How to Deep Clean Your Sheets?

washing your sheets

How Clean Are Your Sheets?

If you are like most people.  Doing laundry may be a weekly task or maybe it's every few days for a large family.  Your average washing machine can usually only handle 10-12 pounds of laundry.  If you have a higher capacity washer and one with modern deep clean features you may be able to clean up to 20 pounds.  Maxing out your washing machine may save you time now but over the course of time your clothes start to not come out as clean.  

Your washer needs room to spin and your clothes must have room to lather in the soap and water.  Many different types of clothes are differing weights such as blankets and towels vs jeans and a t-shirt.  

When it comes to finding out if your clothes or bedding is getting clean is to strip your sheets in your bathtub by soaking them with a combination of ¼ c. Borax, ¼ c. washing soda, and ½ c. powdered laundry detergent.  You will want to soak the linens for about 5 hours.  After you're finished throw the linens into the washing machine rinse cycle with no detergent.  

Laundry Stripping

¼ c. Borax

¼ c. Washing soda 

½. C. Powdered laundry detergent (recommended Tide)

Don’t get grossed out by the murky water, but be amazed at how clean your sheets will be now.  If the water is still clean then you can be assured that they are getting clean from normal washing.  Good job at not over stuffing your washer.  

When you experience heavy smoke odor or stains in your clothes it can be a long and tedious task to clean, soak, scrub, and re-clean items in a typical household washing machine.  When your whole house is affected by smoke either from a house fire or through the air from wildfires this summer it can be beneficial to talk to a content restoration specialist.  Using a specialist can usually result in saving more and faster.  Using a system, like the Esporta wash system, can clean 100 pounds at a time.  That totally beats the 10-20 pounds that a consumer machine can do.  Cutting the amount of loads you have to do.  Not to mention a restoration company will wash, sort and fold your items for you.  

Sheet Stripping in Your Bathtub Demo


Joshua Heath