Q&A for How to Wash Your Clothes

You can use vinegar to help sanitize and deodorize. Use vinegar rather than detergent and use hot water. Pause the cycle for an hour to let the vinegar work into the fabric.

Separate white fabrics out from the rest of your laundry, or else they may get discolored from your other clothes.

Yes, but set the washer on a small load. Keep in mind that you will be using a lot of water to wash those two articles of clothing. Consider adding something else into the washer as well, or saving them for when you have a larger load to wash; this way, you will be saving water.

Of course. Water will help dilute the stain. Add a little amount of detergent, and let it soak for 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on the stain.

Depending on how long you leave them in there, mildew can grow on the wet clothes. The thing is, it sure doesn't take long for this to happen, so removing your clothes within a few hours of washing them is essential to keep them smelling fresh.

Not everything. If your clothes are very soiled, leave them as is. But take note that it is recommended to turn darks and jeans inside out.

No. You should wash towels and bedding on hot to remove odors and germs that build up from body fluids, skin cells, and mildew buildup from being damp.

That's an easy fix. You probably need to change your agitator cogs. Check YouTube for some tutorials. Also, white vinegar, about 1 cup per load, should help with any odors and won't leave a vinegar smell on your clothes either.

You can if you want to, but it also depends on what you are cleaning. If you are washing something with a print on it, such as a graphic t-shirt, you would want to turn it inside out to keep the design from fading. If you are washing something that is heavily soiled on the outside, you would not want to turn the item inside out.

Use a dryer sheet. Just rub the dryer sheet on the spot where you have the deodorant stain and it should come right off.

If you wish to keep them light grey, you can wash with whites. Any other grey should just be washed with blacks.

You could use an iron or a steam cleaner to steam clean it. For most clothing, you usually can hand wash them even. However, if it's something such as a suit, avoid doing so as the fabric is too heavy.

Yes and no. Baking soda isn't really a cleaning substance, but you can use it to make washing soda. To do this, you can simply lay out some baking soda on a tray and bake it at about 400 degrees for 30 minutes. This will do the job of washing soda, as well as bleach (though it won't damage your clothes like bleach will).

Yes, there is nothing wrong with that. Just be sure that the pods contain a quality recognizable detergent; otherwise, you risk your clothes being ruined in the wash or not being properly cleaned.

Turn the jeans inside out and zipper up. Wash cold on permanent press, then hang dry right side out, pockets in and zipped up.

Yes, possibly. Use a second,separate wash for fuzz transfer. Then, put it in a pail of water to treat and soak it.

Soak them in mild detergent overnight, then rub smoothly using hands because a brush might destroy the soft fabric. Then thoroughly rinse with clean water.

The stains/dirt might not get washed out properly, and you will have laundry detergent left on your clothes, which is annoying and not too healthy (chemicals).

Soak them in mild detergent water for overnight and rub them using hands in the morning. Rinse thoroughly with clean water

Put the wash cycle on heavy. Put some baking soda and perhaps some bleach.

You can, but some of the color from the dark colored clothes could rub off onto the light colored clothes and stain them. It's safer to wash them separately.

Trial and error. Try using less soap, different soap, cleaning the machine, using vinegar, and/or transferring your clothes to the dryer immediately after washing.

You'll need a washing machine, laundry detergent and water to wash your clothes. If no machine is available, you'll need a large tub or sink.

Turn it inside out, and wash it with dark colors.

Yes, you can.

Yes. The size of the clothing does not matter. Children's clothes can be washed with any other clothes. However, you may want to use fragrance free detergent for very young children.

It may be that your colored clothes are bleeding onto your white/light clothes, or it may be a problem with your washing machine. Perhaps the rinse cycle is not adequately rinsing the detergent from your clothes. It might also be oily residue from some component inside the machine itself.

Wash it with other multicolored clothes. Do not wash it with whites, as the dye could transfer.

Simply wash using hot water to kill lice, and dry using hot air. Lice cannot survive in hot areas.

Turn it inside out and wash it with your brights. That way it doesn't dye your lights, or get dyed by your darks.