3 Washing Tips You'll Wish You Knew Sooner, And Why Tip #3 Has Over 3 Million People Saying Goodbye to Their Liquid Detergent Jug for Good

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Most of us learned laundry by watching someone else do it.

A cap of detergent. A splash of softener. Hit start.

Nobody ever sat us down and explained what actually works...

...and what we've just been doing out of habit for years.

So we put together the 3 washing tips people tell us they wish they'd known sooner.

The first two take about 10 seconds.

The third one changes what sits on your laundry shelf. For good.

Before you take out the iron, toss a few ice cubes into the dryer.

Wrinkled shirt and no time to iron?

Throw it in the dryer with 3 or 4 ice cubes and run it on high for about 10 minutes.

The ice melts and turns into steam, and the steam helps release the wrinkles from your clothes.

It works best with just a few items at a time. No ironing board. No steamer.

Add a cup of white vinegar to the rinse.

Pour it into the fabric-softener compartment, not straight onto your clothes.

It's one of the easiest ways to soften clothes and get rid of lingering odors. And no, your clothes won't smell like vinegar once they're dry.

But here's the part almost nobody talks about...

One of the big reasons vinegar works so well is that it helps rinse out the residue detergent leaves behind in your fabric.

Which raises an uncomfortable question:

If you need a second product just to rinse out the first one... what exactly are you pouring into your washer every week?

That brings us to tip #3.

Never use liquid detergent.

We know. It sounds extreme.

Liquid detergent is what most of us grew up with. It fills every store shelf.

But once you see what's really going on with that jug, it's very hard to unsee it.

Here's what millions of households put up with every single week:

• Heavy jugs you have to haul up off the bottom shelf
• Blue goo that runs down the side and glues itself to the shelf
• A cap with fill lines you can barely see, so you just fill it up
• A recycling bin full of empty plastic jugs, month after month

For years, we all blamed the usual suspects:

• Some blamed their washing machine...
• Others blamed the "cheap" brand and bought a bigger jug...
• And most of us just figured that's what laundry is.

But the problem was never how we wash.

It's what we've been carrying home from the store.

Try this right now: the 60-second laundry room test

You don't have to take our word for any of this. Walk over to your laundry room and do these 3 things:

1. Flip your jug and read the ingredients.On most liquid detergents, the very first ingredient listed is water. Many jugs are up to 80% water.
2. Hold the empty cap up to a window and find the fill line.On most caps it's molded into the same colored plastic, so it's nearly invisible. That's why so many of us just fill it to the top.
3. Lift the jug off the floor with one hand.The big "value" jugs can weigh close to 10 pounds. Most of that weight is water.

Can you find the line? Neither can most people, which is how a "dose" turns into this:

Think about that for a second.

You're paying to ship water across the country.

You're paying to store it in a heavy plastic jug.

And you lug it home... just to pour it into a machine that fills itself with water.

And it doesn't stop at the water

Many liquid detergents also contain optical brighteners.

They're not there to clean. They're made to stay in your fabric after the rinse, so your clothes reflect light and look brighter.

You can see them for yourself with an inexpensive UV flashlight:

Optical brighteners under UV light. Shirt treated with liquid detergent and rinsed for 52 seconds. (Photo: Earth Breeze)

Add dyes to make the liquid look blue, and preservatives to keep a jug of mostly water from going off on the shelf...

And none of those things are what actually gets your clothes clean.

Then there's the jug itself

Every year, an estimated 500 million plastic laundry jugs end up in landfills and oceans.

And for what?

Heavy, messy goo that's a pain to measure.

"So I'll just switch to a different kind of detergent?"

That's what most people try first. Here's why it doesn't fix the problem:

• "Concentrated" liquid: a smaller jug, but the same goo, the same cap, the same plastic.
• Refill pouches: still liquid, and still a cap you measure by eye.
• Pods: one pod per load whether it's half full or packed, and most come in a big plastic tub.
• Powder: a heavy box, a scoop, and a dusty mess in the drawer.

Every "fix" keeps the same deal: you're still buying a container, and you're still doing the measuring.

It looks like this.

One thin, ultra-concentrated sheet. Pre-measured. No jug. No cap. No goo.

It's called Earth Breeze Laundry Detergent Sheets, and over 3 million people have already made the switch.

Earth Breeze is an American company that set out to do laundry the better way.

Their Fresh Scent and Fragrance Free sheets are made right here in Kentucky, with ingredients sourced from the U.S., Canada and Europe. (Their limited-edition scents are made in Canada.)

So instead of buying from a giant multinational, you're supporting an American business that's doing things differently.

Here's how it works

1. Pull out a sheet.Half a sheet for a regular load. A full sheet for a large load. Two sheets for heavily soiled or extra-large loads.
2. Drop it in the drum with your clothes.That's the whole measuring step.
3. It dissolves in seconds, hot or cold.Any cycle, any machine. HE compatible, septic-safe and greywater approved.
4. No jug to lift, store or throw away.The pack is lightweight cardboard and slides into a drawer.

Same laundry room. One of these is mostly water.

Liquid detergent vs. Earth Breeze sheets

What changes when you switch

Your laundry shelf

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Your measuring

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Your recycling bin

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Over 3 million happy customers

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Frequently asked questions

*Discount includes the price of gifts. Gifts and savings apply to your first order only. Offer is part of the Earth Breeze Subscribe & Save plan; adjust scents or shipments, or cancel anytime. Tips 1 and 2 are general household tips and results vary by fabric and machine; always follow your garment care labels and your washer manufacturer's instructions. This page is an advertisement and paid content from Earth Breeze.