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Can You Really Clean Pillows With Fruit? Experts Say Probably Not
05.10.2023 - 15:41 / bhg.com / Christianna Silva
If there’s one DIY recipe that’s simple, fun, and makes a house feel (and smell) like a home, it’s a simmer pot. All you have to do is cut some fruit into slices, add it to a pot with some spices, cover the ingredients with water, and simmer it on the stove for a few hours, and voila—you have a warm, inviting home. It’s such a lovely trick that you might consider bringing part of the routine into the rest of your household duties. Like, perhaps, cleaning your pillows?
That's what one TikTok creator did. User @janelleandkate posted a video with the caption, “Wash your pillows people!!”—some advice we can all agree with. In the video, Janelle takes the pillowcase off of a pillow and submerges it into a bathtub filled with water. She then pours baking soda, liquid detergent, and salt on top. So far, so good. But then the video takes a turn. She slices a few lemons and oranges on top, juicing them as she goes, then lets the pillow soak in the citrus-drenched soapy water for a few hours. When she takes the pillow out of murky, yellow-tinted bathtub water, she reveals the final step—to put the pillow in the dryer with some tennis balls.
The water certainly looked dirty, but, as one commenter pointed out, the oranges she juiced into the tub could have been the main culprit instead of all the dirt, dust, sweat, saliva, bacteria, and mold that easily can collect in a pillow that's not washed enough.
So, should you really use fruit to clean your pillows? According to experts at Sleepopolis, a niche publication that covers the sleep industry, probably not.
“Lemons can be helpful natural cleaning agents, but they may not be the best choice for cleaning pillows directly,” Jade Piper, the operations manager of Bettercleans, told
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