We understand the degree of caution and care that everyone is talking about the coronavirus COVID-19 right now, and we wanted to help answer any of your lingering questions about doing laundry in a shared space. This post will cover the most frequently asked questions we hear, and what you should do to prepare for […]
We’ve all experienced that moment when you open up a closet/chest of drawers/wardrobe and been hit with that awful, musty smell. Sometimes, it’s enough to make you run from the room gagging. Unfortunately, this is caused by mildew and mold that’s begun to grow on your clothes, often because of moisture left behind from the […]
Life always seems to find a way to be hectic. Doesn’t matter if you’re working from home, an essential worker, or wrangling your kids night and day — we can all use a little more organization in our lives. That’s why we wanted to take some time this month and talk about laundry organization. With […]
What marks the end of a piece of clothing’s life? Is it when your last kid outgrows the hand-me downs? Or is it when the holes in the knees get a little too big? It could be for a thousand different reasons — many of them good, and some of them not so good. But this question […]
There are a lot of ways you might have gotten a drop or two of blood on your clothing (or other fabric like a towel or rug). Rather than mull over the “how” the blood got there – this article is going to give you advice on the best way to get that stain out […]
College is often a time when young adults begin to do their laundry for the first time. Even if you have done some laundry before, you likely haven’t had to keep track of it the way you will once you hit their dorms. You also may not be used to doing your laundry in a […]
You might assume that those yellow stains you’re seeing under the arms of your white clothing are from sweat – and you’d be halfway right. The yellow stains are actually caused when the minerals (like salt) in sweat mix with the ingredients in antiperspirant or deodorant (mostly aluminum.) This reaction causes a discoloration in the […]
Whether you have recently quit smoking, visited a relative’s home who smokes, or you visited a business where smoking is still allowed inside – you’re stuck with an outfit (or a bunch) of clothes that smell of cigarette smoke – and a simple wash doesn’t seem to be doing the trick to get it out. […]
Laundry lint is probably the only thing you can add to that old list of inevitability (death and taxes, right?). But just because it’s inevitable doesn’t mean it’s useless. In fact, there are more uses for lint than you may have probably imagined! In this post, we’ll cover why you should skip throwing it out, […]
It’s a scene straight out of a sitcom – the young wife loads up the laundry, only to discover she’s shrunk an adult sweater to infant-sized on accident. While garments rarely end up like these exaggerated shrinky-dinks unless they are made of wool, there are ways you are ruining your clothing without realizing it as […]
