For many of us it is the most feared day of the week, for others it is a small pleasure to be enjoyed at home with all the calm in the world. Whatever your case, we all put washing machines.
The passage of time has taught us some tricks to avoid damaging the clothes when we line up (such as separating the black and white pieces, for example), but there are many more. recommendations that escape us and that can completely improve the experience of doing laundry. A cleaning expert has given away her tips to Domino’s and we can’t stop talking about them.
Gym clothes, separately
Yes, friend, you read correctly. We all make this mistake, but now no more. Suzanne Holmes, manager of Cotton Incorporated’s product evaluation lab, explains that reading garment labels is essential to cleaning them correctly, “the label is your best source for knowing the ‘ingredients’ of your clothes and how to care for them”.
In addition to color, it is key know what type of fabric we have in hand. Logically, sports pieces contain fibers that are different from those of other garments. For this reason, he states that “fibers in gym clothes clean best when washed together.”
We know it’s hard to dirty enough sportswear to fill an entire washing machine (unless you’re a pro) if we live alone or as a couple, but we can try. If you want to facilitate the process of dividing clothes, at Lidl they have a specific closet for that function.
White clothes always go together (white, not cream or beige)
You may think that you already know this advice, but it must be applied well. Many of us tend to combine light colors (whites and derivatives) in the same washing machine, a mistake. Pure white dyed garments need to be washed separately to keep the shade ‘crisp and bright’. Also, we can choose a higher wash temperature to “kill the most persistent bacteria in the process”.
Rapinchuk leaves no room for choice: “I wash whites together and add a tablespoon of oxygen rinse aid to each load to keep them bright and white.”
Sheets and towels get along, with a “but”
As with him type previous, surely many of you already wash the sheets and towels together and separately. We know, it’s tempting to run your everyday clothes washer and throw in a hand towel, but it’s not the best idea.
The part that has surprised us the most in this category is the following: towels and sheets should not go together in the dryer. The reason? This one: “towels can produce lint in the dryer that will stick to bedding if they bunch up.”
In relation to how often you have to wash the sheets, the expert comments that “it is a good idea to wash cotton sheets once every two weeks, but if you sweat when you sleep, you may want to wash the sheets once a week.”
The rags, the worst enemies
Dear, we understand you, we have all put a rag that ran around the house in the washing machine along with jeans and sweatshirts. Holmes says we must never do them and this type it makes sense. The rags or towels that we use for our pets are full of germs that can stick to delicate clothes when we wash them cold.
The expert comments that “occasionally, I add half a cup of white vinegar to the wash cycle to kill germs, whiten white clothes and eliminate odors that may have accumulated.” To this recommendation, she adds that “you can also do this process with vinegar or bleach in an empty wash load to disinfect your washing machine.” We appreciate that both proposals are easy to apply
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