Fashion Faux Pas: Static Cling
December 3, 2008 by HeatherM
Don’t get caught with unsightly static cling this winter. Not to get all Albert Einstein on you, but here’s a brief but simple background as to why it happens: when two different materials come in contact with one another, an exchange of electrons leaves one item more positively charged and the other more negative. Since unlike charges attract, the two materials stick to one another, known as static cling.
So what can you do? Here are a couple of suggestions:
- Spray your clothes with Static Guard
- Take a metal clothes hanger and run it along the inside of your clothing–it helps “de-charge” the particles
- Rub the inside of your clothing with dryer sheets
- Add a fabric softener to your wash either in liquid form (Downy) or dryer sheets (Bounce)–or if you want to try a more earth-friendly fabric softener, check out Seventh Generation Natural Fabric Softener
- Add 1/4 cup of vinegar to your laundry wash cycle
- Add 1/4 cup of borax to your laundry wash cycle
What’s your tip for eliminating static cling?
[Katie Holmes, Thumb, tips]
I always thought static cling kept you warmer in the winter.
call me old fashioned, but my cure for this has always been to add a regular old slip. keeps one warm AND unstuck. (not to mention what fun can be had with said slips once you ARE warm… a la the glory days of kim basinger.)
This is especially troublesome now that we are into tights season! Thanks for the tips!
just live in Florida and there is no static cling!