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Top 9 Tips For Effective Laundry

by: experthometips | last updated: February 02, 2010
Category: Clothes Washers | Tags: effective laundry, laundry tips, how to do laundry
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Top 9 Tips For Effective Laundry

Everybody is familiar with laundry and everyone must have taken care of home laundry at least once in their lifetime. Washing clothes at home can be a cost effective way of cleaning your clothes. In this article I am going to try to elucidate on how to do effective laundry. I would also love to hear your thoughts about how to do an effective laundry.

 
Do not wash white clothes with colored clothes. Always separate the white colors before washing from colored clothes sice the latter can loose colors which can spoil your white clothes.
 
For effective washing always fill the washing machine to half or to three quarters. Do not fill the washing machine to the top with clothes as it can reduce the effectiveness of the cleaning process.
 
Avoid using bleach with colors as bleach can harm the color clothes. The bleach can take the dye out of a colored cloth.
 
Always add fabric softener to the laundry load as it coats the fibers. These make the fabric softer and finer.
 
Does not use excessive detergent for washing, Always add only the desired amount of laundry detergent in your wash.
 
For washing white clothes it is advisable to use the hot water cycle. This will help the whiteness to stay. However make sure you do not use hot water cycle for colored clothes.
 
For washing colored clothes use warm and cold water cycles since only using hot water cycle can lead to spreading and mixing of colored dyes.
 
Use a stain removal spray on the soiled and dirty portion of your clothes before washing for effective stain removal.
 
After you are done with the loads transfer the clothes to the laundry dryer and add a fabric softener to reduce the static clinging to the clothes.

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