1. Do You Know How to Do Your Own Laundry?
After Today You Have NO EXCUSES!

2. Laundry Process – First, Next, Last
Sort Clothes
Pretreat Stains
Wash
Dry
Fold & Put Away

3. Sort Sort by: Color Fabric Type Surface Texture
Lint & Pills: What’s the Difference?
Construction
Loosely Woven, Delicates, Tightly Woven
Examples?

4. Prepare & Pretreat Empty Pockets Shake Out Zip Up
Apply Stain Remover OR Measure Bleach

5. Wash Water Temperatures are IMPORTANT Hot Water for WHITES
Why? Cleans Best, but may cause shrinking or color fading
Warm Water for LIGHTS
Cold Water for DARKS
Why? Doesn’t cause shrinking or fading, but doesn’t clean as well

6. Dry Check Labels for Proper Drying Temperature Empty Lint Trap
Don’t Overload
Don’t Overdry

7. Symbols We Should All Know

8. Washing Symbols

9. Drying Symbols

10. Special Symbols

11. Terms to Know Lint – Pills – Colorfast – Fading – Color Transfer –
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