Beginners Guide To Washing Your Clothes

Some tips to help you through your first experience at doing your own laundry.

Read the care label on your clothing to see if they can be washed or if they have to be dry cleaned. You cannot wash clothes that need to be dry cleaned in the washer. Some matierials they use now will literally fall apart in the washer. 

When the washer stops the final spin cycle take out the clothes and load them into the dryer. If you didn't add Fabric Softener to the washer in the place allotted for it then add ONE sheet of fabric softener to the dryer.

During the cycle open the door and check on the shirts. Don't let them fully dry. Take them out and immediately hang them on a hangar. You may save some money and later ironing this way.

There is a better, more economical way of drying your laundry. Hang them on a line and let Mother Nature dry them. If you live in an apartment or you don't have the space or your neighborhood regulations don't allow clotheslines. Don't fret, You CAN have a clothesline. Check out my Laundry Tips to see how you can have a clothesline to dry your clothes on and save on a dryer.

Hang shirts from the bottom side seams. Men's underwear from the top sides and ladies undies from the crotch. Socks are to be hung at the toe. Sheets, bedspreads and comforters can be folded in half and hung on the line. Towels will need to be put at the farthest corners of the line because they hang down so far. Same goes for long sleeved shirts.

There is no better smell then clothes that have been dried outside. For some reason they don't pick up any foul smells in the air----only clean smells.

Maybe the Sun God has something to do with this! LOL

It is easiest to fold the laundry while you are standing at the line. This way you can sort it as to who and where they go and what gets put away first. Then all you have to do is put them away in the order you folded them.  It is a lot less time consuming this way too.