Household Laundry Tips (Giveaway)
Monday, August 29, 2011 Posted by Jolly Mom
This month we're talking laundry as part of the Arm & Hammer Switch and Save Blogger Challenge. I have to say that laundry is the bain of my existence. There are only three of us in my household and the laundry still relentlessly piles up on a daily basis. It is a neverending cycle of sorting, washing, drying, and folding. I honestly can't even imagine what it's like for larger families! Over the years I have learned a few tricks that help keep the laundry into a more manageable task so I thought this would be a perfect time to share my best tips.
This is a sponsored post for Church & Dwight Co., Inc, the maker of ARM & HAMMER branded products, who is compensating me to try different products. Save $1.00 on any 2 ARM & HAMMER Laundry Detergents. And be sure and head over to the Switch & Save Challenge for the chance to win $25,000.
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- Use those nifty sectioned hampers to pre-sort laundry into lights, darks, and whites. If you don't have one of those hampers, that's ok. Just make sure to sort the laundry on the day you plan on washing them. Have it in small piles ready to wash that way the process is as simple as throwing clothes into the machine. I also like to pre-sort delicates into a separate bag that way none of my delicates end up being washed by accident with regular laundry.
- Do one or two loads every day. This helps keep laundry manageable rather than having huge piles to get through at once.
- Whenever possible, fold laundry right out of the dryer. It only takes a few minutes and it's done. This is much better than throwing it into a basket for "later". I don't know about you, but "later" usually comes much later than planned LOL.
- Get clothes out of the dryer as soon as they are done. Clothes come out wrinkle-free, which means you don't have to spend time ironing.
- Get help. I typically wash, dry, and fold. Mike puts the laundry away. If you have kids that are old enough to help, enlist them as well!
This is a sponsored post for Church & Dwight Co., Inc, the maker of ARM & HAMMER branded products, who is compensating me to try different products. Save $1.00 on any 2 ARM & HAMMER Laundry Detergents. And be sure and head over to the Switch & Save Challenge for the chance to win $25,000.
This giveaway is closed. Congratulations to the winner, Nikki Field!
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I like to let the kids sort the socks and my oldest helps fold towels :-)
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I have one of those sorter hampers...love it. Every Sunday I close up the bags and throw them down the stairs. My boys drag them to the laundry area and I get started.
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I have 4 hampers that I keep by the laundry room.. there is one for the whites, towels and washcloths, Jean or dark shorts, and the last one just for t-shirts. I empty the hampers when I see them getting about half full and sort them to the other hampers. When I have a load.. I wash and and fold, the kids come in from school and they put them away. On nice breezy days, I hang them on the clothes line.. I like to dry them for a few minutes get any fuzzies off, then put on hangers if they go on a hanger.. makes putting the clothes away so much easier.
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I have one of those seperated hampers and I love it, couldn't live without it for laundry. I also try to treat any stains and wash ASAP. My kids help with the towels, those are usually what I put aside to fold and it never gets done but my daughter loves folding them & putting them away.
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I tell the kids that if they have anything with a stain on it, to put in on top of the dryer rather than throw it in the hamper. This way I'll know I have to pre-treat the stain before washing.
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I have three laundry baskets, one for darks, lights and whites. When I seperate the clothes and notice a stain I immediately spray stain remover then toss in the basket.
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I have certain days of the week that I do certain loads. Like on Monday's I do White's, on Tuesday Kids Clothes, Saturday's are for towels & Sheets, etc.
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I always make sure and pre-treat stains before they go in the hamper and then give them at least an hour or two to work before putting them in the washer.
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I have three piles- Whites, Darks and Sheets w/ Towels. Thanks for the chance!
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My tip helps me with sorting. I toss only lights/whites in the hamper and darks in the machine. When the machine fills up I run it, then dump the hamper in and run it or wait till it fills up, and start keeping the darks in the hamper. Saves me a lot of time.
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I hate to be a copycat, but my tip is the same as one of yours. Definitely do a load every day. Yes, I feel like I'm always doing laundry, but I'm never actually overwhelmed with it like I am when I do 3 loads in a day.
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my best tip is to do at least one load a day and then it doesn't seem like you are doing it all day long!
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since we go thru colored clothes like crazy, we just throw them in the washing machine and when its almost full and whoever just recently tossed something in there, they have to start the load...we also have a timer so when can program when to start a load and thats a big help
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I use bleach for our "whites". And I always make sure to do a load of lights directly following the whites...so that no residual bleach ruins a load of darks!
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if clothes no longer fit, or are no longer wanted and in good shape-have a separate container for them... once washed they can immediately be donated to Goodwill or another non profit or even brought to a local consignment store or sold in the yearly garage sale...
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I have my kids take their dirty clothes to the hampers after baths and sort colors and lights. (It's been easier to get them to do this than my hubby, lol). I also have them help put their clothes away
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I try to pre-treat stains so they come out easier. I also like to use eco-friendly detergents that don't leave build up in my washer
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my best tip is to try and do at least one load each day so it's not so overwelming!
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My tip isn't about doing the laundry - there are lots of great tips from your readers. My tip is to remove the lint from dryer's lint screen and every month wash the screen with hot soapy water to remove waxy residue left by dryer sheets. I scrub it with an old toothbrush. I read that the waxy residue builds up on lint screen and causes dryer to overheat, work harder & less efficiently.
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