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How to Know Which Items Need to Be Dry Cleaned?

Today we will discuss what to look for when deciding what garments, you should take to the cleaners. Each garment you own should have a care label which will list symbols on it that have different meanings. Here are a few examples of garment care …

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Leaving Wet Clothes in the Washing Machine

A few years ago, I shared a story where my husband left a load of wet towels in the washing machine for a week. Given the amount of clothing I wash in a week, that’s something I would never do, but recently I accidentally left a load of towels in the washing machine overnight. The next morning, I quickly headed to the laundry room after waking up. I opened the washer door expecting to be greeted by some weird funky smell -- but there was none. I started thinking and ended up posing this questions to myself: “How long is too long to leave wet clothes in the washing machine?” …

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What Happens When You Don't Wash Your Clothes Often Enough?

We’ve talked in the past about how often you should wash garments and bedding, but we’ve never really said why. Stop and think about it – if stuff builds up on your sheets, it would make sense that it would build up on unwashed clothing …

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The Scoop on Fabric Softener and Dryer Sheets

There was a stark difference in bath towels between my grandparent’s house and my parent’s house. When I was growing up, I hated bathing at my grandparent’s house because their towels were stiff as a board. My grandmother washed her towels in a wringer washer …

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A Cleaner World's Learning Library

I am constantly working on new content ideas to share, and sometimes, as I am writing out steps and including photos, an article with words and photos simply doesn’t work. That’s where A Cleaner World’s Learning Library comes in. What is that? It’s a collection …

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How to Speed Up Laundry

Sometimes I feel like all that I do is laundry, and there’s only three of us in our house. One of Gray’s friends has 6 siblings; that’s 9 people worth of laundry. I cannot begin to imagine what their laundry situation is like. But in …

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Top 5 Reasons Why A Cleaner World is Different from Other Dry Cleaners

Number 1: We offer Curb-Side Service. Whether it’s pouring down rain or freezing cold, you get to stay in your dry, toasty car, and we will come out to you. Simply drive around the building and pull up next to the lobby door. We’ll be there waiting to either take your soiled garments or return items to you clean and crisply-pressed. To make the process even more efficient, ask us about our express bag service. …

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How Laundry Can Help Allergies

Whenever a healthcare professional asks me if I’m allergic to anything, I typically say no. That’s because there’s no medicine or food, now that I think of it, that causes my lips and tongue to swell up like a balloon, but I do have skin-related …

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Removing Pet Hair from Clothes

When we rescued Macy two years ago, I never gave much thought to shedding issues; that’s because it had been about 8 years since we’d had a dog in the house, and Libby didn’t shed much at all. Macy the Wonder Beagle does, and she’s …

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How Not to Handle an Ink Stain

Matt recently came home from work with a small but very dark ink dot at the bottom of the pocket on his shirt. He pointed to it and asked, “Can you get this out?” I knew I couldn’t but replied, “I’ll try.” As I was giving him my response, I was immediately thinking about this blog post. You see, I wanted to conduct an experiment and decided that the perfect opportunity had just presented itself. I’ve seen so many posts on the internet about how hairspray can get out ink stains, and while I’m not a stain removal expert, I’ve worked for A Cleaner World for over 20 years now, and in that time, I’ve learned a few things. One of those things is that hairspray doesn’t work on ink stains. …

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