DIY Frugal De-Wrinkler!
Now just cause I’m a SAHM doesn’t mean I’m Mrs Cleaver. How many times do I restart the dryer cause I forgot about that load and my clothes all look disastrous? I won’t say but its more times then I’d care to admit. I try very hard to be frugal now that I no longer work a full time job outside the home, and one thing that I’d occasionally splurge on is a certain brand of de-wrinkle spray that costs a little too much then I’m willing to admit I pay ☺ but you are looking at about $5 for a 16 ounce spray bottle or 31 cents an ounce! Combine that with not so many coupons out there for this and I needed an alternative pronto.
I had bumped into the concoction for the DIY version on-line enough times to wonder if it works or not. Will I have to iron? Will my family be destined to walk this earth with wrinkled clothes??? Well today was the day I was going to find out.
What will you need?
Fabric Softener, for this I bought a small 28 oz bottle at the 99 cent store
White Vinegar, I had some but y’all know where to score this cheap.
Water
You will use equal parts of all three. I used 8 oz of each making 24 oz of this de-wrinkler spray. The bottle of fabric softener will be enough for 3 batches so this batch will cost you 33 cents. Hold the press! This batch will cost almost what ONE OUNCE of the store bought kind will cost. 1 OUNCE vs 24 OUNCES. Hmmmmm…
But does it work? In the words of the Monkees (oh come on you know who they are right? I’m not that old ☺) I’M A BELIEVER!
You spray your piece of clothing, smooth out and let dry. PRESTO NO IRON NEEDED!
Now if you are in a rush you can also spray this and throw it in the dryer and it will also work but I’m trying to get away from all that. So it works, how does it smell? Like Vinegar? NOPE and that’s huge in this house cause the hubby can’t stand the smell of vinegar so this is PERFECT! It will smell like vinegar a little when you spray but once it dries you can’t tell. You can add essential oils if you wanted too but this is just something to take the wrinkles out so I didn’t want a heavy scent or anything like that but its up to you. I always use warm water. Its my thing, I feel it helps everything mesh together more but that’s just me. You will see a lot of different variations to this online some using less fabric softener some using alcohol, but I saw this enough to want to try it and I’m very pleased with the results of today’s little experiment.
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