1. Clothing Care
Objective 6.04 Day 6

2. Two ways you can learn about your clothing:
1. Hang Tags – Are larger tags attached to new garments. Are removed before wearing. Include pricing information, style, size.
2. Permanently attached labels (or printed in ink)- Mandated to be included by the “Care Labeling Rule” and include information about the clothing such as fiber content.

3. Care Labels
Care labels provide helpful information that can save you time and money. Knowing how to read them can keep your clothes safe! Cleaner, fresher clothes means longer-wearing apparel. Knowing the symbols can help you when you sort laundry.

4. Labels should include three pieces of information for clothing that will be laundered:
Temperature of water used.
For example – Cold water
Temperature of iron.
For example – Low heat
Any other warnings
For example – No Bleach

5. Why is knowing the fiber content helpful?
It helps you know how to care for the garment, It tell you how well it will wear, And it tells you how comfortable it will be.

6. Natural Fibers – Come from plants or Animals
Cotton – From a Cotton Plant
Linen – From a Flax Plant
Wool – From a Sheep
Silk – From a Silkworm

7. Silkworm cocoons:

8. Synthetic Fibers – Manufactured from chemical elements
Acrylic
Nylon
Polyester
Vinyl
Spandex

9. A quick and easy tutorial!
How to do Laundry
A quick and easy tutorial!

10. 5 Steps to Clean Clothes! Gather your materials
Separate & evaluate your clothes
Wash your clothes
Dry your clothes
Fold your clothes

11. Step 1 - Gather Materials
Detergent
Two kinds…bottles (liquid) or boxes (powder)
Bleach
Used to make your WHITES brighter
Use ONLY with WHITE colored clothing and linens
Fabric Softener
Eliminates static cling
Makes clothes soft
Two forms
Liquid…added during the wash cycle
Sheet…added during the dry cycle

12. Fabric Softener
Please note that liquid fabric softener is DIFFERENT from liquid detergent…if you use this form of softener you must also use detergent!!!
Examples…Bounce, Downy, Snuggles

13. Step 2 – Why Separate? Separate and Evaluate Your Clothes
Separate your clothes by color
Separating helps protect the color and durability of your garment
Should an accident occur the damage cannot be undone!
What would happen if a red sock got mixed into white towels?
Look at the care labels

14. Sorting Whites Lights Darks Delicates
Basic t-shirts, white socks, sheets, pillowcases and other plain white clothing/linens
Lights
Everything from pastels to striped or patterned whites
A white item with enough color (logo/pattern) to make you think doesn’t fit with the whites
Darks
Dark socks, shirts, all jeans, dark pants
Newly dark clothing should be washed alone first
Delicates
Wool garments, sweaters, satin, undergarments
These can be washed in a machine but hand-washing is usually better.

15. What to evaluate? Pockets Zippers Ties (hoodies/drawstrings/etc)
Are they empty?
Zippers
Are they up? (This prevents snagging)
Ties (hoodies/drawstrings/etc)
Should be tied to prevent losing them or getting them tangled

16. Step 3 Wash This is the easy part Pre-treat any visible stains
Select your cycle
Add your detergent to the machine

17. Setting Your Machine
Some require you to set the temperature (of the water) others ask you to set a cycle
WHITES
“hot” cycle…vigorous agitation, hot water rinse
LIGHTS & DARKS
“warm” or “permanent press”…mild agitation, extra cool water rinse
cool water protects the colors
DELICATES
“delicate” or “cold” cycle…extremely short and gentle agitation spin cycle

18. A last few tips… When in doubt…read the care label!
2 problems that arise
Overloading the machine
Fill the machine ½ to ¾ full
Using too much detergent

19. Step 4 Drying your nice clean clothes Clean the lint filter
Add dryer sheets
Unload clothes from washer
Inspect stains…the heat in the dryer will bake it in!

20. More drying… Overloading…why is this a problem
Most cycles last minutes
Jeans/towels take longer
Take light cotton items out early to avoid wrinkles
Dry for too long=shrinking!!!
Hang delicates to dry
Helps them maintain shape

21. Step 5 Folding…the last task! Begin immediately…avoids wrinkling
Don’t hang sweaters (they will lose shape and take the form of the hanger)
Iron/Hang button down shirts

22. IRONING VS. PRESSING
Ironing is what we do before we put on clothes, that are wrinkled.
SLIDE your iron back and forth on the fabric with pressure.
Pressing is for sewing. Place the iron down on fabric, then lift it back up in quick intervals.
Repeat this up and down motion, overlapping as you go.

23. Basic Clothing Repair