Top 5 Reasons To Air Dry Your Laundry

Old School Drying Technique: Portable Drying Rack One of my earliest laundry memories was hanging clothes outside with my mother on a portable folding drying rack with plastic lines between the metal poles. We had it so long that I was able to take it with me to my first apartment, where I used itContinueContinue reading “Top 5 Reasons To Air Dry Your Laundry”

Laundry Do: Sort It Out

Laundry Sorted On The Clothesline This blog talks a lot about how to care for your clothes before you wash them and how to make sure they are cared for in the dryer, but there is one thing that you can do before you even get as far as the washing machine that will helpContinueContinue reading “Laundry Do: Sort It Out”

It Works! Rubbing Alcohol For Laundry Boo-Boo’s

Even laundry gets boo-boo’s from time to time… When you were a kid, your mother or Nana likely used rubbing alcohol to help to disinfect your cuts and scrapes, helping your boo-boos to feel better. Just like your scraped knees and cut fingers, rubbing alcohol is also great for treating laundry boo-boos. Most notably, rubbingContinueContinue reading “It Works! Rubbing Alcohol For Laundry Boo-Boo’s”

It Works! Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreater

If there’s bubbles, it’s working! Oxygen cleaners and pretreaters are all the rage these days, but nothing beats the real thing, hydrogen peroxide, for those pesky biological stains. A toothbrush and a bottle of hydrogen peroxide can help eliminate a multitude of biological stains including blood, grass, coffee, wine, chocolate, and other food stains. ItContinueContinue reading “It Works! Hydrogen Peroxide Pretreater”

It Works! My Favorite Pretreater

My beauty secret get rid of makeup! Everybody who cares, and does a lot of laundry, has a favorite go-to laundry tool that they cannot live without. Some people won’t do laundry without Borax or without Grandma’s Bluing Agent or Dawn dishwashing detergent (I’ll tell you why in a future post). My favorite, go-to, can’tContinueContinue reading “It Works! My Favorite Pretreater”