Never, if I spill something on a shirt, then yes I’ll soak it in water to try to mitigate damage.
In Europe, I look for one of those pick up and drop off laundry services when I’m in a city long enough and know I have a day of wiggle room if there’s a delay. Even laundrettes are becoming rare and often not in areas near the tourists
How very limiting.
Only the clothes I work out in. They get nasty pretty fast if I don’t do something.
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I saw that!
In hockey it was known as ‘The Gunk’.
Personally, I wash new underwear and sheets. New shirts only get washed first if they are too stiff.
Almost always. To remove excess lint, excess dye, or anything else that might be on them.
No. I like the feel of new, unwashed clothes.
Yes. Always. Every time, every article of clothing.
Even with new dress shirts, they go off to the place that does my shirts before I wear them.
As to other issues that came up in this thread, I’ll use any old laundry detergent. I have no sensitivities, and (luckily) neither do my wife or my children. So whatever the best deal is at Costco, that’s what I use.
I’ve never used fabric softener. I don’t see the point. My wife feels differently. We don’t wash our clothes together. For the kids’ stuff, I don’t care enough to argue. So dryer sheets are used for their clothes.
I’m surprised the store didn’t either know about steaming or didn’t have one of those handheld steamers. It’s a pretty universally known technique I thought.
We don’t use dryer sheets or softener – we use those wool dryer balls to reduce static. That’s it.
Yes. I thought they used a chemical that kept moths and other insects from eating the fabric while it was in storage etc. I heard it can cause a rash when it comes in contact with sweat. Likewise new sheets and towels.
Yes, I wash them. (Although not coats.)
Always. Who knows what they have on them, certainly could be pesticides, rodent or roach droppings, blood sweat and tears of the workers depending on the factory.