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If you want to add vinegar to your laundry to help clean and deodorize your clothes, pour 1/2 cup of distilled white vinegar into your washing machine instead of the detergent you would normally use. You can also pour 1 cup of vinegar into the last rinse cycle to act as a natural fabric softener. For a gentler alternative to using bleach on your clothes, mix lemon juice, Borax, and vinegar and add it to your laundry the way you would chlorine bleach. To learn how to use vinegar to protect your clothes, keep reading!

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