Foil paper has a thousand uses, beyond the usual ones, there are a thousand tricks that solve many problematic situations that we encounter on a daily basis. Every day there is always something new about her.
We use it to cover food , sometimes to cook it, although over the years we have always heard that it should not actually be used inside the oven or in contact with certain foods.
However, it is always useful even just for freezing or preserving food. Therefore, doing without it is really difficult, if not impossible.
Aluminum foil in the dishwasher.
In recent times, Italians have discovered a very clever trick: by adding aluminum foil to the dishwasher, just one sheet, or one ball, is enough to obtain perfect, clean and shiny pans, crockery and cutlery.
In this case, the foil prevents the formation of marks and incrustations on the dishes. This trick works, it’s really good, but it can also be useful in the washing machine, for a totally different reason.
Aluminum foil, if placed in the washing machine, turns out to be an ally of housewives
The aluminum foil inserted in the washing machine drum allows you to obtain soft and perfect clothes thanks to an exclusive property. Aluminum foil prevents the formation of static electricity between the fibers of clothing. Static electricity is a phenomenon that gives us an electric shock every time we get out of the car, or makes our hair stand on end when we take off a sweater .
Electricity is formed between clothes even in the washing machine, we see the effect as soon as the clothes dry: it is impossible to iron them. This is the result that no one wants to achieve, but there is a very simple remedy: the ball of aluminum foil.
The ball makes ironing clothes very simple and easy, because it prevents them from wrinkling during the spin cycle. Additionally, the fibers are much softer than normal, especially in the case of wool and cotton.
How to use it in the washing machine
Taking precautions is essential. In the meantime, you need to make sure the ball is well compacted, otherwise it will fall apart during the spin cycle . The result can be especially problematic, because if the aluminum foil tears and ends up around the drum, it becomes impossible to remove it from the washing machine and the clothes themselves.
We must also change our habits, because both in winter and summer we all make the mistake of reducing drying times. The spin cycle is always set to maximum , to ensure that clothes, towels, sheets and anything else come out of the washing machine medium dry.
This is wrong, both because everything that is subjected to a high spin cycle is damaged, and because once hung, they dry poorly. The result is always the same: once you try to iron them it takes a lot of effort. In addition, some clothes are not even ironed well because the most important wrinkles remain.
Aluminum as a softener saves us a lot of money
Aluminum is considered by all housewives who have already discovered it some time ago, a natural and economical softener . The aluminum ball not only ensures that your clothes do not get damaged in the washing machine, but also lasts all year round.
This means that you only need to prepare a small ball of aluminum foil and use it in the washing machine every day for 365 days to always obtain the same result. There is no risk that it will not work, at most it will be damaged or broken by heat.
Obviously it cannot replace the 360° fabric softener, since it perfumes clothes like no other can.