The brilliant trick of using plastic bottles to wash your clothes without damaging them

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Emma ReedTips Editor

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We’ve all experienced that frustrating moment: you open the washing machine, and there it is… a pilled sweater, a misshapen fabric, or worse, a ripped seam. What if the problem wasn’t the program you chose, or your detergent, but how you load your machine? Good news: there’s a surprising yet effective solution, and you probably already have what you need in your kitchen.

Why do your clothes get damaged in the washing machine?

The washing machine is convenient, but its drum isn’t exactly kind to fabrics. The mechanical force of the cycle, the repeated friction, the clothes twisting together… all

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