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White clothes

Soak jeans ...

 Brighten your nylon curtains
 Have you bought a pair of nylon or dacron curtains or drapes and they ...

 Brighten your synthetics
 Do you have a few light colored items that are made of snthetic ...

 Childrens school gloves
 Keep those white and light colored gloves looking great by rubbing ...

 Childrens white socks
 Do you have kids that constantly have yucky looking socks? Here's ...

 Cleaning baseball caps
 Wash dirty baseball caps in the dishwasher for one cycle. They will ...

 Collar rings
 If you see rings on your lighter shirts where you were perspiring, ...

 Cream of tarter
 Adding a 1/2 cup of cream of tarter to your laundry will brighten ...

 Down Material Care
 Down blankets, down coats, and even down pillows need special care. ...

 Easy washing
 Soak similar colors together for one hour in detergent soap before ...

 Feather Down Duvets
 If you spill something on your feather duvet mop up the stain as soon ...

 Fiberglass curtains
 Wash fiberglass curtains gently by hand. Use hot soapy suds and rinse ...

 Fluff
 Before washing socks or corduroy clothing, always turn them inside ...

 Keep blue jeans from fading
 Turn inside out and wash in the coolest water possible; dry on lowest ...

 Keep woolens soft
 You can keep your woolens beautifully soft by adding 1 tsp (5ml) of ...

 Keep your black clothes black
 To help keep your black clothes black, add strong black coffee or ...

 Lemon bleaches
 Use 1/2 cup of lemon as a bleach in the laundry rinse cycle and to ...

 Long-lasting fragrance
 When washing underwear, swish a few drops of your favorite perfume ...

 Lost socks
 Putting all of your socks into a mess bag while they are being washed ...

 Nylon sweaters
 Wash nylon sweaters inside out to prevent sagging.

 Old shaving brush
 Use an old shaving brush with its soft bristles for painting liquid ...

 Prevent shirts from tangling
 To prevent shirts from tangling in the washing machine, button up the ...

 Rinsing lather from delicate laundry
 After handwashing delicate laundry or woollens, add an eggcupful of ...

 Rub with soap
 To clean collars, rub soap directly on the collar and rinse in cool ...

 Satin collars
 To keep white satin collars fresh, crisp and clean, wash by rubbing ...

 Shrinking Jeans
 I usually shrink things by default. Not setting the washing machine ...

 Soften your towels and laundry
 Have you found that your towels or laundry are just not as soft as ...

 Stop blue jeans from fading
 Do you like the blue in your jeans? Here is a good way to stop blue ...

 Synthetic Duvets
 Synthetic duvets contain manmade material and are not a problem to ...

 Tea towels
 Tea towels can be kept in excellent color by putting the rind of a ...

 Throw them in the washer
 If tennis shoes are becoming smelly, you don't have to throw them ...

 Tips for Washing Lace
 If you have delicate lace whites, soaking them in sour milk over ...

 Underwear lasts longer with this tip
 When the elastic is out in your underwear, and the pantyhose are full ...

 Unsightly bobbles
 Do you find that you have unsightly bobbles from wool sweaters and ...

 Use less bleach in your laundry
 You can use less bleach in your laundry but still have that great ...

 Vinegar
 Vinegar is your friend on laundry day. Use it instead of fabric ...

 Vinegar
 Clothes will rinse better if a cup of white vinegar is added to the ...

 Washing bras
 You may well find that bras and certain underwear will become tangled ...

 Washing chenille items
 When washing your chenille blankets, or other items, hang them inside ...

 Washing Natural Fibre Clothes
 For special clothes that you want to last longer, hand wash them in ...

 When washing blankets
 When washing blankets put a bath cube in the final rinsing water — it ...

 When washing curtains
 When washing your curtains it is a great idea to mark the position of ...

 When washing woolens
 When washing woolens it can be quite easy to make them loose their ...

 White nylon socks
 When children’s white nylon socks have lost their freshness, boil ...

 Work clothes
 If someone in your home has very dirty work clothes, like grease or ...