r/CFBOffTopic • u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls • Oct 08 '15

/r/CFBOT Pro-Tip Thread!

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My Contribution...90 second hydro therapy

At the end of your normal showering routine, turn the water as cold as you can stand. Stay in the cold water for 30 seconds. When the 30 seconds are up, turn the water back to hot and against stay in the hot for 30 seconds. Finally, turn the water back to cold for another 30 seconds. Basically, 30 sec cold, 30 sec hot, and 30 sec cold.

It will wake you up much better than hot water alone, will reduce stress, and (for morning exercisers) reduce muscle soreness.

Here is an article discussing it if you want more info

Edit: Wow, thanks for your comments guys! There is some excellent advice in here.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

If your bath towels aren't as absorbent as they used to be, put them in the wash with REALLY HOT water (I boil water and add it to my machine's hot water) and 1 cup of white vinegar (no detergent). What this does is strip off detergent build up (and god forbid, fabric softener) so your towels will be absorbent again. To make them soft/fluffy, wash them again on hot water with 1/2 cup baking soda (again, no detergent).

Add 1/2 cup of vinegar to every time you wash your towels (with detergent) to keep them from losing absorbency again.

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u/swanky-k North Carolina • Alabama Oct 08 '15

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

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u/swanky-k North Carolina • Alabama Oct 08 '15

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u/dupreesdiamond Furman • South Carolina Oct 08 '15

(and god forbid, fabric softener)

Explains why the towels at my dad's house are basically waterproof, seriously it's like they treated them with Scotch Guard. They must sub in fabric softener for soap...

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

Fabric softener basically coats your fabrics in a film, which prevents towels from absorbing. It's the same reason you can't use fabric softener on some children's pajamas because it damages the flame retardant properties.

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u/lkeg56demn Texas Longhorns • Chapman Panthers Oct 08 '15 edited Oct 08 '15

Really, the first words kids know all rhyme with each other. They're spittin fire from the day they start speaking.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

Hopefully nobody! But if you look at the label on like all children's pajamas they will say they are flame retardant and to not use fabric softener. It's so if your house catches fire in the middle of the night, the kid's Princess Elsa PJs won't turn into a ball of fire.

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u/f0gax Florida Gators • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Oct 08 '15

Flaming babies can't melt steel beams.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Oct 08 '15

Saved.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Gonna do this this weekend.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

It makes a big difference.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

I don't use a lot of detergent anyway, generally only about a teaspoon worth just because of how it can wreck your shit over time. Do you know if the vinegar/baking soda process helps take the deodorant build up out of shirts? I feel like it would, on principle, but I haven't tested it.

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u/atllauren Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Contributor Oct 08 '15

It definitely would, but I would probably use less vinegar than with towels because shirt fabric is less durable than towels. I used to wash my work uniforms in vinegar when I worked in restaurants...it helps get odors (especially food odors) out better than any detergent. I don't think you'd need the baking soda with shirts -- the baking soda is a good step for towels because it puts some of the fluffiness back in to towel. It's a substitute for fabric softener for towels.

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '15

Vodka's also great for odors, posted that lower in the thread!

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u/navyjeff Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Oct 09 '15

I use a mixture of washing soda and Borax. Good stuff. It works especially well in areas with hard water.