Tips on how to remove tissue from your clothes

We’ve all done it! Put on a load of washing only to later lift the lid and discover a tissue was left in someone’s pocket.

Stress no more! Next time you are faced with the impossible task of removing all those tiny white flakes attached to your clothing, grab an aspirin.

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Yep, that’s all you need. Depending on how bad the situation is, you can either do another wash cycle, adding four aspirin to the wash or if necessary soak the items in a bucket with the aspirin and hang them on the line to dry.

Alternately I have been guilty of just tossing the lot in the clothes dryer and they come out tissue free. Easy peasy.

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44 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 17 Jun 2022
    10:13 am
Oh dont you hate it when this happens?…ggrr

- - mom324778 said
  - 02 Aug 2021
    9:12 pm
I usually just shake the clothes takes alot of shaking so think I might try this next time thanks for sharing

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 29 Jul 2021
    10:16 am
Great tips! I never would have thought of asperin!

- - mom80165 said
  - 02 Jul 2021
    4:48 pm
I must try that idea as I usually do it about every month and it gets on all the dark clothes so I put on the line when dry I shake and most comes off and then I grab the clothes brush and get what’s left off.

- - mom466087 said
  - 21 May 2021
    4:52 pm
Oh this one is so smart! Hubby does this all the time and it is so annoying!

- - mom363826 said
  - 16 May 2021
    5:39 pm
Good to know as this happens way too often in our house!

- - P&M'smum said
  - 09 Jan 2021
    7:19 am
Good to know this, the last 3 loads have had tissues which ended up all over the washing!

- - mom73672 said
  - 27 May 2020
    10:45 am
What a great laundry hack…..I will definitely try that one. In the past I just put them in the dryer and that takes the fluff off.

- - mom185490 said
  - 22 May 2020
    1:26 pm
My husband does this to me at least once a week!!! I put the clothes through the dryer and the lint filter catches it all for me.

- - mom7108 said
  - 28 Nov 2018
    10:13 pm
what does the asprin do?
On a side note, my sister left a disposable nappy in the wash! I think the gel couldn’t be removed

- - mom112217 said
  - 26 Jun 2018
    8:48 pm
I hate it when this happens as l forget to clean the pockets before washing! So annoying!!

- - mom81879 said
  - 21 Jun 2018
    5:39 pm
Oh so many times I’ve had a tissue go through the wash. We don’t have a clothes drier, so I’m thrilled to find such an easy and quick fix. Just have to buy aspirin now

- - caramello said
  - 17 Jun 2018
    10:35 pm
thanks for sharing

- - tessie said
  - 28 Mar 2018
    8:10 pm
Great tips thank you. I work at a hospital and inevitably someone will leave a tissue in their clothes when I do the washing. Now I won’t have to spend ages trying to pull the bits of tissue off

- - ella12 said
  - 28 Mar 2018
    4:39 pm
Ah, good to know, thank you.

- - rovermum said
  - 26 Mar 2018
    9:02 am
Aspirin? I imagine that was for the headache that comes with this happening – usually if my hubby puts a load of washing on!! I’ve banned him now. I always have aspirin in the house for migrains so this would be an easy fix. Great tip!

- - rachel1970 said
  - 22 Mar 2018
    1:12 pm
Asprin, wow, who would have thought. Will try that next time.

- - jenniw said
  - 22 Mar 2018
    11:48 am
I would never have thought to use aspirin, but I will remember this because it is such hard work to clean it other ways

- - Ellen said
  - 22 Mar 2018
    7:55 am
Interesting tip !
After the heart operation of my youngest I still have a load of aspirin at home. Looks like I finally have a good use for it 🙂

- - nealsq said
  - 17 Mar 2018
    5:28 pm
dryer all the way!