5 Things I Would Never Do as a Laundry Expert  

6. Why use a dryer if you have air and sun for free? Only in small appartments where you can't hang stuff this makes sense. And even then we had the opportunity to hang in a drying room in the cellar.

​@skarbuskreska in countries like canada where our winters and fall are long i wouldnt recommend air drying... takes too long and u risk getting mold

​@@nadiaaguiar386that, or the laundry freezes into hard planks 😂

@@ivy_2300 true hahaha 😆

FOR REAL.

I washed my own clothes since i was 13 years old. Now that i am almost 40 I hire someone else to do wash my clothes and clean my house.

@@sepg5084disregard my prior asshole remark

​@@demeter-the-greatI imagine it was a typo. He was probably going to say "to do all my cleaning" but changed the wording in the end. Stop being so harsh on people.

@@ariarichards- it was just tongue-in-cheek but you make a fair point. I hereby withdraw my sarcastic and unnecessary remark.

@@demeter-the-great Understood, and thank you

@@Tripster369agreed

@@Tripster369maybe don’t buy fast fashion and your clothes will be good

​@Tripster369 it's also recommended against by the guys who repair washers as well, builds up gunk and makes the washer stink. An alternative is to use white distilled vinegar, and only 2-3 tablespoons as a Softener. Cheaper as well.

​@@catfan__how many people can afford handmade high quality clothes???

@@ipxkxc maybe don’t waste money on fast fashion and save up for pieces that aren’t made of dental floss and styrofoam and you will have clothes that last

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Dude he’s clearly Jewish…

He definitely knows a guy who has a shipment of Tide that "fell off the back of a truck"

😂

😂😂😂

​@@ButIerwho tf is you 😂

@@ButIerthis is the channel for consumer reports(a magazine)

Agreed. And, every single teen/young adult needs to pay close attn. especially to NOT overstuffing and NOT to use too much soap. 🤦‍♀️

@@crazycomments2082 Oh genuinely thank you for informing me. I was like… an article on a RU-vid channel? Lmao

Not @@sarkplex that’s for sure lmao

Lol

lol same 😆

😫🤣🤣🤣🤌🏼

for real 😂

🤣🤣🤣

Same

he's wrong about fabric softener .

​@@shydreamguyman4098 How is he wrong?

@@shydreamguyman4098nah fabric softener is bad for your skin and makes the internals of your washer disgusting and gummed up, you dont need it

so do I

He's very New York

​@@stevemattero1471 New York is also a waste of money.

​@@stevemattero1471 Hah, thanks for that. I'm trying to distinguish various US accents and wasn't sure if this was just American-Italian or New York.

he sounded texan tho

@@mitzuriki would you be serious!?

We need more people like this.

I like when people like when experts are humble and passionate about their craft.

​@@snakejuceI like when people like when people like when experts are humble and passionate about their craft.

Wtf is a laundry expert though 🤷

@@davileite780 I totally expected this after I left my comment hahaha. I even said in my head, "what would the next person say, something like 'I like when people like when people like..." and low and behold, there you are ❤

I read that quoted sentence in an italian accent in my head, for some reason lol

@@SomeGuy-ye8it Hahaha

I can't wait to do the same ❤

Oh? So what did you give as an alternative to fabric softeners then? Cause what I saw was a random american man go "fabric dogtener is a waste of money so dont use it" and that was it for that. Purr bs. He might not like soft clothes but a lot of us do ;)

@@andreaskarlsson5251 its 100% true that if you put fabric softener on your towels and wash clothes they dont absorb much at all. The softener fills the pores on the fibers in the material. Those pores are where you want the liquid to absorb into. If the softener gets there first, what good is the towel or wash cloth? Not worth it in my book. But thats me. You wind up using more towels to do one job because stuff is still wet due to not being able to absorb more. If you want softness thats fine. But the trade off you face is less absorbency. Do what makes you feel better. Hes just pointing out things HE wont do. The choice is yours what YOU do.

