Brilliant washing machine guides. No more broken pieces!

Don’t mix light laundry with dark laundry. Why? Because those dark jeans leak colour in the washing machine, causing your snow white blouse to get a purple glow. To prevent this, you should separate your dark/coloured laundry from your pastel/white laundry.

Protect your lingerie! Dear ladies, isn’t it a shame that your favourite bra’s strap deforms? No matter how expensive your lingerie is, they won’t last long if you keep making the same mistakes while washing it. Underwear easily gets damaged in machines. That’s why you should put it in a special laundry bag.

Your clothing says this. Labels weren’t sewn onto your clothes for decoration. This is how you can find out if that expensive coat can go in the washing machine, before delivering it to the dry cleaner.

Damage free. Limit damage to your clothing by zipping everything up and washing your sequin dress inside out. Close those hooks and buttons before everything goes in the washing machine. This way, you prevent your clothes from getting damaged and losing its quality.

Hot clothes. Just like with cooking a meal, temperature management is important. Warm water is meant for light fabric that is pretty heavily stained. Unless you want to steal that XXL sweater your brother or boyfriend has, in that case, good for you! – cotton will shrink in too hot water. Use cold water for dark and coloured clothing with a high chance of colour leaking. Cold water can also be used for washing cotton clothes.

Dirty white. You can add some bleach if your white laundry is very dirty. This still means that you’ll have to read the label, as the composition of every product differs. Thin the bleach if your washing machine has a special dispenser for it. For that blouse with the purple glow I’d advise you to use some chlorine – welcome back snow white blouse!

Soft secret. Fabric softener will not only make your laundry soft, it will also give it a special protective layer around the fabric’s fibers. This will decrease friction. Your clothing will keep their quality, fit and colours. Furthermore, clothing will be easier to iron and will dry quicker. Every fabric softener has a special dosing cap, and always put the fabric softener in the appropriate tray in the washing machine. Never try to thin it with water! The product is very sensitive to very warm or cold environments, so store it at room temperature.

Small, medium and large. How much laundry do you have to do? There are settings for different amounts. Beforehand, check how full your washing machine is:

25% full is a small laundry, 50% full is medium and 75% full is a large laundry. The washing machine is not supposed to be filled all the way. Keeping some empty space will make sure that the water can get around well.

Detergent. How much detergent you need depends on how big your laundry is. The instructions are on the detergent box so you’ll know how much you need. Every product has a different concentration, so this is something I can’t really advise you on.