Prevent and avoid matted laundry with natural home remedies. Wash the wool and knitwear cleverly without felting. This keeps the fabrics smooth and beautiful.

It’s annoying and avoidable: Your favorite sweater comes out of the laundry completely matted and you can’t wear it like that anymore. But no fear. This won’t happen to you again if you follow our tips and tricks on how to prevent tangled laundry and take preventive action – with simple home remedies and clever hacks!

Home remedies to prevent felting of laundry

Vinegar essence and lemon essence are well-tried household remedies against the hardening of the laundry. But the valuable essences also offer reliable protection against felting during the wash cycle. Simply add a dash of vinegar or lemon essence to the dishwater, then the wool and knitwear won’t tangle as easily and you can wear them longer.

Making matted wool sweaters supple again

White beans against felted laundry: Felting caused by age and washing often makes beautiful and soft wool sweaters fluffy and scratchy. Such felted wool sweaters can be “unfelted” by first repeating the delicate wash and then rinsing the woolen items in a lukewarm liquid made from white beans. The beautiful old wool sweaters become soft and supple again in no time.