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TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL LAUNDERING
1. Sort It Out:
Proper laundry sorting is important to prevent laundry problems like dye transfers and shrinking clothes. Read and follow care labels:
•Sort by Color:
Whites, light colours, similar bright colours, and dark colours.
•Fabric Type:
Delicate fabric, laces, lingerie, washable silk, etc. require gentle care and need to be washed separately.
Lint-giving fabrics (chenille, terry, etc.) should not be washed with lint attracting items, such as corduroy, permanent press, dark socks, etc.
•Soil Content:
Heavily soiled work or play clothes should be washed separately from lightly soiled clothes.
2. Water Temperature:
Wash in hottest water fabric will allow. For white cottons, use hot water. Bright colours in cold. Follow directions on care label.
3. Colourfastness:
If uncertain whether the garment dyes are colourfast, find a hidden area of the garment and apply a "Pre-treatment concentration" of detergent with a cotton swab or small paintbrush. Allow to set for 30 minutes and rinse. If color remains fast, proceed on whole garment.
4. Pre-treatments:
Treat stains early. Fresh stains are easier to remove than old ones.
•Pre-treat: Use for small, local spot treatments. Check for colorfastness first. Dampen stain with cold water. Apply a paste of powdered detergent (2 parts powder to 1 part water), or liquid detergent at full strength with a brush or cotton swab and gently work into garment.
Rinse immediately or add directly to wash. Some stains may require a commercial stain remover product.
•Pre-soak: Use for large stained areas or deep-set soils. Soak garment in a bucket using 1/2 scoop of powder or 1/2 capful of liquid in 4 gallons of warm water for up to 30 minutes. Rinse and wash according to care label.
•Pre-wash: For heavily soiled garments, run through pre-wash cycle before laundering.
5. Laundry Additives
ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda Additive Liquid Laundry Detergent Booster:
ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda helps your liquid laundry detergent work harder for you, because it helps maintain the optimal pH balance necessary for detergents to work well.
Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda to your wash with the usual amount of liquid detergent.
•Deodorizing Your Wash: To remove stubborn smells in your clothes while you wash, add 1/2 cup of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda to the rinse cycle. It neutralizes odours, leaving clothes smelling fresh and clean.
•Chlorine Bleach Booster: ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda helps liquid chlorine bleach work harder.
Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda (1/4 cup for front-loading machines) with your usual amount of liquid bleach. Your whites will be whiter and your clothes will smell cleaner and fresher.
•ARM & HAMMER® Super Washing Soda: The laundry detergent booster is a bleach alternative that softens water naturally to add extra cleaning and freshening power!
Just add 1/3 cup with your regular laundry detergent to the wash water before loading clothes.
•Bleach Additive: Colour-safe bleach is the bleach of choice for colored garments. Chlorine bleach is meant for whites and other colour-safe fabrics.
Test the garment for colourfastness by dipping a hidden portion of garment in bleach product for a few minutes. Use with hottest water fabric will allow.
6. Drying:
Do not put a stained garment in the dryer. The dryer heat will set stains and make them permanent. Repeat pre-treatment/washing techniques above. If this doesn't work, send garment to cleaners. Some stains, however, may be permanent.
1. Sort It Out:
Proper laundry sorting is important to prevent laundry problems like dye transfers and shrinking clothes. Read and follow care labels:
•Sort by Color:
Whites, light colours, similar bright colours, and dark colours.
•Fabric Type:
Delicate fabric, laces, lingerie, washable silk, etc. require gentle care and need to be washed separately.
Lint-giving fabrics (chenille, terry, etc.) should not be washed with lint attracting items, such as corduroy, permanent press, dark socks, etc.
•Soil Content:
Heavily soiled work or play clothes should be washed separately from lightly soiled clothes.
2. Water Temperature:
Wash in hottest water fabric will allow. For white cottons, use hot water. Bright colours in cold. Follow directions on care label.
3. Colourfastness:
If uncertain whether the garment dyes are colourfast, find a hidden area of the garment and apply a "Pre-treatment concentration" of detergent with a cotton swab or small paintbrush. Allow to set for 30 minutes and rinse. If color remains fast, proceed on whole garment.
4. Pre-treatments:
Treat stains early. Fresh stains are easier to remove than old ones.
•Pre-treat: Use for small, local spot treatments. Check for colorfastness first. Dampen stain with cold water. Apply a paste of powdered detergent (2 parts powder to 1 part water), or liquid detergent at full strength with a brush or cotton swab and gently work into garment.
Rinse immediately or add directly to wash. Some stains may require a commercial stain remover product.
•Pre-soak: Use for large stained areas or deep-set soils. Soak garment in a bucket using 1/2 scoop of powder or 1/2 capful of liquid in 4 gallons of warm water for up to 30 minutes. Rinse and wash according to care label.
•Pre-wash: For heavily soiled garments, run through pre-wash cycle before laundering.
5. Laundry Additives
ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda Additive Liquid Laundry Detergent Booster:
ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda helps your liquid laundry detergent work harder for you, because it helps maintain the optimal pH balance necessary for detergents to work well.
Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda to your wash with the usual amount of liquid detergent.
•Deodorizing Your Wash: To remove stubborn smells in your clothes while you wash, add 1/2 cup of ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda to the rinse cycle. It neutralizes odours, leaving clothes smelling fresh and clean.
•Chlorine Bleach Booster: ARM & HAMMER® Baking Soda helps liquid chlorine bleach work harder.
Add 1/2 cup of Baking Soda (1/4 cup for front-loading machines) with your usual amount of liquid bleach. Your whites will be whiter and your clothes will smell cleaner and fresher.
•ARM & HAMMER® Super Washing Soda: The laundry detergent booster is a bleach alternative that softens water naturally to add extra cleaning and freshening power!
Just add 1/3 cup with your regular laundry detergent to the wash water before loading clothes.
•Bleach Additive: Colour-safe bleach is the bleach of choice for colored garments. Chlorine bleach is meant for whites and other colour-safe fabrics.
Test the garment for colourfastness by dipping a hidden portion of garment in bleach product for a few minutes. Use with hottest water fabric will allow.
6. Drying:
Do not put a stained garment in the dryer. The dryer heat will set stains and make them permanent. Repeat pre-treatment/washing techniques above. If this doesn't work, send garment to cleaners. Some stains, however, may be permanent.
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