Wear do you keep the clothing you intend to wash before wearing it again?
Depends. Shirts I generally put back in the closet. Pants I generally drape over a chair, because I have more shirts than pants, so I tend to re-wear my pants more often. And then there are the things that I intend to wash and put in the laundry basket, and then I get down to almost no clothing and suddenly they seem okay again... *sheepish*
If you had to have a scented laundry additive (i.e., detergent, fabric softener, or other), what scent would appeal to you?
Bizarrely, the only laundry detergent I've ever liked the smell of is Sunlight's "High Efficiency" formula. It doesn't say it has a scent, but it's not labeled unscented either, and I definitely notice a difference. I actually buy the "High Efficiency" stuff for the smell!
How often do you read and follow the "care" instructions on your clothing?
Depends on the clothing. I have learned that certain instructions can be bent or disregarded, depending on the material. For example, I rarely actually dry clean my "dry clean only" clothing. If you wash it on the gentle (or "knits") cycle and hang to dry, it turns out just fine. The only exception I make to that is when the dry clean only stuff is silk or 100% wool. I also have my own rules for how colors get separated and what temperature water I wash them in.
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Date: 2006-01-26 07:26 pm (UTC)Wear do you keep the clothing you intend to wash before wearing it again?
Depends. Shirts I generally put back in the closet. Pants I generally drape over a chair, because I have more shirts than pants, so I tend to re-wear my pants more often. And then there are the things that I intend to wash and put in the laundry basket, and then I get down to almost no clothing and suddenly they seem okay again... *sheepish*
If you had to have a scented laundry additive (i.e., detergent, fabric softener, or other), what scent would appeal to you?
Bizarrely, the only laundry detergent I've ever liked the smell of is Sunlight's "High Efficiency" formula. It doesn't say it has a scent, but it's not labeled unscented either, and I definitely notice a difference. I actually buy the "High Efficiency" stuff for the smell!
How often do you read and follow the "care" instructions on your clothing?
Depends on the clothing. I have learned that certain instructions can be bent or disregarded, depending on the material. For example, I rarely actually dry clean my "dry clean only" clothing. If you wash it on the gentle (or "knits") cycle and hang to dry, it turns out just fine. The only exception I make to that is when the dry clean only stuff is silk or 100% wool. I also have my own rules for how colors get separated and what temperature water I wash them in.