@@willowsverge3046 no clue how fucking dirty your clothes get before but I usually wash mine sfter 1-3 days of use. Never had an issue with ir fetting clean. So while what you say might technically be true, absolutely zero difference in practice. Gets clean with our eithout softener.

@@andreaskarlsson5251 that was my point. Not everything needs fabric softener. Its a matter of what you chose to put it into. Thats all really.

@@willowsverge3046I dont think anyone have ever claimed fabric softener to be necessary so I got no clue why youre arguing that it isnt. Just feels argumentative .. lol What fabric softener is necessary for is to make the clothes softer and more comfortable and some people strongly prefer that to having equally clean but stiff clothes.

waistamonny

Sounded normal to me, -buuuuut I am from dere.

@@vertyisprobablydead fugghetabatit

"Waistomonny" should be his screen name. It's how I'll always remember him.

I was coming here to say the same thing 🤣

Same here. And she always told me growing up to fill the washer to the max, but I have since learned otherwise

show her this video!

Clothes probably funky as hell and she is probably lazy

Lol my mum also likes stuffing it as much as she can. My dad has had to fix it many times, when it’s broken it likes to leak water everywhere which is fun

Let her live with her mistakes.

I just did the same thing with a vacuum cleaner at my office because it’s probably been there for 10 years and no one’s ever thought to clean the hose out😐

Cheers to your mom being able to do that instead of having to call a repairman. I wouldn’t dare- necessity or no.

@@akaste4413 Did the same with our home vacuum cleaner as my kid is raging about the piece o crap vacuum & throw it out we need a new one. 1. Hose was 100% clogged 2. Someone vacuumed up something wet (I think spilled cereal). I had to chisel out the ducting and do a partial tear down

I broke my old washing machine by overloading it. So sad, it was super old and I loved it

@@Blobby-obbypoor guy

1) fabric softeners actually damage your machine. You’re better off with a dryer sheet. They they can be reused until they don’t exist anymore. 2) stripping your laundry from the beach should be done outside if possible but if you can’t, the bath can work but you need to get the sand out. There might be other circumstances that require stripping outside of a machine but the one I’m familiar with is wetsuits from the beach. 3) using too much will cause build up and your clothes will stop getting cleaned. You’ll need to clean your machine with a tablet or something to fix it. 1 cm or half an inch in your measuring device that came with the soap is more than enough. 4) in addition to the stained clothing, never put clothing that has come into contact with gasoline in the dryer. Even on low heat. The clothes could combust but also just throw them out - they will eventually rot away. It’s easier to remove oil stains with dawn soap. That clean ducky photo of an actual ducky that was covered in one of the oil spills - cleaned with dawn. 5) over filling is defined as not being able to see the top half from the front facing window. And the top 2/3rd (only fill 1/3) of a top loading machine. Break it up into parts. It will actually take less time to do it this way but will require more effort. If one item takes up more than that, go to a laundry mat.

@davidfisher1135 oh my goodness thank you so much!! I didn't know about the gasoline until now 😅 Hopefully others can read your comment to learn a thing or two if needed

It's not rocket science though

​@@SirBearingtonSupporter🙏🏽

it's common sense

👊🏻 good work!

@@ScottieBManwhy the punch ? 😂

@@msunje9862 it a fist pump lol!

So many kids wow.

@@kimchi8022, I honestly wish I had more.

Hell, I’ve barely ever done laundry

Yep, apparently I'm a laundry expert bc I've never done any of these either 😂

I have done it for years.

And you should be proud and own this 😂💖

I'm planning to use fabric softener because my clothes and blankets gives me a static shock. And I'm going to continue to hand wash "hand wash only" items. Even in the bathtub!

Vice. AdviCe.

He's not telling you what to do. Pay attention. He's saying what he doesn't do.

@@skrawn1342You’re the one that needs to pay attention.

