Mitchel Groff

Unless you are lucky enough to have someone to help you with household chores, you probably know how to do laundry properly. Was there ever a time when you had a bad experience washing your clothes? There is more to know than just separating delicate from your denim. In fact, you are probably making some errors that you are not aware of. Good thing several laundry hacks can help avoid such mistakes. Here are a few tips and tricks to help keep your clothes last longer and save you money. 1. Do Not Just Sort Lights and Darks According to experts, you have to do more sorting when you wash clothes to keep them fresh. Separate muddy or very dirty clothes from lightly soiled pieces. Heavy and abrasive fabrics such as denim should not be mixed with delicate garments. Turn your denims inside out and wash in cold water on a gentle cycle. Dry them at low temperature to prevent fading. You can prevent your sheets from twisting by washing one piece at a time and adding...

From landing ketchup on your shirt to finding a leaky pen in your pocket, it’s sometimes difficult to prevent staining our clothes. However, these are not just common annoyances; if not cleaned immediately, they can cut short the life of your otherwise perfectly nice and perhaps expensive garments. To prevent this from happening, you should learn how to spot clean fabrics. What Does Spot Clean Mean? Spot cleaning means treating only the stained part of the garment. You must know how to pick the right cleaning solution for different types of stains and fabric. A spot clean only care label is often seen on expensive designer items that are hand-made, fragile, or contain lace and bead work. While spot cleaning works for most fabrics, it can often leave a watermark on silk, which looks similar to a stain. In this case, getting help from a professional is a better option. Choosing the Most Appropriate Solvent Part of learning how to spot clean fabrics is k...

With all the plastic film and toxic chemicals, dry cleaning clothes can be a  wasteful process . You’ll likely end up with a surplus of wire hangers that meet the trash after a day’s use, too. Generally, hangers are tricky to recycle because of their awkward shape; they can easily entangle machinery at recycling facilities, causing delays for workers who have to remove each obstruction by hand. For this reason, you likely  won’t  be able to throw them in your recycling bin as part of your curbside program—but this doesn’t mean you have to trash them just yet. Depending on the exact type, there are a few alternative solutions to your spare hanger problem. You might be able to recycle wire hangers First, let’s take a brief dive into each type of common hanger, including plastic, wood, and wire ones. As  Recycle Bank  writes, most plastic hangers are made of #6 plastic ( polystyrene , also found in CD cases or cups) or #7 plastic (polycarbonate, al...

How Do You Remove Gel Ink From Clothes? Gel ink stains are tough. Simply put, they can be small, but mighty, and take hours to remove. If you fall victim to getting gel ink on your clothing try these steps to attempt removal. Steps: Do not wash it before attempting stain removal. Purchase a store bought product that specifically targets Ink Removal. I would recommend Carbona Stain Devils Ink Remover which should be available at your local grocery store. Apply the ink treatment and wait 15-30 minutes to let it penetrate the stain. Use a white towel or paper towel to blot the stain. This allows you to see how effective your stain removal is. Blot Blot Blot (Do not rub the stain as it increases the risk of the ink spreading or pulling the color from your fabric). This process can take a long time. You will need to continue adding your ink treatment as you blot to help pull the ink out. When adding ink treatment no longer yields results you have successfully remove...

We have identified a few technical perspectives between the durability / longevity of your dress shirt in relation to the level of starch it receives. Have you ever witnessed a shirt that begins to break down or wear thin in areas of abrasion? Common sightings are elbows, forearms, cuffs, and collars. Basic knowledge tells us that areas of fabric that continuously rub another surface, such as your forearm/elbow area on your desk, wear down the fabric quicker, but now it is clear that your starch preference plays a role in this. Starch and sizings are laundry additives that can increase the firmness of fabrics, particularly dress shirts. A study conducted by the Drycleaning & Laundry Institute, the Association of Professional Drycleaners showed starch and sizings can both protect and harm shirts at the same time. Shirts undergo two types of abrasions. One type is called flat abrasion, and it refers to the abrasion that occurs when the shirt rubs against any o...

It’s that time of year again. That time when the sun’s always low in the sky, beaming through the dirty windows you forgot to wash last summer. But, no problem, just pull your blinds. Except, yikes, now you have another problem: dirty blinds. Not to fret, here’s some tips on how you can deep clean blinds in your home. How to Deep Clean Blinds Depending on the type of blinds you have, including horizontal or vertical blinds, the following guide will help you keep them looking great. Aluminum, Vinyl and Faux Wood Blinds – You’re in luck if your blinds are made of any of these materials because they’re the easiest to clean. If you clean your blinds regularly, you may be able to get away with using your vacuum cleaner, set on low with the soft brush attachment, to suck up the dust. Close the blinds about three-quarters of the way first, vacuum the tops of each shutter, then open the blinds about three-quarters of the way and vacuum the bottom of each shutter. Wh...

If there’s a more popular wedding trend than destination weddings, we don’t know about it. And deservedly so. What can be more special than to celebrate your marriage in a beautiful, unique, far-away place? But deciding to have a destination wedding is the easy part. The logistics of planning a destination wedding, not so much. And, even if you have the most detailed to-do list ever, chances are that planning to fly with your wedding dress isn’t one of the items on it, or at least it’s way down the list.  4 Tips for Travelling With Your Wedding Dress Of course, your wedding dress is the main focus of the entire ceremony. So, if you need to travel with your wedding dress for the wedding , you need to start planning sooner than later. At least if you want to avoid any unpleasant, last-minute surprises. 1. Get a Destination Wedding Kit – One of the best ways to pack your wedding dress is in a destination wedding kit from Dry Cleaners in Pagosa Springs, CO ....