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12 Laundry Mistakes to Avoid

Tips to Avoid Laundry Mistakes

By The Laundry PressPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Laundry is not just about cleaning clothes. If you want fresh, stain-free, and odour-free clothes, you must avoid making these laundry mistakes.

  • Excess Detergent

For cleaning clothes, you must be using a detergent in either liquid or powder form. You may think that more detergent means cleaner clothes. It is not true. Excess detergent can damage your clothes. Use only the required quantity of detergent.

  • Not Sorting your Laundry

You may wear clothes with different fabrics. Additionally, you may want to clean your delicate clothes as well. You must read the laundry tags and sort all your clothes. For instance, color bleeding clothes, delicate clothes, garments with stains, woollen clothes, dry cleaning clothes and so on. You may want to contact the laundry in Deira, Dubai, for your dry cleaning requirements, as it is a little more complex than washing.

  • Spilling Detergent on Clothes

How do you laundry your clothes in a machine? Maybe first you fill the water, then clothes and lastly detergent. Maybe you put clothes first, then detergent, and lastly add water. Well, this can leave stains of detergent on your clothes. Do not ever spill the detergent on clothes.

  • Not Mix the Detergent Properly

When you put detergent in the water, let them become a good mixer before adding clothes. If you do not let it mix, detergent may stick to your garments and leave some detergent stains. While cleaning your clothes, you may get some stains upon them. To avoid such a situation, you must mix the detergent in water properly.

  • Too Many Garments at a Time

Maybe you are a working professional and have limited time for the entire laundry process. Thus, you put many garments in the washing machine at a time for cleaning or drying. With this, you may not get 100% cleaned or dried clothes. In addition, you may invite some kind of damage to clothes. Alternatively, you can approach a laundry service in Deira, Dubai, to clean your clothes.

  • Not Cleaning your Washing Machine

Are you also using a washing machine to wash all your garments? You may want to clean the machine from time to time. Dust and dirt from all the clothes can stay in it for a longer period. As a result, you may damage your clothes while cleaning if you do not clean your washing machine.

  • Not Emptying your Pockets

You may keep many things in your pocket, such as keys, coins, hankey, and more. If you do not empty your pocket before washing your jeans or pants, you may invite serious stains from the items. Hence, never forget to check your pockets.

  • Not Checking the Laundry Tag

Most garments come with a laundry tag, whether they need a wash or dry cleaning. Some clothes may be required to reverse them before cleaning. A laundry tag shall eliminate your efforts of identifying fabrics and deciding on a method to clean them. If you are required to dry clean your clothes, you can always approach the laundry service in Dubai, as you may not know the exact dry cleaning process.

  • Choosing the Wrong Laundry Settings

Soft fabrics like silk require soft cleaning, whereas denim requires hard cleaning. If you select the wrong washing machine setting, garments may get damaged. Therefore, you must sort clothes properly and select the correct settings.

  • Dry Clothes with Elastic

If you have clothes with elastic, like undergarments and swimsuits, you may prefer not to dry them in the dryer. Elastic gets damaged over time in the dryer by spinning in it. Instead, hang them to dry.

  • Leaving Zippers Open & Shirts Buttoned

While sorting garments, you also want to zip up your jeans and open all the buttons from your shirt to get them properly cleaned.

  • Not Treating Stains Properly

The meal is bound to spill on garments at times. There are many home remedies available to treat stains before washing them. If the stains are tough to clean, you may prefer to search ‘laundry near me’ and give those garments to a laundry service to clean them for you.

To conclude, regular laundry is a must to keep your clothes fresh and the same as new ones. Hence, avoid making these mistakes during laundry and reach out to a laundry service if necessary.

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The Laundry Press

The Laundry Press is the leading laundry service provider in Dubai, UAE. We offer a variety of services, such as laundry, dry cleaning, alteration, carpet & curtain cleaning, and shoe cleaning.

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