Laundry

Do your kitchen towels smell bad no matter how many times you wash them? I have always cleaned my dingy or greasy kitchen towels separately from our other laundry, but I never realized that there are several other do’s and don’ts for washing kitchen towels that really make a difference.   Washing New Kitchen Towels…

Q: What is the best method to remove candle wax from a tablecloth? A: First pick away whatever pieces you can from the tablecloth. Then put a thin cotton towel, a sheet of tin foil, then another thin towel on your ironing board. The towel that will be “absorbing” the wax should be one that is old…

I have tried many different homemade laundry detergents and laundry softeners over the years, and have had varying degrees of success with them. People have come up with a lot of creative ways to save money when doing laundry. These DIY dryer sheets are one easy way to save money when doing laundry.   Some…

How to Defuzz New Towels Our favorite tip: Lint will get on clothes when you dry your clothes in the dryer, clothes rub together and it creates lint. You can get rid of the lint by “shaving” it off with a disposable razor, yes it will take a while but it is well worth it…

Question: A dark green shirt faded on my boys’ new light green dress shirts that they had only worn once. I didn’t discover this until after I had dried them in the dryer.   Is there any way to get the dark green off? They need the shirts, and I don’t want to dye them.…