Thank heaven it’s nearly half term. Because, if you’ve kids in school, you may well have spent the last 7 weeks wrestling with bundles of school uniforms, scrubbing off mud from footie and dabbing away stains from pasta bolognese and heaven knows what else!
To help you cope with the onslaught of the next 7 weeks, I have a fabulous bundle of cleaning supplies worth £40 from ACE, the leading stain remover, to give away to one lucky winner.
This bundle will help you to get rid of everyday stains, add sparkle to your household surfaces and brighten up your wardrobe – and the best part is the products start from just £2 each.
In the bundle you’ll find:
- 2 x ACE Colours
- 2 x ACE Colours Powder – the new plastic-free alternative
- 2 x ACE for Whites
- 2 x ACE Power Mousse and
- 2 x ACE Stain Remover.
ACE for Colours has been specially formulated to remove the toughest of stains and yet be gentle on even the most delicate clothes. You can even use it on silk, wool and cashmere.
Its 8+ system will tackle food, grease, outdoors, trapped dirt, body soils, drinks, cosmetics and vegetable oils.
ACE Colours Powder brings the power of active oxygen into the wash to remove even tough stains (such as wine, tea, coffee and fruit) and bad odours, at just 30 degrees!
ACE for Whites helps to brighten dull whites while still being gentle on delicate clothes.
ACE Power Mousse combines the might of bleach with ACE cleaning power to keep household surfaces and white laundry bright and clean. It’s a bleach and a degreaser in one.
ACE Stain Remover is great for tackling germs, grease and stubborn stains and is suitable for use around the home and on coloured clothes.
For more information visit www.acecleanuk.co.uk or to buy head to your local Tesco’s, Morrison’s, The Range, Wilko, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s.
The giveaway
To win the bundle as outlined above, just enter via the GLEAM widget below. The usual terms and conditions apply which you can find on my giveaways page.
The giveaway is open to UK entrants only and ends at 11:59 pm on Friday 15th November.
Good luck – and don’t forget to leave your best laundry cleaning tip!
Try to keep on top of the washing and drying because it builds up so easily x
My best tip for whizzing through the laundry is put into sizeable loads
My next tip for whizzing through laundry is never let it build up
I have a combi washer and dryer and do the ironing after each load so that I don’t get bogged down with baskets of ironing all in one go
Sort them into managable loads. I find a little.often works especially in the winter when it is harder to dry clothes.
With 4 kids, one special needs and one a baby I do 2-3 loads a day. It never ends
Washing every second day.xxx
Don’t let piles build up as it’s depressing.
Using a fast wash
i put a load on last thing at night so i can peg it out first thing in the morning, seems to avoid a back log in case of unexpected extra loads
Fill up the machine obviously don’t overfill either also make sure family members put it in the wash and not on the floor!
Have an effective way of drying it in winter. We haven’t got a tumble dryer so I pop it in the kitchen with a little heater on for an hour so it dries quicker and I can then start the next load!
Don’t let the washing mount up. It just puts you off doing it at all. Also keep your washing machine clean. No point washing your clothes and they come out smelling not fresh.
My best tip is to empty the machine as soon as it’s finished and give clothes a good shake to cut down on ironing.
I try to take out of machine as soon as I can to shake and fold it helps with creases
a load a day 🙂
Dont leave to much to build up
I run most washes on quick wash. Hang shirts and jumpers on hangers, most don’t need ironing.
Pull out and shake the washing before hanging, fold as you get it off the line and hang when you get it in doors. Avoids a lot of ironing
Try and keep up with it as you go along – it’s hard work when it all builds up
iron as you need it….often you don’t need to bother
I have 3 laundry baskets – lights, darks, doesnt matters – saves time as dont need to sort things before emptying them into the wash
Put your clothes on hangers as soon as they’re dry, no ironing needed x
Doing it regularly so that the laundry pile doesn’t get too big
I dont iron anything, I find that as long as you hang up shirt asap and fold directly from the tumble dryer you dont need to iron. With a family of 6 this extra time is precious
get a machine with delay start – I always put a load in before I go to bed and set it up to start in the morning so that It’s ready to be taken out once I get up.
As soon as you got enough for a load, do it, then it won’t build up to a big pile
Make sure everyone else in the house knows how to do laundry so it doesn’t always have to be you.
