RANGE REVIEW: CLEANING & LAUNDRY
FIVE TIPS TO MAKE LAUNDRY LIFE EASIER
With laundry a constant and unavoidable chore, anything that can make it quicker and easier is going to be welcome. Here, Henkel, the makers of DYLON Colour Catcher, offer some tips and advice for customers who want to simplify their laundry life.
makers of DYLON Colour Catcher, conducted a study and found that 40% of Brits admitted that they only fill half of their drum - with 55% admitting it’s because they don’t want to mix their lights and dark in the same wash and 51% of Brits have actively avoided washing an item that might leak. It also found that Brits are doing
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more than 10 washes a week and spend a whopping 56 hours in a
oing laundry is a chore that many aren’t fond of, but it’s much easier than one might think. Henkel, the
year just separating colours in their laundry baskets ahead of a wash cycle. This totals to nearly two and half years doing laundry in a lifetime.
Below are five tips to make your laundry life easier and also save time, money and energy!
take over, try and do a bit of laundry each day to avoid the toppling pile. Plan ahead and start off with clothing items you are likely to need for that week. Leave towels/ bed linen for the end of the week (because the last thing you want to
1 Get in a routine Don’t let the laundry mountain do after work is make your bed!)
Forget separating your colours and lights or having to wait to put on a full loads of whites, use a laundry sheet such as DYLON Colour Catcher which allows you to mix colours, patterns and whites together in one washing machine load! It halves the number of loads you have to do, which in turn saves time, energy and the environment. Additionally, Colour Catcher is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) classified, so all the raw materials used to make the sheets are from responsible sources.
2 Mix it all in
Keep in mind the amount of clothing you are putting into the drum. While loading the washing, try to adopt the ethos of less is
3 Less can be more
With the great British weather putting a dampener on our summer plans, one way to boost our mood is dressing in clothes and colours we love. To help keep our wardrobe looking bright, when the weather isn’t, cleanfluencer @Lifewiththeszoltyseks offers some top laundry tips for that all-important dopamine dressing.
1. Check washing symbols There are different ways of washing different fabrics to ensure they stay as fresh and bright as possible. Some may need to be hand washed, whilst others require a cooler temperature. Following the guidelines on the label will help to keep your clothes in tiptop shape for much longer.
2. Use colour catcher If brightly coloured clothes become dull over time, the problem might be that the colour is leaching out of them, and into other garments. To stop this happening, pop a Dylon Colour Catcher in the machine with every load. The sheet traps the dyes from the water before they deposit onto other garments! These handy sheets also mean you can wash whites with colours, to save you hours of time.
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more as too many clothes mean less movement, which equals more friction on clothing and less cleaning. The extra weight of all the clothes could also damage components and put extra pressure on the motor of the washing machine itself. To ensure your load gets a thorough clean fill the drum to ¾ full so there’s enough movement.
If you leave your clothes in the washing machine for more than eight hours they will begin to smell. Leaving the clothes in there too long could also result in mould and mildew growing in the machine drum, so ensure that you’re only doing a washing load when you have time to remove the clothes afterwards.
4 Don’t let it muster
Sometimes you just need things to dry quicker! And with the rainy, temperamental weather, it can take longer for things to dry whether on a clothesline or airer. To wring out a little more water, pop on an extra spin cycle after they’ve finished washing. This could help speed up the drying process so you’re able to take down the washing when you need to.
5 Drying short-cut
To find out more about the features and benefits of DYLON Colour Catcher, please visit
www.colourcatcher.co.uk.
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couple of washes. Turning clothes inside out helps reduce the chance of colours fading and transferring, keeping your clothes bright for sunny days!
4. Do a cold wash Hot water is much more aggressive on your clothes which is useful on heavily stained/soiled clothes but not always necessary. For a regular wash, cold water does the job perfectly fine, is cheaper and keeps your clothes bright. What’s not to love?
5. Take your clothes out the machine straight away
If your clothes sit in the machine too long the dyes are far more likely to run into each other and create dull fabrics. To avoid this take them out as soon as possible and hang them up quickly.
3. Turn new clothes inside out The dye in new garments is much more likely to transfer to other clothing during the first
6. Air dry your laundry Tumble drying your clothes can cause colours to fade so make the most of the nice weather if you can and dry your clothes in the fresh air. Be aware that direct sunlight can also cause fading though, so place your washing line in the shade if possible
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