Posts Tagged ‘natural methods for static cling’

Last week when I saw Pioneer Woman at her book signing, she mentioned that she was having a tinsy static problem at that moment. Her shirt, she said, was completely stuck to her back.

“Shocking, simply shocking…”

Welcome to Utah, PW.  With our ultra dry air, static is a way of life here.  It’s especially bad in the winter.

Do you have static problems in more humid climates?  I’m not sure.

Here’s a few things I’ve found to combat the static invasion.

• 1/4 cup of white vinegar in my rinse cycle seems to be helping- and once my clothes are dry, there is no vinegary smell.  The vinegar also works wonders for keeping my clothing soft.

• If I use my dryer, I don’t dry the clothes 100%.  My dryer automatically stops when the clothes are slightly damp dry.  For some reason this seems to help.  I wish I knew why.

• Clothes that have been dried on my drying rack have much less static, I’m sure the same science applies here.

• My natural fiber clothing are less prone to static.  It’s an incentive to buy 100% cotton or linen clothing.

• When I do put on a skirt with a liner and a pair of stockings, and the liner sticks to my legs, a quick spray with WATER from a water bottle does the trick.  The static instantly disappears.  Yes, I did say water.  Isn’t that amazing?  And free!

• Applying body lotion really helps too.  On my body…. not the clothes, of course.

Static is a sticky problem and I hope a few of these tips help.

What do you do to combat static?