How to Wash Your Clothes Like a Scientist | Consumer Reports
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Want to protect your favorites clothes from fading and shrinking in the laundry? Consumer Reports’ Chief Scientific Officer reveals tips for prolonging the life of your wardrobe.
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Through a process known as Darma the socks that go missing from your dryer will return to you in the form of lids for pieces of Tupperware that you no longer have.
They used to come back as wire hangers, even though you had not been to the dry cleaners in decades.
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This is true
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Ah, now I know. I always thought they were reduced to lint...where else did all that lint come from? 😕
Indigo dyes on denim/jeans always bleed. That's more of a reason than any other to wash jeans separately from other items. Checking the wash water when it drains, which most people can't see unless their machine drains into a sink or laundry tub, it may be a dark blue color.
Zippers and snaps should be closed on items to avoid abrasion and snags during tumbling or agitation.
Washing in cold water is the *worst* thing for the washer, and not all that great for most clothes. Cold water doesn't properly "melt" oily soils (which includes skin sebum) to be flushed away and residue may adhere to the inside of the washer's outer tub and outside of the inner drum. The inside of the inner drum may look clean and shiny from the clothes rubbing on it ... but the outer parts that aren't seen are typically covered with smutz. That's the reason for the Clean Washer cycles that so many machines have nowadays, to be used with a special strong cleaning product.
It's surprising how many people have dryers with Auto Sensor cycles but they use only the timed cycle instead of letting the machine's electronics adjust the time according to the load size, fabric weight of the load, residual moisture per the washer's spin speed, and other factors.
This is more helpful than the video. Maybe you should make a video of your own
I like this presenter. He's not talking to us like we're in preschool.
But you didn’t mention how much to load up your machine and how much detergent is actually needed
Depends on the individual machine, its capacity and how much of that capacity you're using. As for the amount of detergent, that's shown on the detergent container. Most people overload the machine, try to compensate by using too much detergent, and nothing comes out clean.
Depends upon type of washing machine and dryer. Front loaders use LESS water and detergent. Look for dryers with doors that open to the side, some inexpensive brands have bottom hinged doors that open like a pickup truck tailgate & are more difficult to unload items in the back, such as the errant sock. 🙄
Because that depends on the machine, and the amount of detergent depends on how much the manufacturer of the detergent calls for.
He has the voice, demeanor, and enthusiasm that's PERFECT for a Saturday morning TV show for kids... [I guess this was recommended to me because I always watch "Talking Cars," with the CR car people]
Ikr! How does he not have a show? Or he does, but I don't have cable...
You covered the science of the yarn fiber, inferred friction and recommended sensor drying.
When will you discuss water temperature, water level in re: don't load too many clothes, amount of soap v. water hardness, and PLEASE don't use fabric softener in either form?
wool dryer balls are a help too, at running thick hard to dry items like towels, pillows and comforters. Used to have to run king size fleece blankets on 2 dryer cycles, dryer balls got it down to one saving time and electricity.
He’s got a really good point . I only wash things that needs to put in the laundry mesh bags. Sometimes I don’t have it. You don’t have to use every single laundry mesh bag for delicates . Some things I throw in without a bag . Sometimes I do. It depends. Thank god for these bags. But at the same time you want to use less bags because you need the washing machine to move around or if you use all the bags the l machine will think hmmmm why is this not spinning correctly .
Dude talks about sensor mode on a dryer as if half of us don’t still have a dryer from the 70’s
Thanks
Great info thx 4 sharing!
What about fabric softener/static sheets?
Pretty exciting stuff
"choose the right setting"
*just use normal*
Ok My Mom is a scientist, that is all I learned. 😉
George Costanza told me it was cold water that caused shrinkage.
😂😂😂 I remember that! He wasn't talking laundry...😜
Ive been washing and drying at the same setting for years because i don’t understand the labels lol
I guess my wife is a scientist afterall
great stuff
The institution wants its degree back.
We have a top loader washer. I find washing everything except jeans on gentle is best.
You are right; although the wash time and number of rinse cycles are different for different fabric settings according to some manufacturers.
Why is a scientist bending from the hips instead of crouching or kneeling?
A few good tips, but what if you don't have a high tech washer dryer?
Shout color catcher
The owner's manual for my new Samsung front load washer says to place socks inside a zippered mesh laundry bag to wash them. I do it and don't lose a sock!
Static cling is how you know you have dried your clothes for too long / too much.
Do detergents kill the bacteria or is that the dryer's job?
detergents can lyse/dissolve a lot of bacteria but not all are susceptible to this. soaps can dissolve bacterial cell membranes because they are make of phospholipids (have fats) that can be dissolved with detergent. the contents of the cells leak out and it dies.
I never dry my clothes only towels and sheets go in the dryer. Has extended the life of my clothes by years. I was everything in cold water and put delicate items in mesh bags. Environmentally this is a waste of water
Wish I had so much of time!
Plastic clothes always generate static electricity when dry. Shy away from polyester anything.
This is fascinating, but I have a primitive, little twin-tub, 67 dollars on Amazon. I manually add water. It's mostly plastic, so the water can't be too hot. For a single person, it does okay.
