Your old routine won’t be hard to break, we promise.
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Laundry is a dreaded chore for many.
Take a look at these seven outdated laundry habits you should stop following.
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Invest in multiple hampers and teach household members to separate dirty laundry by color and fabric bang out.
Toss a load in the laundry before work and transfer it to the dryer later in the day.
Add another load to wash before bedtime and dry it the next morning.
Fold and put away each load of clean laundry so the mountain doesn’t grow!
Those clothes were either heavy cotton or linen that could withstand the high temperatures.
Today’s synthetic fabrics and finely woven natural silks and cottons won’t survive repeated cleanings with hot water.
Plus, hot water may lead todark clothes fading.
Clean laundry has an absence of oily, sweaty, or food odors.
Try washing clothes with an unscented detergent to see if you are getting clothes clean.
These issues could probably have been prevented if you had taken the time toread the care labels.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission mandates care labels on clothes and textiles sold in this country.
The labels identify the fiber content and provide cleaning instructions.
