# Help Me With My Laundry Dilemma

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 5, 2010, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970 "2010-04-05T02:08:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970/21 "2010-04-05T23:50:23Z")

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> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#):
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> The incredibly fresh smell you get from hanging your clothes outside. I plan to put up a line in my new backyard this summer - especially for sheets and pillowcases.

That could be it - I hate that smell. 😃 I won’t even buy laundry detergent that’s scented with it.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970/22 "2010-04-06T00:25:34Z")

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The laundry detergent smells nothing like the real thing (like a “new car smell” air freshener), but I take your point. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970/23 "2010-04-06T01:02:32Z")

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Wash everything in cold, and use the low cycle on the dryer. Works for all but really cheap t-shirts. Tide Cold water works fine.

One in a while, put all the whites in with Hot and bleach.

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**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-my-laundry-dilemma/534970/24 "2010-04-06T16:14:41Z")

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I’m with air-drying.

But make sure you use fabric softener when you wash them or else they turn into cardboard.

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