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Can you put hand wash clothes in the washing machine on delicate?

Safir Ali
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Safir Ali is the Co-Founder and CEO of Hamper Dry Cleaning and Laundry, a startup in Houston, Texas reinventing the laundry industry. With over six years of experience launching and operating Hamper, Safir specializes in innovative ways to simplify dry cleaning using the experience from his family's business. Safir holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from Texas A&M University. Hamper offers 24/7 on-demand dry cleaning and laundry through delivery and kiosk services. Hamper has been featured on the Houston Rockets, Station Houston, the Houston Business Journal, BBVA, Yahoo Finance, and Innovation Map.

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You can. However, be sure to turn the garments inside out and use cold water. Afterwards, either air-dry your clothes or put them in the dryer on a no-heat or low-heat setting.

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How do I wash a woman's shirt with tassels?

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I would recommend putting the shirt in a garment bag and washing it on the gentle or hand wash cycle. If you have neither, you might be able to use the permanent press cycle on light. Probably best to hang or flat dry the shirt as well.

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What are delicate clothes?

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Delicate clothes are any clothes you would be worried about getting ruined in a washer, where they are tumbling around and could possibly get ripped. They are usually more expensive and some say hand wash only or wash on delicate cycle.

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What should I do if I have a shirt where I can almost see the tag through the fabric and I don't want it to get any lighter?

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Turn it inside out, put into a laundry bag and set your washing machine to the delicate cycle with cold wash. Doing that will reduce the friction of the spin and tumble and from other fabrics in the wash.

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If I wash my ripped dress, will it rip even more?

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Possibly. Either hand wash it, or put it in a laundry bag and set the washing machine on the delicate cycle.

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How do I wash pillow pets?

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Follow the instructions listed in the article above.

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How do I wash things that are marked "dry clean only?"

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You need to take those to a dry cleaner. You cannot wash them yourself without destroying them.

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