Disinfectant For Laundry Other Than Bleach

By

packlestax

I buy a 40 oz. bottle of Pine Glo from Dollar Tree to use as a disinfectant/cleaner. Just pour about 1/4 - 1/2 cup in with original wash cycle along with detergent. Cheap and effective. This stuff lasts a long time and very cheap. Hope this helps. Connie

By

xintexas

Heat kills germs. Hot water,detergent and a dryer set on hot is all you need. Medical instruments are sterilized by HEAT. Don't need any thing fancy. Hope this helps.

By

louel53

In my opinion, hot water and detergent are all you really need clean your household laundry. With this last go round with the H1N1 virus, it was found that regular handwashing with soap and water was the single most effective thing to do to prevent the spread of germs. If hot water and soap will clean your hands, hot water and detergent will do for your laundry!

By

Deeli

Ditto on the distilled vinegar.

By

duckie-do

White vinegar is a disinfectant. Just pour some in where your fabric softener would normally go. The vinegar smell will go away when the clothing is dried in the dryer. Hotels even use vinegar for cleaning purposes. It is an economical disinfectant.

By

jaelae

I've used Dettol for disinfecting loads of colored laundry.

By

PIKKA

I'd use borax too. Maybe wash twice, with hot water, or if not hot water, twice on longest cycle, and dryer dry. I forgot; since it's summer, hang the garments/bedding in hot sun. Sun plus ozone from the atmosphere is a great disinfectant.

By

Jilson

Borax, you should be able to find it (powdered) in the laundry section of your store.

Is there a way to disinfect laundry without using chlorine bleach, which is too hard on some white fabrics and cannot be used on colors? Sharon from FL