Not letting things pile up is the most important thing
I check weather nite before & if it’s going to be fine I get washing sorted & done whilst watching tv & fold ready for morning when I peg them out. I do a shorter wash if Less of that cycle so has not to waster detergent & energy.
Damp rubber gloves are great for removing pet hair/fur
Hang them outside on the line and the sun and wind will iron them for you!
Ensure you do a empty boil wash with a washing machine descaler to keep your washing machine cleaning properly x
Fold clothes (esp duvet covers) as soon as they come off the line. Saves ironing
Separate whites and colours then wash once I have a full load and hopefully hang outdoors in the line to dry then iron and put away once dry and aired
Keep on top of them by doing 2 loads in one afternoon to make use of the heating being on when it’s cold
Wash regularly to stop it piling up and I put clothes straight on hangers which minimises ironing.
try to do the washing on a sunny day so you can hang the was straight on the line to dry
have two baskets one for colours and 1 for whites and stik all socks and undies into a pillow case
Wash as soon as there is a full load to save energy and keep on top of it so it doesn’t build up
Give the newly washed clothes a good shake before hanging up neatly to dry and almost all won’t need ironing, so saves time.
Don’t let the laundry pile up! Also – Do the ironing in the bedroom and put the clothes straight back in the wardrobes after ironing.
I have 7 children so my laundry piles are insane, it requires military precision haha! My tip? Only one I have is not procrastinating – I am so guilty of that!
Sort them into colours, whites, delicates putting them into piles so you can put them straight into the machine as you go. It’s also good to load the tumble dryer when it is still hot, it saves on drying time, and hence, money.
I just split into darks and lights to make life simpler. I then shake things out well when they come out of the wash to remove as many creases as possible and iron while still damp, They then air and get put away, hopefully by someone else.
Keep everything sorted out into load type, then as soon as there is enough put it on! In the summer everything is dried on the line if there is sunshine. In the winter over driers
My tip is to do a bit each time so that I don’t end up with huge piles of laundry.
I ensure I do a load as soon as I have a full one and not let the washing pile build up
Wash with music every day makes the chore a funday
Stay on top of it, try to do at least one load every day.
Just go with the flow play music, sort into colours then let the cycle beginning! I put a cap full of Ace into every wash, for clean whites & my colours maintain there vibrant colours
Keep on top of it and when clothes dry I hang up or fold in half and don’t to do much ironing as creases fall out that way
Hang clothes out as soon as washing machine has stopped – saves them getting really creased and lessens ironing.
Keep on top of it so it doesn’t build up and always iron things as soon as they are try if needed.
Putting the wash on is the easy bit, it’s getting it all dry that we struggle with. We got a heater airer and it has made such a difference to keeping up with the laundry. Now the battle is to get it all ironed, folded and put away! ?
Get some tunes on, to get motivated
We’re a house with 8 children (including a 4 week old) and only ever do one load a day with no build up, my tip would be to use an eco wash so its low temp, low time and low cost, throw in a colour catcher, stain remover and some nice smelling detergent or unstoppables and no need to sort and do separate washes
I iron whilst watching my favourite box sets on Netflix
Not to let the laundry pile up too much – if I leave it for a couple of days it seems to multiply by an infinite amount 😀
my tip is to not let a big pile establish itself lol because then i really don’t want to do it! Do it as soon as you have one load and get it ironed and put away that day! There is nothing worse than a mount of laundry to climb xx
A wash load a day keeps the clothes pile at bay x
Wash everyday to keep on top of it and don’t bother ironing anything that doesn’t really need it
To get it done as soon as you have enough for a load
I do a load every day (more at the weekend when my son has sport). I like to keep on top of it.
Take clothes out of the washing machine and hang as soon as possible to reduce creasing
keep on top of the laundry i was every few days so i dont have a huge pile of laundry
I do the washing everyday (if I can make a full load), and sort it by colours, things that need to be on a hotter wash, and then finally the pets stuff (which also need a good weekly wash).
The easiest and quickest way to do the laundry is leave it for the boyfriend to do ?
We always make sure that we have a full load else it’s pointless and don’t generally tumble dry!
Always but clothing, bedding and soft furnishings in easy care fabrics to avoid ironing. It took a few years to get rid of this chore but now my iron only comes out for one or two pairs of older curtains!
Put on some good music and you forget you’re even doing chores. Dance your way through the day and make it ‘fun’ x
Its an amazing gesture by ace to give away these products and cleaning products are always a blessing to get us going and keep the surrounding clean. I would love to win them.
