It's summertime, and that usually means lots of laundry and stains!
Here are some Tara Aronson steps to cleaner clothes. Maybe some of these could help you with your laundry woes:
- Immediately rinse or blot away spills on your clothes with cool water to prevent stains from setting.
- Read fabric care labels before you wash. Your clothes will last longer if you know how to treat them.
- Sort laundry by color,
wash cycle needed, and water temperature required. The Frigidaire
Affinity’s Permanent Press cycle washes with warm water and less
agitation, resulting in less wear and tear on your sturdy jeans, khakis,
and sweaters; the Delicates cycle uses cold water and light agitation
to gently clean swimsuits, workout clothes, and lingerie.
- Before washing stained garments, pretreat or prewash the spot using the Affinity’s Rinse & Spin cycle. If at first you don’t succeed, wash, wash again.
- To keep snags and lint to a minimum, zip zippers, button buttons, empty pockets, and brush away lint before tossing duds in the hamper.
- If your clothing is heavily soiled, your
load large, or the water cold, add extra laundry detergent. Use the
Affinity’s Heavy Duty cycle for sturdy but really dirty items like jeans
and towels; choose the Sanitize setting to use the hottest water
available to get rid of germs and grime as thoroughly as possible.
- Check wet garments for remaining stains, and re-treat as needed before drying. Heat will set stains.
- Dry only full loads. Tumbling a handful of garments prolongs the drying time by reducing the tumbling.
- Fold shirts and T-shirts to
prevent wrinkling. If the shirt has buttons, button it at top, middle
and bottom. Lay facedown. Fold both sides of the shirt so they meet in
the back, with the sleeves aligned with the side folds. Fold the tail up
to the cuffs, making a straight line at the bottom. Then fold in thirds
crosswise. For T-shirts: a child’s T-shirt needs only one crosswise
fold in half; an adult’s should be folded into thirds.
- Fold shorts and pants by
aligning the inseams and outer seams of the legs and fold so that a
crease forms at the front center of the legs. Fold in half or in thirds,
depending on the size of the garment.
Tara Aronson also shares 5 Summer Stain Tips for
Frigidaire Affinity:
Smudges, drips, drops and smears – no
matter what their source, the key to keeping them from ruining your
favorite shorts or T-shirt is to take quick action – before it gets a
chance to dry.
For most fabrics, this means blotting
up the excess or rinsing the discolored area with cold water (hot can
set a stain.) Don’t rub: this spreads the spot and grinds it deeper into
the fabric.
Summer spills are especially tough. Here’s how to remove the five most common:
1. Crayon
Scrape off as much of the colorful surface as possible using a plastic
picnic knife. Apply laundry detergent directly on the stained area.
Gently rub the detergent into the fabric then let sit several minutes.
Launder using the hottest water the fabric can handle - or the Sanitize
setting of your Frigidaire Affinity washer. Dry as usual.
2. Iced coffee
Sponge the stained area with cold water. Apply a pretreater to the blight. Wash as usual and air dry.
3. Grass
Prewash the garment in warm water in your washing machine –the Rinse
& Spin cycle on your Affinity washer – and a laundry detergent
containing enzymes. Launder as usual (normal setting) with detergent and
chlorine bleach if safe for the fabric. If the garment’s care label
instructions advise against it, use oxygen (color safe) bleach instead.
Dry as usual.
4. Juice
Soak for a minute or so in cold water. Remove excess water, and then
apply a pretreater directly on the stained area. Wash with detergent as
usual. Air dry. Do not place in the dryer until the blight is completely
gone – otherwise the stain is likely to set.
5. Chocolate (or chocolate ice cream)
Prewash the garment in warm water with a laundry detergent that contains
enzymes using the Affinity’s Rinse & spin setting. Launder as
usual, using the washing machine’s Normal setting. Dry as usual.
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Frigidaire will donate $1 to Save the Children, as part of its $750,000
commitment to the cause. It’s simple to share your Adventures in Clean
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and dryer featuring Ready Steam™. There's nothing to lose but the dirt off your clothes!
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