Q&A for How to Add Baking Soda to Laundry

Baking soda brightens clothes and removes odors, and if you mix baking soda and vinegar together, it kills 99% of bacteria.

Yes, baking soda is only a natural cleaning agent. It has no color or bad chemicals that would mess your clothes up. I've done it before, it turns out great!

Put the baking soda in hot water and let it disintegrate until it turns into a bubbly solution.

Use white vinegar. For the best results, use it instead of fabric softener (there's no smell left behind); it will also start to remove any leftover detergent buildup, and within a couple of washes your "crispy" towels will start to feel much softer!

It very much depends on what stain you're trying to remove. lood and grass stains, overnight. Antique linens with yellowed fold-lines, an hour or so. Look at the water you're soaking stuff in; has it changed color? That may be your stains on the way out. You can even make a paste of bicarb + water if you're spot-cleaning prior to laundering.

There is a good chance that it will remove the stain, so it is worth a try. If it does not work, take the clothing to the dry cleaners and see if they can remove the stain or have any suggestions on what may work to remove the stain.

Place it inside with your clothes rather than in the detergent dispenser.

No. You must mix with water, or just follow the directions by adding the bicarbonate directly to the washer’s drum.

It softens via the mentioned processes in the steps above. Nothing special to do–saves you some time!

As indicated in the article above and based on a physician’s medical training, yes, this would clean your clothing by lifting away dirt, etc. In fact, soda ash (baking soda) was used up through the 1900s to wash clothing in buckets of water, by hand.

Neither of your concerns warrant worry. The solution works, and bicarbonate is subtle enough to not damage machines. People have used it for hundreds of years.

The process is the same, regardless of washer style. Add the bicarbonate directly into the drum.

No, that’s not recommended unless you plan to wash with bicarb only (no detergent). Else, you should follow the instructions above for best results. In the case of a front-loading HE machine, you may have to put it directly in the drum.

It is not recommended to mix vinegar with a pac/pod, but you could do it (but there may be an odor). Baking soda can always be used and with any detergent.

Yes, add the bicarbonate directly into the drum, as indicated within the article.