#goace #comping
Get somebody else to do it! 😉 Seriously though, just staying on top of it by doing some (washing / drying / ironing / putting away…) each day.
I always wait for a full load – think this is more economical
I have separate baskets for lights and darks, then I only iron things when I need them. I
I like to do a day of washing get everything clean dryer and put away
have 2 seperate baskets one for whites and one for colours x
Do a wash load a day so you don’t have a mountain to do all at once and no space to dry it all. Have a set day for each colour so you will always have 1 weeks worth of that colour
Wash on 30 and hope it’s sunny to get on the line
Wash on a dry and windy day to get through it quicker!
Sort clothes and wash on the same temp so you don’t have to think about which one to use x
Put all our clothes in piles ready for washing as we go, so I don’t have to sort through everything again.
Put everything away as soon as its dried and don’t let it pile up
limit your categories of washing – so you need to do fewer washes
Get up each morning and monitor how much laundry you have to keep on top of things, I find this makes things a whole lot easier.
Get the kids to help and make sure they pull their clothes the right way out.
Have 2 separate baskets and never let them get full x
Do underwear and outerwear in two separate washes
do it as you go as long if it build up it looks like a really big turn off
Sort into piles, I have a laundry basket with sections so if you put it straight into the correct hole then it just goes straight into the machine. I also keep individual bags for wool & cashmere.
I do at least one load of laundry every day so that it doesn’t pile up.
I ensure I do a load as soon as I have a full one and not let the washing pile build up
I wash every night and then put on the radiators taking care to fold properly to cut down on the ironing
Hang them up straight and right away so the creases fall out more to save on ironing
Have a routine – towels one named day, bedding another and so on.
Don’t let it build up. I try to do some every day so I keep the basket empty… ish
I always put in piles of different colours xx
Only iron what needs to be ironed, life’s too short for perfect bedsheets!
3 children and 3 adults, means we virtually run our washer full everytime, but only iron whats really needed
I wait till I have a full load and try to choose a dry day so I can peg them out.
Do the laundry little and often using an eco friendly machine
Use good quality fabrics, fast fashion wont usually wash well, and dropping in essential oil, makes your clothes smell fab!
Black coloured white baskets – when there’s a load put it on ! Easy
keep loads sorted in advance so each load can go straight in with no having to sort it out as you put it in washer
I just do 2 loads per day, 1 darks and 1 lights, keeps y family of 6 washing pile down to a minimum
Just to get on with it and stop putting the laundry off 😀
love to keep everything clean I buy colour catches just incase the odd dark sock gets in with the whites
Keep on top of it. My son goes through 3 changes of clothes in a day 4 times a week! (work, gym, home) So I do one wash most days to keep on top of it. My son does his own ironing which is a bonus.
I have 3 separate large washing baskets for colours, darks and whites and every evening i have a quick check for any rogues my kids or oh have put in them. I then spend a day each doing 1 basket – washing, drying and putting away if I can manage it. I just find it more manageable doing it like that.
Don’t bother to iron undies 😛
Keeping clothes organised in 3 separate baskets – light, dark, coloured. Makes it so much easier to throw a load in
Sort into loads, try to wash, dry and iron on same day so its not hanging around and only iron what really needs ironing
Only iron the clothes that really need it!
I’ve got separate baskets and sort everything as soon as it’s dirty so I can easily see when there’s a full load.
Wash on early morning. peg out if dry and then iron if needed
I do quite a few loads during the week so it all doesn’t pile up and I have to spend my weekend doing washing
I wash as soon as there is a load, plus I check the weather forecast everyday so that I can get my washing pegged out
I put our clothes in the washing machine and not the laundry basket ready to wash then wait till it’s full
2 bins for lights and darks, so when its full its ready to load in the washer 🙂
Use a fabric softener or dryer sheet to help reduce fabric wrinkles and select the lowest dryer temperature setting possible that will still get the job done.
I wait on full loads, pre sort all the colours. I tend to do the laundry on my days off so that I can get through the whole basket in one day.
I try to wait until I have a full load to save on energy
Shake well before hanging and drying for less creases and easy ironing.
I do a wash most days so it does not turn into a huge mountain, also schedule one day per week for towels and bedding, buy washing tablets when they are on offer.
Sort into batches re colours/temperature etc so they’re ready to load into the washer straightaway.