And clean your dryer’s lint trap.

My dryer vent is 2" long

@@SD-pi9co as it should be. Rarer then common though. Most go 15 to 35 feet even when it defies codes. Every elbow or ninety takes about 5 ft off the allowed run length but people don’t know or care. Also should be solid metal in the walls floors ceilings and crawl spaces but that doesn’t stop people from taping transition hoses together.

Absolutely! Most importantly, all that backed up lint is a fire hazard. Side note: if air can’t circulate nothing will dry, so you waste money and time drying things over and over.

And don't have it vent directly into grass or bushes. You'd think that would be common sense, but it's just common.

I agree as a laundry scientist expert with a gold sticker from school

let's see your degree in laundry studies first

The Alternatief?

No fabric softener? What then???

​@@menniemandy2023the blood of the lamb, obviously.

please, go on and on.

white vinegar for berry stains, and alcohol for pens

Oo! Oo! How do I remove splashed redish candle wax from fleece?

I find modern dryers are brilliant.

Hi, may i ask how much is "not overstuff", is it based on the weight of the clothes or the amount of clothes (in number). I always wondering about this and ended up filling it up to the top 😅 thanks

You know a gif doesn't have sound right?

​@@automaton2953I bet I could make a gif produce sound if it was your mom.

@@boocackeedquackhead8454 idek my mom

​@@automaton2953You know that gifs referring to a well known clip with sound use text, right?

Lol for real!

Exactly why I stopped using fabric softener like 5 years ago. I didn’t like how it made my clothes feel. It felt like when you pet a dirt dog and you hands feel weird 😭

FS is just more garbage for ppl to buy. Baking soda can actively neutralize the water (esp. Iron & Chorine) and enhance cleaning. Unless you have a water softener already. Then it may not be as dramatic. I use food grade BSoda. It helps to have a Top Loader to Fill, Per-Mix the Soda then add detergent and mix again. This is how detergents are designed. When top-loaders ruled the world, those instructions would be found on the back of the lid. Only Electrolux front loaders Top Model has the premix chamber. I've been selling appliances for almost 20 years and have thought this through to Infiniti.

Yeah. Why would u ever try using it again

Fabric softener also destroys your washing machine

​@supercoolyguy But the products you pointed out still doesn't do what fabric softer was suppose to do. Fabric softener is to reduce wrinkles and reduce static when you dry them. Layer they included adding a scent. It was never meant to clean or make your clothes fresher

THANK YOU

​@@lior2k Who replaces their w/d every 4 years?! Oh ya, people who use fabric softener. I've had mine over 16 years, family of 4, several pets, it still works and looks like new. Edit: oops, accidentally wrote 6 years initially, it's actually 16 years that we've had them and they're good as new.

How come?

@@lior2kwho the hell replaces it every 5- 10 years. Try 15-20.

@@lior2kyou actually replace it around every 10 years, maybe even longer depending on the brand/manufacturer

Because of italian accent i guess

What does "strip" mean? Never heard this related to laundry, and never filled the tub to do laundry.

@@morganseppy5180 -- I didn't know either but am on laptop so I googled it quickly. Laundry stripping is a method of washing that removes detergent residue, fabric softener, minerals from hard water, and body oils that have collected on your laundry over time. By soaking garments and linens in hot water with an at-home borax solution, the fabric is stripped of any residue.

@@morganseppy5180 Essentially, laundry stripping is a method of washing that removes detergent residue, fabric softener, minerals from hard water, and body oils that have collected on your laundry over time

Ar ar ar ar 😂😂😂

I'm dead 😭😭😭

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STAINNONE

Stain-none 😂😂

Why wash anything with it? It destroys your washer

But We have hard water making hard towels

​@@his4evr2cYou can try adding 1/4-1/2 cup vinegar as a fabric softener or doing vinegar soaks before washing.

