for this info!

[@chelseapena2209]

I am donating all my old towels to the animal rescue we got one of our dogs from.

[@vzeimen]

I do this about once a year. I go through my house and gather up all the old kitchen and bath towels, wash clothes etc. My shelter also will take pillow cases and a great place to donate old sheets to is your local high school, college, or arts center ceramic studio. Ceramics studios also love to get dry cleaning bags which are harder and harder to come by with more people working at home or just not using dry cleaners anymore.

[@cack121]

My great grandmother used bluing in her white clothes when I was young, therefore my gram and my mom did as well. I have been using it for our family for over 40 years. Adding bleach to your clothing breaks down the fibers and cuts down on life. Vinegar is all I ever use as a "fabric softener" so I never have that smell in my towels. Fabric softener holds on to the smells. Eliminate that and you shouldnt have that problem anymore. Good luck on your laundry journey.

[@jenw5854]

A teaspoon of tea tree oil in your regular detergent will kill the stank on towels or sweaty work wear. With the towels make sure they are drying 110%, any moisture lingering will bring back the stink. Totally agree with kids doing their own laundry. That’s the only way they’ll be self sufficient when we send them out into the world! Mine has been doing his since second grade.

[@ellengross1027]

Great tips, Mai! In addition to washing clothes you want to preserve longer inside out, I generally hang dry whatever I can, then fluff it in the dryer with wool dryer balls on the no heat setting.

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

I always get giving out too, why are all our clothes inside out mammy, as they stay in good condition that way when being washed

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

Yes I use clothes horse mostly to dry, towels, facecloths dryer, put tennis ball in...bouncy and soft

[@calliebrockett9181]

I love the separate baskets. I have different hampers too!! Husband greasy work clothes, my clothes, towels, and my son's clothes. Makes laundry super easy!

[@michaelataylor6381]

Quick tip: use liner stuffed in an old toilet paper roll as a fire starter in a fireplace or camp fire. You are not causing waste as well as starting your fire easy

[@jillyaria6370]

My best laundry hack is Lysol laundry sanitizer. It even gets the funk out of my carpenter husband's nasty socks!! It's magical.

[@MaiZimmy]

Thanks for the tip!!!

[@RebeccaWhite30]

Great stuff. Now to get my husband to stop his laundry purgatory pile 😂

[@somerandomlizzie7741]

I got my husband his own "purgatory basket" it kinda helps. Sometimes the clothes just live there forever and never make it to the wash 😅

[@jessicapacella2937]

Yes thank you for more tips!! Always a great vid from Mai

[@RitaDeeDee]

Loved this video! Regarding the detergent, the water in the formula and all the plastic waste are the reasons I turned back to old fashion powder detergent: all ingredients are detergent and no plastic jug!

[@reginabeasley872]

Happy new year Mia and family great laundry tips

[@sarahjean4029]

Loved this video! I am ALL about hacks to make my life easier 🙌🏻 I only have 1 kid right now but man do I have way less time to do things than I did before having her. Absolutely love your channel ❤️

[@MaiZimmy]

awww thank you!!!

[@nacho_wifey]

I only "sort" my delicates from normal, because duh, I'm not washing my super soft knitted sweater with my fiance's jeans, but light and dark goes together! We wash on cold and dry on one tick higher than cold, and never had an issue. I wash everything inside out because of prints and pilling, plus that's the dirtiest part...usually. We have to do lots at once as a 2 person household because I bring my laundry to my mom's house from my apartment. It's exhausting but we have 2 bins and switch em out as I'm doing it. One of the best "hacks" is to clean your washer! It can get gross! There are recipes online for homemade cleaning or things you can buy, and it's definitely necessary!

[@MaiZimmy]

washing you washer is sooooo necessary!! Even more so when you have a front loading washer!!! those things get nasty quick! 😅

[@lauraammannito9911]

Useful tips! Thank you!!

[@shanaazmohammed7713]

Your tips are just like what I do, even when I was younger as well 😁

[@dichang3]

I find that by adding some oxy clean with your towels it also helps with the smell.

[@jessicaschuler3993]

For odors,musty,moldy smells,use borax,just add it in with detergent,it’s inexpensive too,smelly boy mom here too,lol!

[@chrisgogreve8743]

Great tips. Thanks for sharing.

[@matiloren7022]

Hi Mai, happy new year, thanks for all the tips, I love your videos 💓💓

[@MaiZimmy]

Happy New Year to you too!! 🥳🥳🥳

[@backpain4ever505]

The laundry strips are excellent. Every single company should be making these instead of using huge plastic bottles. I put the strip towards the bottom of the load but still having direct contact with the water to get them to dissolve.

[@abigailfertal2678]

More helpful hacks- The Container Store has stackable laundry hampers that are amazing. Fold clothes right out of the dryer before you load a new load. For deep clean (funky towels workout clothes etc) you can do a laundry additive called RLR.

[@MaiZimmy]

Never heard of RLR I’ll have to look into it!

[@suicydeblonde]

I never use detergent with towels. Only vinager. They come out fluffy & no stink!

