No Blues On Laundry Day

Most of us have one regular day we do the laundry. To take the Blues away try mixing it up a bit. Try these tips. You may find you will have the opportunity to do something with your family you normally would miss out on doing.

• Pick an alternate day to the one you have now to do laundry and switch from week to week. This will give you time to do the things on that day that you were not able to do before.

Don’t try to do everything on the same day – split the chore in two.

• One day - remove stains, soak soiled clothes, mend clothing that need buttons, etc. and sort the clothing for wash day.
• On the second day - wash, dry, fold and hang clothes and put away.

How to sort clothes:

• Separate by colour and fabric.
• Keep all whites together, all medium colours together and all black or dark items together
• You will probably need a load for very lightweight items, light and medium colours can go together, read labels.
• Be careful with deep colours like reds, dark colours and blacks. These will most likely run in water so they need to be washed separately.
• Sometimes it is only the first time they are washed that they will run.
  
• Read the washing labels on the clothing items. It will tell you if you can:
• Wash in tub (machine) also temperature or if it needs to be washed by hand.
• If you can dry it in the dryer or if you need to hang it to dry.
• If ironing is needed and it is safe to iron.
• You must read label as some labels will say Dry Clean Only or Hand Wash Only.
• Whites can usually be washed in hot water, however many people wash everything in cold water to save on energy.
  
• Buy appropriate detergent for hot or cold water. Cheapest is not always the best as some are not good on stains.
  

Get the whole family involved with different tasks. You will see your family will learn from the experience and also it will give you all more time to have together to do things in family live today.