@@lightningbug3189 Thank You very much. My Mom knew those home remedies only she's RIP HEAVEN since 2018

​@@his4evr2cuse those wall dryer balls. They really work. We stopped using fabric softener last year and switched to the dryer balls. We're very happy with the results

There are plenty of fabric softeners and such for people that are allergic or has sensitive skin. 😂 Its not the 80s anymore. It has developed a lot. So you know, everyone can have nice n soft clothes 🎉

not to mention the absolute STENCH if its always kept closed

You can just take it out and clean it every now and then or do you mean the area behind the drawer?

#7 Never buy a front load washer.😂

​@@TheSouthIsHotYASS!

​@@faancyynaancyyor leave it slightly open to fully dry and not smell and grow mildew?? You should still clean it occasionally but it's disgusting to purposefully wait unless mold has built up.

Felt it too 😂

😂😂😂

You still have time to change!

@waaqiajumat1205 Don't worry! No one's perfect and NOW you know better! Have a great week.😊

Awww *hugs*

Youve been saying what your entire life? 🤣 That fabric softener is a waste of money? I dont believe you.

@@andreaskarlsson5251 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's common knowledge because it's common sense. Probably not in the US though, after all most of your people love to eat sludge and plastic. Probably glue as well.

@@heinzhaupthaar5590 wow.. just wow. Im curious as to what superior country youre from? As a Swede Im curious.. And he didnt even give the one useful reason to not use softeners and thats because it decreases the clothes lifetime. But in todays capitalistic world thats hardly an issue. Clothes are rarely replaced due to wear and tear anymore. A better advice would be to not use softeners on important clothes that you want to keep for a long time. Wether its your first suit or clothes attached to a good memory. Take underwear for example, perfect example of when you def should use softener because its just more comfortable to wear them when theyre not desert-dry. And none of "the side effects" will ever be noticed.

Cringe

@@courtlandstephens92 Your opinion was not required. Thank you. ✌️

@@AB-yg2vw yeah you get it either way Buddy 💋

@@courtlandstephens92 I don't want your kisses. Actually wait... Gimmie some sugar 😆

I like this fellas voice too. He sounds a bit like a wise guy who does this as a side gig to make everyone believe he earns an honest living. "Staahp overloading yo washa ya prick, now get the fugg outta heaaa 🤌"

And keeps your machine clean and mould free.

And if you really, really don't want to smell it, then you can buy powdered acetic acid and add it to the fabric softener dispenser of your washing machine. Just remember that it is substantially more concentrated, so it takes, like, a tenth the amount by weight. So if you were adding a quarter cup, then you'd probably need less than a quarter teaspoon.

Vinegar is a great natural fabric softner n yr clothes will not smell of it.

Where do you add the vinegar? With the detergent or in the softener cycle

@@Nahrin_Assyrian I throw it in the washing tumblr with the soap

Hang them back up wet. They'll freshen the room with detergent scent and dry with a natural draping. I always did this for property inspections.

They all smell bad too

seriously, clean laundry smells great on its own, why do people make it smell like a honeybee's asshole?

@@NotALotOfColonial_SpaghettiToGa honeybee’s asshole probably even smells better then some of the detergent and things I smell on people’s clothes😂😂😂

we never use FS in my household. especially as we don't feel the strong fragrance scent is for us. it makes me dizzy af

If I didn't use fabric conditioner my washing would be able to stand up on its own after drying. The water where I live in the south of England is horribly and extremely hard and towels feel like they could be used as sandpaper, doesn't matter if they're line dried, tumble dryer dried or hung on a clothes airer to dry, they're still as hard as rock. Would you all still not use it if you had my problem? So what's your "fix it" to that dilemma then? I bet none of you has one. 🙄

ive had the same problem...worse in the summer...i think its cuz the softener puts a wax coating on clothes making shirts and stuff not able to absorb sweat or maybe the sweat makes it release more...idk but i guess it can also cause respiratory problems..and the softener can keep building up on the clothes..its bad stuff for ppl and the environment cause it isnt biodegradable

I started washing my own clothes in high school because my mom insisted on putting fabric softener in the washer AND the dryer. I didn't like how it felt on my skin, and I HATED the smell. She still does it - when I go back to my hometown for a visit I bring my own towel.

