Let’s face it; doing laundry probably isn’t everyone’s favorite chore. In fact laundry can sometimes be overwhelming to even the best of housekeepers. It is true that today’s state of the art washers and dryers make doing laundry almost effortless, but even though the machines do the actual washing and drying, there are lots of things we can do to save our time, our money and our sanity.
The experts at Nadia’s House cleaning have provided the following laundry tips to reduce the amount of time you spend in your laundry room.
• It’s much easier to do your laundry when everything has already been sorted. Assign a basket for each type of load, whites, darks, colors etc. Ask your family members to turn their clothing inside out, not only will this save you time by not having to turn clothing inside out yourself, it will also ensure your families clothing ages better and lasts longer. As soon as a basket is full, wash the load.
• Shorten you wash and dry time – for lightly soiled loads, use the quick wash setting and set your drying time for 30 minutes, most clothes will be dried in a 30 minute period.
• Keep a spare bath towel handy and throw it in the dryer with an item that needs ironing. Set your dryer cycle for 10 minutes. For badly wrinkles items, add a damp wash cloth to dryer or lightly spray the wrinkled item with water.
• Keep a spare box in the laundry room to toss any loner socks that always manage to appear without their mates at the end of a dryer cycle. Check every week or two and see how many pairs will magically reappear.
• Instead of purchasing expensive fabric softeners, give vinegar a try instead. Pour a cup into the fabric softener dispenser of your washer. An added benefit isr that vinegar also makes your towels more absorbent, and will also deodorize your wash.
• A salt and vinegar pre-wash can keep you dark colors from fading. Before the first wash, set your washer to the small load setting. Add 2 cups of salt and 2 cups of white vinegar to the water, once your washer begins to agitate, add the clothing item or items. Run it through the wash cycle and then launder as usual.
• Use liquid dish soap such as Dawn as a pre-treatment for grease spots and stains. Rub and then lather. One of the biggest advantages of using a product like Dawn is that it can stay on as long as your need it to before you do your actual wash.
• After pre-treating and washing an item of clothing with a stubborn spot stain, hang to dry. Never dry the item in the dryer. Putting the item in the dryer may set the stain.
• Cut your laundry detergent in half and add a half cup of baking soda instead. Not only will your clothes look better and smell better, baking soda also eliminates built up soap residue.
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