No matter the type of laundry products and accessories you use, there are best practices that always apply when doing laundry if you want good results. Here is a list of tips to help keep darks radiant and your whites bright.
Get Sorted
First, you want to start off by separating the light garments from dark garments. It is important to pay particular attention to items that typically bleed, like red garments. Keep any items that have a lot of lint, like towels, away from smooth fabrics that pill, like sheets. In order to minimize fading, wash denim jeans inside out.
Pretreat
Once you’ve successfully sorted your loads of laundry, it is time to pretreat stains. The sooner you pretreat a stain the better. There are a variety of products available to help pretreat. Most liquid detergents can also be used directly on stains. You can also pre-soak clothes in the washer using laundry detergent. If you are using a powder detergent, mix it with a little bit of water in order to form a paste. Once you do that, you can apply it to the stain.
Load Properly
Now that your clothes are pretreated, you’re ready to load them into the wash machine. Is important to load garments properly. An overstuffed washer will not get clothes clean. It’s important to check the manufacturer’s recommendations for your model of washing machine. If you would like the best results and have a top loader, start filling the tub with water first, add detergent, and then add the garments. Doing this will help ensure your laundry is cleaned.
Measure Detergent
Using too much detergent is a waste of money. Overuse can also leave a residue on clothes and extend the wash cycle. In order to determine the proper amount of detergent to use, look at the packaging. Sometimes the detergent caps have lines, but they can be confusing to understand. You can use a permanent marker or a piece of tape in order to highlight the fill line you use most often.
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