Use distilled vinegar instead of the fabric softener. It lightly softens your clothes, saves the color, and deodorizes. It doesn't smell vinegary afterward, or use apple cider vinegar if you are smell sensitive. Also, continuous use of distilled vinegar cleans the machine.

​@@Dwayne_Bearupfabric softener in both machine is way too much, don't you think😂 btw there's a type of softener only for dryer. Where I am, we hv the type that smell delicious😊

I haven't used it in over a decade. No sheets either. My clothes, towels, sheets, etc. are perfectly fine.

Can you smell the vinegar after they dry?

@Tdw60 No.

I never use liquid softener use 2 dryer sheets and your laundry is super soft without the icky residue. And if there's a ton of lint in your dryer filter it means the detergent didn't get rinsed out proper. I check the water when the washer is on the rinse cycle. If it looks too sudsy I use the extra rinse cycle. Or just use the rinse and drain cycle. And never put bras in the dryer. The heat wears out the elastic. Hope this helps🤗 and God bless 🙏

tempted to tell *yo mama* jokes.

my parents were absent most of my childhood, so I appreciate the advice as well. we have a new mother :)

Had the same thought lmao

:(

Me too 😱🎉

And here, or I'll find out.

So you just use a detergent, thats it?

@@isoboy1000 my clothes are fine with just that. You can add baking soda or vinegar during the rinse cycle as fabric softener alternatives. Also using wool dryer balls is a good alternative as well

@@CoolPools520 Thank You!

I do use fabric softener sheets, BUUUTTT I scissor the sheets in half and use them only in loads that create static electricity, e.g. polyester pants and tops. I don't like it when my pants creep up my legs! Creepy!

I use fabric softner because I like my laundry to smell nice. Now saying that, there is f.s. and f.s.. Downy is one of the worst and def coats your towels absorption & clothes, so I use Suavetel and it doesn't coat but smells good. I only use maybe 2-3 TBLS worth (1 cap?), which is a lot smaller than the Downy cap.

I never dry good clothes in the dryer. I hang them up to dry and hang towels, wash cloths out side as well as sheets! They smell fresher to me have a great day.

Exactly! We always dried our clothes on the line. Mostly to save electricity, but it reduces wear on your clothes too. We only used the dryer in the winters since the clothes would never dry otherwise

i ruin a lot, ok all, of my clothes by drying them in the dryer.

​@raerohan4241 You don't use heating in the winter? I had trouble with drying clothes during a wet September. I hung my laundry inside, but because of the nonstop rain, the air was too wet, but it wasn't cold enough to turn on the heat. I ended up bying a heater with an oscillating fan.

I put some of my clothes on plastic hangers to air dry indoors but some things get lent build up if you don't dry them in the dryer.Some items like towels feel like sandpaper and look terrible if you line dry them.

No shit

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Tell us more I use 'All' liquid then white vinegar in Fabric softener slot instead of fabric softener. But I like the smell.

The real deal ✋😤

I'm gonna try without again. Too many times I've heard don't use it.

I use it on everything except my bath and my kitchen towels. But I use less than recommended. If you don't use it how do you keep the static electricity out of your clothes

@@Justaskme781 exactly

of the washing cycle. and life

lmao ikr.. he sounds like al pacino or de niro 🤣🤣

Read like Vinny from fam guy😅

That drier heat totally blast out any chance of smell too! Vinegar is such a good tool

What is vinegar supposed to do?

​@CC-si3cr it can damage the gaskets in the washer if used too often and too much of it, not sure the supposed benefits

​@@bellablue5285a half of a cup per large load dilutes the vinegar adequately to prevent damage to the gaskets and hoses, moreover its actually a good way to prevent mold and mildew in the machine. It also rinses soap residue out of the clothes. Ive sworn by this method for over 50 years.

