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Laundry Advice
Ironing, Presentation & Storage
Try these handy solutions for making your laundry look its very best.
Ironing
- Here’s some less-pressing ironing advice:
- Move freshly ironed surfaces away from you as you iron.
- Iron collars, cuffs and hems on the wrong side first.
- Hold pleats in place with paper clips when ironing.
- Place a sheet of aluminum foil under your ironing board cover to effectively iron both sides of your garment at once.
De-linting
For those times when you’ve mixed the lint producers with lint magnets, consider these lesser-known lint-removal devices:
- Tape
- Address labels
- Express delivery label pouches
Storage
Hang on! The laundry isn’t officially done until you’ve put everything away in its proper place.
- When tumble-dried clothes are dry — preferably when they are still warm — hang them up or smooth them out and fold them right away. -Avoid having them sit and cool in a crumpled state.
- Clothes that should be folded include: T-shirts, sweaters, jeans, sweats — basically anything knit or stretchy.
- Clothes that should be hung include: creased or pleated items, button-down shirts, khakis — anything that wrinkles easily.
- Wooden hangers with a rod work for most hangable items. Choose padded hangers for fragile items, and hangers with rubber clips for skirts (metal clips might dent the fabric).
Source: RealSimple.com*
*Copyright © 2010 Time Inc. Lifestyle Group. REAL SIMPLE is a registered trademark of Time Inc. Used under license.
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