He says to sort by colour and you will be “totally good to go.”Īnother common laundry lie is that you should be washing your garments in cold water. “You don’t have to separate your husband’s clothes from your kid’s clothes the towels from the shirts,” he said. While Richardson says you shouldn’t just throw all of your items in together, it’s not necessary to separate everything. “You can wash anything you own if you use the right products and you know what you’re doing,” he said.Īccording to Richardson, a family of four should be able to complete all of their laundry in a few hours each week. He said if the wool can get wet while it’s still on the sheep, it can when it’s in sweater form too. “The farmer has the sheep out in the field,” he said, “And if it starts to rain, he doesn’t herd them into the barn and then run them through the dry cleaner, he just lets them stand out there.” Richardson said it’s not true that some materials, like wool, must be taken to a dry cleaner. “There’s no such thing as dry-clean only - I believe you can wash everything you own.” “The biggest one is that there are things that say dry-clean only,” he said. Richardson says there are “so many laundry myths” people believe which just aren’t true. In his book, Richardson has compiled his best hacks to show people they truly can wash anything.
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He is also the founder of the ‘ Laundry Camps’ classes that teach people how to “wash the unwashable.” Richardson has a college degree in fashion merchandising, apparel and textiles and is the owner of Mona Williams boutique in the Mall of America. “It’s stories of the women in my life who were important who kind of made me who I am today,” he said.
While ‘Laundry Love’ is chock-full of helpful tips and tricks, Richardson says the book is also part memoir and includes stories from his childhood growing up in the Appalachian Mountains. So much so that he is known as “the Laundry Evangelist,” and has written a book to teach people how to approach the sometimes-daunting task.Īccording to Richardson, his book ‘ Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore’ is a complete how-to guide to “wash everything you own.”
"Keeping the softener and dryer sheets at bay allows your clothes to stay soft and breathable and, as we head into spring. If you love scent, add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to a ball before you toss it in (I scent my sheets with peppermint and sleep like a baby). When it shrinks to the size of a walnut, about 60 loads later, recycle and start over. To make a ball of aluminum foil, take a one-yard piece of foil and make a ball roughly the size of a tennis ball. "The wool balls cause your clothes to tumble more and dry faster so you can use a shorter cycle and the aluminum foil ball removes static like a pro. When you are ready to toss your clothes into the dryer, here is a fun tip: Use a couple of wool balls and a ball of aluminum foil! "Everyone loves laundry that doesn't have static and is soft, but no one should love the artificial dyes and chemicals of dryer sheets and fabric softeners.
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The series runs through April 21, and each weekend until then, Richardson is offering a tip from "The Laundry Guy." (Richardson's new book, "Laundry Love" was published last week.) "The Laundry Guy" helps people deal with stains and other textile troubles. Paul author and businessman and laundry-loving guy Patric Richardson has a new series streaming on Discovery+.