How much detergent do you use? It is probably excessive. We spoke with a laundry expert about this and other cleaning tips for clothes.

What is the most common error people make when doing laundry? Using too much detergent. It does not clean our clothes, and with each wasteful pour, we flush money down the drain. (It doesn't help that the bottle's convenient measuring cap contains ten times the required quantity!)

Detergents are highly concentrated substances. If you use more detergent than can be removed through rinsing, it will cling to your clothes and make them crusty and dirty.

Typically, two teaspoons are less than the "1" line on the detergent bottle's lid. Ignore those extra numbered lines; you are wasting money and soiling your clothes. If you do not measure or do not know how much you are using, it is likely that you are using too much.

This guideline applies to both high-efficiency and ordinary top-loading washing machines. The same holds true for detergent powder.

Considerations When Doing Laundry

If doing laundry is a burden, you may be doing too much. Don't worry about using a multitude of expensive treatments or rushing home to pretreat a stain. The majority of individuals desire to do the right thing with all these additional steps.



We simply make the process very difficult. However, the less you do, the cleaner your clothes will be.

According to experts, these are the things to look out for when doing laundry.

Water temperature

Always employ warm. Always. Why use warm water when hot water is healthy for cotton, including whites and colors? Your clothing, bed linens, and towels may be made of cotton, but what about the thread that keeps everything together? It is made of polyester.

As a result, after a lifetime of washing in hot water, your towels may develop "bacon edges." You had seen towels with wavy edges that were not present when you purchased them. A dryer or washer with very hot water shrank the polyester thread and tightened the hem.

Duration of cycle

We advise using the express cycle. Hour-long washing machine cycles deteriorate your garments and do not clean them. Regardless of how dirty your clothes are, the 30-minute cycle is sufficient if you set the temperature to warm and don't use excessive detergent.

Load capacity

Add detergent based on the load size, but do not exceed two tablespoons, or the excess will not rinse out. If your load is modest, reduce the detergent dosage. A half-load receives one tablespoon as opposed to two.

Soil level

Don't use more detergent if your laundry is extremely soiled! You must equip a booster. Add a quarter cup of washing or baking soda to extremely soiled loads to enhance their cleaning ability. The washing and baking sodas remove minerals from hard water and boost the pH of the wash water to make it more effective for cleaning.

Colors and whites

Sorting laundry by hue family (whites, darks, warm and cool) keeps garments looking fantastic for a longer period of time than simply dumping everything into the wash together. It is possible to experience dye transfer when washing mixed-color loads. And because dyes are abrasive, they can wear down less vibrant fibers that are blended in.

Oxygen bleach

For whites, we advise against using chlorine bleach. The brilliant white of our favorite linens and towels is actually a blue pigment. (Natural white resembles beige more). When you bleach your linens, and they turn yellow, it's not because they're dirty but because you've removed their color.

Use oxygen bleach instead of chlorine to remove grease, sweat, blood, and that filthy area on your bed where your dog sleeps. It is also color-safe.

Pretreating

Nothing should be pretreated until it is time to wash it. Thus, the stain-fighting solution you're adding will be active and begin working as soon as the washing machine is turned on.

If you fix a stain and then toss the item in the hamper, the effectiveness of the stain remover is greatly diminished. Wait until the load is ready to begin, and then spray the stain with your treatment solution.