In the previous post, we have discussed about the health effects brought by ukay-ukay items. These effects could only be realized if we do not properly disinfect the items that we bought. Now, it's about time to know how to disinfect ukay-ukay clothes properly.
Before washing the clothes, hang them under the heat of the sun for two hours, but if you think two hours is not enough, then you can hang them for three hours. Sun is the ultimate disinfectant, all germs thriving in your clothes will surely be annihilated. Set the maximum time for hanging the clothes under the sun because the clothes might lose their vibrant color if they are too much exposed to the sun's rays, four hours is enough to kill all the germs present in your clothes.
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After hanging the clothes, put them on a basin filled with hot water (around 80 degrees Celsius) and let them stay for thirty minutes. The hot water will make sure that there is not a single spot left for germs to mutate. Boiling water is also a classic disinfectant known to our ancestors long before hazardous chemical disinfectants were invented. But, you really have to be careful because boiling water can be as dangerous as chemical disinfectants since they can ruin the quality of the clothes. What you can do to prevent from damaging the quality of the clothes is to moderate the temparature of the water by adding an adequate amount of cold water.
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After thirty minutes, throw the hot water away and fill the basin with cold water. When you have already filled the basin with water, put a generous amount of antibacterial detergent. I use Ariel with the power of Safeguard to make sure that the germs are killed. After doing so, wash the clothes accordingly, make sure that you wash thoroughly the armpit and the neckline area of the shirt because these are the areas where bacteria usually multiply. Afterwards, hang them again under the heat of the sun to finish off the process of disinfecting your clothes.
We may be able to save by buying cheap clothes, but come to think of it, we may be spending more on hospital fees and medications due to the diseases that we got from these clothes. Being cautios is the safest thing that we can do to avoid catching these diseases. Never suffer health beacuse of money, be a health-conscious consumer.
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