New school uniforms

[mel_cur]

I just bought 2 new school tunics for my daughter and they are stiff and itchy with what I can assume is starch? I have washed them twice and just did a vinegar wash - what else can I do to soften them up? One is worse then the other and my daughter is so far refusing to wear them

Hope you can help a new school mum

[Olive]

Get them dry cleaned

[mel_cur]

Get them dry cleaned

I would of thought that would make them *more* starched?

[AnyDream]

My friend told me she soaks all her new towels and tea towels in hot water with Epsom salts in it & it makes them softer & more absorbent. But I've never tried it (don't buy new towels very often LOL). You could try it out.

[xXHopeXx]

For our towels, we do a strip wash by putting dishwashing detergent in the fabrix softener section, to get rid of all the build of of body oils and just yuck. It makes them feel crispy, but they're very clean feeling itms? Not starchy or anything at all.
Then I guess once you dry them (prederably naturally) you could try do a warm wash with fabric softener and see how that goes?

[~Kim~]

I've heard the epsom salts trick.

My mum used to soak our new wool school jumpers in softener for a few days. Everyone wanted ours lol.
If i have scratchy stuff I throw it in the dryer with a couple of tennis balls....not really an option if it's a thousand degrees though.