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Want to learn how to do laundry properly? Our guides will help you save money and keep your clothes looking great. We’ll show you how to wash clothes, sort laundry, and make your clothes last longer.

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Men's dress shirt with tie

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T-shirt with an iron burn

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Hand washing jeans

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Soaking dirty clothes in soapy water

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Little boy sitting and drawing with color crayons

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Vacuuming a bathroom rug

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Removing gum from fabric

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Curry stain on white shirt

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Washing a down comforter

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Fresh clean pillows

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Reading laundry washing symbols on shirt

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Cleaning vans shoes in the washing machine

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Woman accidentally staining colored clothes during laundry

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Little girls painting and getting paint on their clothes

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Toddler with spilled ink on his clothes

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A portable clothes hand wringer

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A home dry cleaning kit

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Dryer sheets

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Woman wearing ugg boots in the snow

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Toms shoes

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Man wearing Sperrys

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Woman putting mesh bag with white sneakers into washing machine

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Mother and daughter having fun while doing laundry

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Woman cleaning a washing machine

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Bloody sheet

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Boxes of dryer sheets and a bottle of fabric softener

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Cat jumping into a laundry basket

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Man wearing shrunken shirt after doing laundry

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Washing wool sweaters

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Woman washing soiled laundry

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Woman washing smelly laundry

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Laundry sorter with a pile dirty clothes

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Washing greasy clothes

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Starched white clothes on a rack

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Washing a stuffed toy in the washing machine

How to Wash Stuffed Animals

Woman hand washing clothes with a basin

How to Hand Wash Clothes (7 Different Fabrics)

Woman machine washing polyester

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Laundry bag full of dirty laundry

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Collection of laundry baskets and hampers

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Freshly washed cashmere sweaters

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Man washing silk in washing machine

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Woman stripping her laundry

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Disinfecting laundry with bleach

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