Frugal Wrinkle Releaser

By

ChllyWlly

LOL, Wondernana!

If my clothes are clean but wrinkled, I just mist plain ole water on them (via a spray bottle) and give 'em a good shake/smoothing over. The wrinkles disappear just as they would with the fabric softener mixture (which I only use on clothing that could stand a little freshening up before wearing).

By

Teresa Kay

Also you need to be careful and make sure you put enough water in it and mix it up good before you spray it because if you don't it could stain your clothes.

By

rsrandr

Sounds like a great idea! This is less expensive than the Dollar General brand of wrinkle releaser I use now.

By

wondernana

I excitedly was looking forward to getting information on releasing wrinkles from my skin. Took me a moment to figure this one out. lol

By

ahuva

Thanks, sounds great!

By

bryguyf69

This sounds like a great idea and it came just in time. I have a meeting tomorrow morning and no time to iron. I have one big concern though. Water without preservatives will get moldy over time. That's why you get mold in moist environments and indoor fountains develop scum. The small amount of fabric softener mixed into the water will most likely not be enough to prevent mold, or bacteria for that matter.

The best solution (no pun intended) is probably to make small batches as needed, i.e. only what you can use in a week. I would be very hesitant to spray my clothes with the mixture beyond that. You can be spraying mold spores, etc onto your clothes.

And no, covering the spray bottle doesn't help because mold spores are present everywhere in the air. When you screw the top on, you're trapping spores that were present in the bottle. You can prove this to yourself by putting tap water into a jar and then covering it. Watch it day after day and in a few weeks, you'll see mold, etc growing inside the jar. And no, the chlorine in the water is not powerful enough to kill mold.