Hi Dr Chem. Have you any advice on using aspirin in the wash? There are many claims on the net and u tube that it works well. My Korean friend is sending aspirin to her mother in South Korea because she claims it gets her husband’s shirt collars clean. (aspirin is not available over the counter there).
Also I read that if a tissue is left in a pocket, running a quick wash with aspirin added is claimed to get rid of the annoying little white bits.
What do you think of all this?
2660-11cookie-checkAspirin in the washing
Sounds like an urban myth to me. Asprin is acetylsalicylic acid – a weak organic acid. And given that washing detergents are alkaline, the tiny amount of asprin present would be quickly neutralized. I’d say there’s a healthy dose of confirmation bias here