Laundry Tips: Separating Wools

Series Summary

For centuries men and women alike have preferred clean clothing over dirty clothing. Cave drawings uncovered in the Mesopotamian Desert wilderness show women heating rocks and rubbing them on fur clothing. Dirty clothing was actually an offense punishable by death in The Code of Hammurabi. A recent archaeological discovery has uncovered the oldest laundromat in recorded history while excavating the ancient city of Ur. Cleverly named Laund-UR-mat, this laundromat, actually started by Abraham's youngest brother Ephraham, is historical proof that even thousands and thousands of years ago, human beings found washing clothes inconvenient and tedious and that people would rather outsource laundry than take the time to do it at home. In this free video series on laundry, James Hardy reveals several tips for cleaning and folding clothes. Hardy begins by explaining the importance of hampers, detergents and hangers. He then discuss ironing techniques, organizational methods, clotheslines, water temperatures, starch and dry cleaning. These lessons are all valuable for keeping clothes fresh and new. Watch these videos and learn several laundry tips today.

Video Transcript

"This wool sweater, it's actually from Abercrombie and I cut all the tags off because I didn't want anyone to know that it was from Abercrombie, but if the tag was on here, basically it would give you some type of instruction that this should not go in the wash. If it goes in the wash it will probably shrink and then if you put it in the dryer it will definitely shrink. So with I mean just a wool item like this, like this is the type of stuff you take to a dry cleaner and get done there, and then like once you kind of get to know stuff you'll be like, alright like this like cotton pair of pants, like this is probably going to say same thing that like this thing said, which is just that like needs to get, you know, washed with like colors and then it can go through the dryer at some point. So, anyway if you've got questions, like just find the tag and flip it up and be like, oh, machine wash warm, wash and dry with like colors, only non-chlorine bleach if needed tumble dry, you know, easy."