How to get grass and fruit stains out of kids’ clothes WITHOUT detergent: Former Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle shares ‘genius’ eco-friendly trick using water and white vinegar
- The 2014 Bake Off winner demonstrated the hack in video on Instagram account
- It involves soaking items in cold water and white distilled vinegar for two hours
- Tougher stains can be removed with dish soap and bicarbonate of soda mixture
Most parents can relate to the nightmare of their children coming home with grass and food stains all over their clothes.
But former Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle has shared an eco-friendly way to shift them in as little as two hours.
Taking to Instagram, Nancy showed off her ‘genius’ cleaning hack – which simply requires cold water and distilled white vinegar – in a series of short videos.
Former Bake Off winner Nancy Birtwhistle has demonstrated an eco-friendly way to remove grass and fruit stains in as little as two hours. The method involves just cold water and white vinegar
Nancy, who won the fifth series of Bake Off in 2014, explained in her first video that the hack works on grass and fruit stains.
In the clip, she poured a glug of white vinegar into a bowl of water, adding that there is ‘no need’ for chemical cleaners or stain remover products.
She then said the clothes need to be soaked for between one and two hours as she filmed herself dipping trousers into the water.
If you have the time, you could alternatively leave items with stubborn stains overnight to soak.
Nancy took to Instagram to share the clever method with her 110,000 followers
Thirdly, she showed how the stains were dissolving after two hours.
Nancy said any residual marks can be removed by rubbing one teaspoon of dish soap and one of bicarbonate of soda into them before putting the clothes in the washing machine.
Nancy wrote alongside her post: ‘Summer Laundry Probs! Rather than reach for the stain remover spray, biological detergents or chlorine bleach – try our Eco friends.’
Nancy said any residual marks can be removed by rubbing one teaspoon each of dish soap and bicarbonate of soda into them, before putting the clothes in the washing machine
The baker’s post received nearly 2,500 likes from her 111,000 followers.
Her fellow Bake Off star Val Stones, who featured on the former BBC show in 2016, commented: ‘Really grateful for this tip as I’m always getting stains out of my granddaughters clothes.’
Another wrote: ‘You are so awesome Nancy!’
A third added: ‘I needed this yesterday!’
Nancy won the Great British Bake Off in 2014, when it was still being shown on the BBC. Pictured: The star during her time on the show