Melissa Pateras
Guest on Something You Should Know
Melissa Pateras is a Canadian laundry and cleaning expert, social media creator, and author known online as the “Laundry Lesbian.” She shares practical, science-based advice on laundry, cleaning, and basic home maintenance through TikTok and other platforms. She is the author of *A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home* and is currently active as a home-care content creator.
Products they talk about
Dawn dish soap👍 Recommends
…recommending dawn dish soap for stain removal
“Otherwise, it's dish soap. I usually recommend Dawn. Or hydrogen peroxide if you're trying to color correct the stain. So, yeah, I mean, I, it's little things like that because I try to make things simple.”
on Something You Should Know
Kirkland laundry detergent👍 Recommends
…discussing top performing laundry detergent brands
“And number three, surprisingly, is the Kirkland brand. Costco. Yeah, so it's the Costco brand. And rumor has it that Persil makes it, which is why it's so great. But it's great for a budget detergent.”
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Persil👍 Recommends
…discussing top performing laundry detergent brands
“And there's always some front runners. And then there's the rest. And the front runners, in your view, are? 100% the top three are Tide, Persil, which Tide and Persil are so close. I can't really even call it. And number three, surprisingly, is the Kirkland brand.”
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Tide👍 Recommends
…discussing top performing laundry detergent brands
“And there's always some front runners. And then there's the rest. And the front runners, in your view, are? 100% the top three are Tide, Persil, which Tide and Persil are so close. I can't really even call it.”
on Something You Should Know
wool dryer balls👍 Recommends
…recommending dryer balls as alternative to dryer sheets
“But I use dryer balls and I don't over dry. I think what people don't realize is that static is caused by the dryness, obviously. Right. So if you're over drying, there's a lot of people who keep refluffing the clothes, the drier they get, the more static. But if you just use a wool dryer ball or, you know, there's there's some rubber dryer balls as well.”
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