How to Do Laundry Cheap

By Tom Morgan

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Do laundry once a week to maximize efficiency.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

  • Hangers (12 extra per person in your house)
  • Cheap Liquid Fabric Softner
  • Cheap Laundry Soap
  • Garment Rack or rod to hang jeans and sturdy thick clothes to dry (can use shower curtain rod)
  • Cheap Color Safe Bleach
  • Liquid Bleach
Step1
Sort by:
Jeans and extra thick sturdy fabrics
Darks
Delicates--synthetics, undergarments, extra lightweight fabrics
Most all light colored household washable fabrics and clothing--towels, robes, socks, t-shirts
Step2
Folllow manufacturer's washing instructions. Wash all items and place them in baskets according to fabric thickness.
Step3
The following will be dried completely:
Socks
Wash clothes
Hand towels
Thin clothing items like pajamas, button up synthetic shirts
Small items
Save these for last
Step4
Begin drying the lightweight stuff that you will be hang drying
Most delicates can be hung on hangers to dry without fluffing
Let the dryer fluff and begin drying clothes for 5 to 10 minutes on an appropriate dryer setting.
Step5
Take the clothes out of dryer and place them laid out in a way to maintain the wrinkle free condition they are coming out of the dryer. Add more clothes to dryer and repeat the fluffing process each time.
Step6
Hang the fluffed laid out clothes on hangers making sure to keep them from developing unwanted creases. Pants should be hung by the waist band . Sweaters should be hung with the sweater placed on the hanger in the usual fashion, then take one sleeve at a time and drape the sleves across to other side. It will look like arms of sweater are crossed. The wrists of the sweater will be draping over the neck of the opposite side. This takes the pressure off the shoulder/sleeve of the sweater and prevents stretching and hanger marks.
Hang all other clothes normally
Step7
Sheets and towels can be done at the final dryer loads. If you have the space to hang dry, follow direction 4, and 5. Dry sheets and towels completley if yo are cramped for drying space or time. Whether you dry towels alone or with other cotton clothing like socks and small items,that will be dried completely; heets should be dried separately.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can purchase a retractable clothes lines for your shower walls. This is good for a small home or apartment.

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amylaine

amylaine said

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on 5/16/2008 A few things I did not know, thanks for sharing.

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on 5/16/2008 good tips

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