[@my13a2003]

Hello. I have a question. What type of vinegar do we use? Vinegar for cooking or vinegar for cleaning? Or does it matter?

[@suicydeblonde]

@griselda WE I use white vinegar. I find it in either cooking or cleaning isle. It's the same in both.

[@crystalowen8328]

I always have clothes separate so I can wash & fold or hang right out of dryer & put back where it belongs. I also have boys & a hubby that I won't wash my clothes with🤣 a long time ago I started using the lysol laundry detergent cuz kids sometimes do not do a great job of wiping or manly stanky pits. I've used the white bright but never tried the blue detergent so I'll have to get some. Thanks for the video 🙂

[@gloryunderfoot700]

I stopped folding my kids’ laundry early on, too. Before they were big enough to actually do laundry on their own, it was their job to sort laundry (I have 4 minions and they teamwork this quest/chore). I actually struggle to put *anything* away, so I’ll fold mine and my husband’s laundry, and he’ll put it away to include hanging up those items that don’t go in drawers. We also use wool dryer balls in our dryer, I *think* they’re supposed to help your clothes dry faster, but I’m not sure as actual laundry is done by one of my teenagers.

[@kitw76]

Happy New Year Mai!

[@gildastigliano7936]

great! I learned quite a lot today! thanks!!!

[@MaiZimmy]

Glad to hear it!

[@barbkelzenberg2394]

Good tips! 🌺

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

I seperate too, my husbands work stuff as service engineer... Oil have to do separately

[@louisedillon6797]

I add white vinegar in every load of clothes that I wash to make them smell good.

[@brandykroeger9692]

I love the no sort method! I need to better implement this! I was doing a whites basket, an all colors basket and a towels basket (because I like to sanitize them) BUT now I’m going to try by person baskets + an all whites basket &&& get some color catcher for when I’m nervous about it lol

[@brandykroeger9692]

Also going to use vinegar and baking soda for my whites ect.

[@daniellep6807]

Thank you because the vinegar and then baking soda wash saved my stinky towels!

[@deirdrerosesharples7453]

I wash everything inside out and on cool, 30° wash👍👍, towels and bedsheets 60° wash daily fast setting, have setting 15min wash great for trainers and kids coats, our washing machine Nordmende great settings

[@jessieperez6984]

Now it’s a great Monday morning 😁

[@MaiZimmy]

🥰🥰🥰

[@indigo149]

We have a little laundry basket with elephants on it for our whites (which is mostly my husband's socks). So we don't say socks in our household - it's "I need to wash elephants" or "Don't forget about your elephants!" 😂

[@shalissebyrd2552]

It helps to let them completely dry out before putting them into the dirty clothes basket

[@kholloway5271]

Heeeeeeck yes to sorting by person!! I’m a mom of five, and even though we have twins, we’re dealing with seven different sizes of clothes (darn that itty bitty twin!!). I also do the no fold bin method. Anything that ends up ridiculously wrinkled gets wrinkle releaser. One more thing I do is check for stains between the washer and dryer. If something’s stained, it gets one more ride through the wash. If it doesn’t come out then, big old shrug. I’d rather spend my time on… anything but endlessly fighting laundry stains.

[@vzeimen]

I have been struggling so hard with my white towels and sheets getting so yellow and icky smelling. I did the vinegar and hot water method today. I actually let the towels soak for a half hour after in the solution and then when I was putting them in the dryer, I realized I always just press the automatic dry button for almost all my laundry. But this doesn't get very hot which made me wonder if a hotter dryer cycle for towels would kill the stuff that makes them smell. So I did hottest water in the was and the hottest, driest setting on the dryer and they turned out beautiful. So fresh. I used the cleaning vinegar from the dollar store so the price was right as well.

[@lish8591]

Would like to not have to fold but I like to rotate the clothing to get even wear. My daughter would grab the same 3 outfits over and over again 😄

[@kimberleychavelle9426]

Love your videos. How do you get the sink out of workout clothes, my husband clothes smell of sweat?!

[@pamelasmith8389]

Where would I find the cloth storage bins with dividers

[@happymommylifevlogs]

Where did you buy the cube bins with the divider? I need those in my life for my girls clothes.

[@jessieperez6984]

Where did you find the cube storage bins with dividers please? This would help my husband so much!

[@MaiZimmy]

I wish I could link them! I got them on amazon a long time ago and they are discontinued

[@shanaazmohammed7713]

I see my 8yr old daughter just packs her clothes in the correct draws so when she needs something she knows where to look

[@theLordismyShephard]

Any ideas about static? My soft baby blankets come out of the dryer with so much static

[@MaiZimmy]

Yes! Make a ball of aluminum foil and toss that in :)

[@theLordismyShephard]

Thank you!

[@cetinozden6937]

Hello love 💗🌹

[@sonyahubbard3226]

I thought nobody made bluing anymore! My mom used bluing.

[@bridgettbenson6830]

Am I the only one that uses color safe bleach? I use bleach tabs and never had any problems and never get that smell. I can't use baking soda as I'm allergic