When are the laundry and dryer manufacturers going to wise up and make these machines with outsides than the consumer can see through either on the showroom floor or online videos? Or even better, for the home. Even some see through windows not jist on the clothes entry doors but other places on the door to monitor the clothes how much soap, if they are twisting up or too close together? Will help greatly to learn to monitor also laundry soap usage. Teach kids the mechanics of the machines. Might even help troubleshoot things like water leakage-who wants unexpected wet floors? Include the same for diswashers so I can quit from random guessing to actually monitering the dish placement. Sure there are loading up dishwashing manuals as a guide but everone has their own sizes and sets of dishes. And some dishes get dirtier than others. I have an older apartment dishwasher, generic and I am never sure which cycles or which sprayers are in use and exactly which dishes are getting thoroughly clean. To keep the dishes that do not get clean and having to soak and handwash. I just take the same amount of effort to handwash and airdry. I do not care as a single person to allow dirty dishes to pile up...once airdry, the dishes, cups, utensils and glasses get stored under the airdry dish rack ane into the dishwasher. Often open to airdry along with dishtowels for the day. Some window sun to help try and disinfect...once certain baking and cooking pans routinely after their manual handwash and dry, since the dishwasher needs to be occasionally ran for motor upkeep, I run the entire two hour cycle as best to sanitize and clean. Oh well. I have learned to put leftovers in a tightly lidded jar and the dishwasher heats up my lunch nicely. Insanity at it's best to balance out efficiency and electric bill savings. As for handwashing the dishes, I have come up with a best possible efficient use of water system when washing and rinsing my dishes. But having a bit of a see through window like on some ovens will help me greatly moniter how well these cleaning machines are doing.
My tumble dryer is ancient it has no scensor.
Combined washer / dryers are very popular in Europe. I've never seen them in America - why do Americans always seem to have a separate washer and dryer?
Combined washer dryers are useful coz you can just set it and it'll do the whole thing for you in one go. Must be annoying to have to wait for the washer to finish and then move famous clothes from one to the other? You can't just put your stuff in one machine then head out and have it all done for you when you come back.
First thing he does is segregate whites from darks. I think all clothes should be treated the same regardless of color
And fabric 😝😝😝
I always called it segregating the laundry. My family is diverse, they thought it was funny. 😅
front load is the worst
My inner geek is so happy for this video
Try putting your socks In a mesh bag ,before you put them In the wash..😂😂
Who wants a Chief Laundry Officer to stop by their house once a week?
Now explain it using common dryers with limited common settings.
My washing machine broke couple days ago I got lots of kids I don't knows how to use.. I gots Me a dishwasher
Shows what I did is I wash my clothes in the dishwasher but the clothes are still wet dripping wet I thought the dishwasher would dry the clothes now my dishwasher is all messed up I don't know what to do should I get another dishwasher
This had virtually nothing to do with science 🤔
Nothing at Consumer Reports does
I guess soap is a waist of money he did not use any.
I should be sleeping
It would have been more helpful if he discussed the science behind getting a variety of specific stains out of clothing.
Jungkook the laundry fairy should watch this
Does consumer reports think people do not know this?
Have you seen how most people do laundry these days? I was shocked but a new norm in America is that all of the wash is done together in cold, dried and left in a laundry basket where the family members pick through it as needed. It’s never folded or ironed or for that matter put away in drawers.
I actually don't. Skirts shrink even when I use cold water. Motor oil stains don't come out of clothes. Still get damp clothes after tumble drying on medium. Laundry sucks.
Kind of want to know what specific washer & dryer he uses at home...
This has "The Verge How to build a Gaming PC" vibes.
Give me back 4:50 min by watching this useless video lol
Soy dark.
Meh
This is incomplete
What a load of rubbish!
Never wash towels with clothing even if both are the same color.
I have never heard such crap in my life. The enzymes in biological detergent need temperatures of 40 degrees (104 degrees USA ) I have never used cold water to wash neither have I ever used a quick wash setting. This programme should be abolished from all washing machines. In the uk more breakdowns occur because of the shitty quick wash setting than anything else. When will people learn it’s for very lightly soiled items and a very small load not a full load of filthy stuff. Then people complain their stuff isn’t clean and smells. Colours should be washed at 40 degrees ( 104 degrees USA ) this includes things like greys and browns and light colours. Whites should be washed at 60 degrees (140 degrees USA ) this includes some bedding and then towels bedding and cleaning cloths should be boil washed at 95 degrees ( 203 degrees USA ) and use as many rinses as possible. Most uk and European machines do a minimum of 3 rinses these use three quarters less water than American top loaders and rinse so much better but wherever possible always use extra setting If clothes are not rinsed properly they become dull especially whites as the residue of dirty water is still in the clothing and where ever possible use the intensive wash setting. To ensure clean clothes bedding and towels. Ok it might take longer to wash but at least it’s done properly. The old saying is if a jobs worth doing it’s worth doing properly. And besides how many people actually empty the machine as soon as it’s finished. Not many. So that little extra time spent washing won’t really create any delays in taking the laundry out the machine.
Don’t understand why people don’t think of these things when doing laundry. Washing the way I do I’ve never needed stain removers or laundry bleach or to pre treat anything. Every stain comes out first time every time. From oil to sun tan lotion to grass and mud stains. And my whites are dazzling