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- = lint takers & lint givers =
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- Sarah (no, not that Sarah, or that one - the ''other'' one) passes along that there are, according to her mom, laundry items which give and receive lint, and it's important to know which is which. News to me.
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- = ironing stuff =
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- Slurped from [http://www.stephenball.net/ Stephen's site]:
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- Iron avoidance tips:
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- (Originally from ''Maximize Your Life: How to do Everything Better'', Copyright 2001. DDM Press. New York, NY, Page 29, Ditch Your Iron. Tips from Fran Sadler, technical information specialist with the International Fabricare Institute.)
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- # Get space age threads. Manufacturers including Hagar, Savane, Arrow, and Van Heusen sell treated pants and shirts that resist wrinkling.
- # Be a softie. When washing clothes use liquid fabric softener during the rinse cycle ''[or add it to your washer's liquid fabric softener dispenser --Stephen]''.
- # Rinse, snap, spin. Resist the urge to chuck that big wet ball of clothes into the dryer. Instead, when removing clothes from the washer, seperate out each garment from the others, give it a quick snap, and lay it gently into the dryer. A minute here can save an hour of ironing during the game.
- # Hang 'em while they're hot. Convenient though it may be, try not to leave your clothes in the dryer after it stops. "While your clothes are still warm, give everything another snap and hang 'em up," advises Sadler. ''[My mom, God bless 'er, insists on taking every single shirt out of the dryer while they're still damp and hanging them that way, thus avoiding both shrinkage and wrinkles. I followed this practice religiously until it became way, way too much effort to keep track of whether I had laundry in a dorm dryer, let alone what part of the cycle it might be on. -- Brennen]''
- # Take advantage of your bed. Start using the space between your mattress and box spring for more than stashing Victoria's Secret catalogs. Slip your pants in there overnight and when you wake up, presto, they're pressed. ''[But they're no longer clean. -- BrentNewhall]''
- # Give 'em a tumble. After you shower, throw any clothes with nagging wrinkles into the dryer with your damp towel. ''[Turn the dryer on --Stephen] '' Wait a few minutes, then take them out: The dampness and the heat should roll away the creases.
- # Get steamed. Invest in a portable steamer, the magic wand for wrinkles clothes. Wave it in front of a garment and, quicker than you can recall that childhood fantasy about the Bewitched babe, your creases will disappear.
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- Ironing specific tips:
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- # Iron past the seams. If you're ironing up to a seam, iron past it by a few inches. Overlap each segment you're ironing, so as to be sure you haven't missed a bit here or there.
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- = the damp towel =
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- This has an entry in the ironing list, but it probably warrants its own section.
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- If something is wrinkled and and you are short of time, an iron, or the motivation to use either one, find the towel you last showered with and throw it in the dryer with your wrinkled item. Turn the dryer on. Presto, an extra day's wear on that shirt you really should have washed ''last'' week.
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- This is one of [[the half dozen most useful things I have ever learned]].
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- * http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Laundry
- * http://www.edheritage.org/1910/folkways/laundry.htm
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