@kathleenherzik9858 honestly don't mean to sound trolly, front load or top load? My front load manual says not to use vinegar as that will degrade the seal and use of it violates the warranty. Given how much I paid for it, I'm not about to risk voiding my warranty personally

I meant thanks 😂😂😂

I did that because I saw it all over the Internet and then it smelt like vinegar. Never again.

What about socks? All mine are stiff as a board.

I use vinegar as a softener every load for all my clothes.

Do you put it in with the soap? Or where the softener would go?

Do you put it where the softener dispenser is or on the clothes?

It's a big fad online, putting your sheets or towels in the bathtub and seeing the nasty water (which is actually the dye from the fabric)

Does he mean “soak”?

There's been 9 bazillion 'stripping' videos on every form of social media. It's great to presoak laundry,but most people were bleeding the dye from their clothes and thought it was dirt. It's been a huge trend.

​@@SuzukiKid400it's basically soaking,but people mix detergent,baking soda or washing soda and sometimes other chemicals, and soak their laundry in a bathtub for hours. They call it stripping because supposedly it removes skin oils,dust,old detergent,etc from the laundry(mostly sheets and towels). It's really just soaking, and most of the dirt people think they're removing is dye.

it works 😢

It’s an old method used when we didn’t have washing machine. The fabrics used back then were different as well. With today, doing so is likely to shorten the life of your clothes. If you really feel needed, doing with only the ones super dirty, soaking for a short time with the least chemical and hand clean them where it needed before machine wash or just hand wash that piece throughly would be better.

I bought pouches of RLR from Walmart, to have on hand for when my baby's cotton diapers might need stripping. So far they haven't needed it -- maybe because I try to be careful about detergent amounts used versus rinse cycles, so that there is little if any buildup. Edit: I did recently have to use the 'sanitize with oxy' feature on my aggitating top loader because baby's black polyester fleece 'stay dry' diaper liners started giving him rashes. Not sure when or if I'll have to strip those, well before the cotton diapers need it -- because the fleece is synthetic? I wonder.

A lot of people do it when their clothes have an odor or dirt build-up. It usually occurs because they use too much detergent or use fabric soften at all. You don't need a lot. My husband favorite workout shirt was holding on to odors and I stripped it once, its a cotton tank top, used borax, baking soda and a little bit of detergent and that cleared it up and its still going strong. Not something I'd recommend regularly doing and its not something I'd so for all fabrics. Cotton works pretty well. It would likely fade your denim and wouldn't be ideal for delicate fabrics or anything you want to keep its color. It would only consider it for items you have an actual issue with, not just for the sake of doing it.

So many detergents now days have added scents, my clothes smell nice without need for added expense and residue.

You can also just add some fragrances, either directly to the sheets or in the wash cycle. No need to get the other 90% of what's in there and ruin your washer!

You could try essential oils instead. I add a couple of drops of eucalyptus oil to my wash, and it leaves everything smelling lovely and fresh plus its a natural antibacterial!

Wash your bedding in clothes washing detergent for baby's laundry for a wonderful smell. Dreft is one of the brands of baby laundry detergent.

​@rhythmandblues_alibi If you like the smell of eucalyptus, try cleaning your home with Odoban in it's original Eucalyptus scent. I love it. It gets rid of bad odors. It doesn't smell like harsh chemicals like other cleaning products. instead it has a natural fresh and clean scent like a plant. So refreshing.

I like to walk around wet all day.

💯 👍 Me too!

But are those soft felts inside of hoodies still as soft? Because in my experience it does a huge difference on some types of fabric. My mother always refused to use it and I swear when I tried it for the first time it made a huge difference on hoodies especially

​@@Neysiriss you can use laundry vinegar, it keeps the clothes soft too

@@alinauura747 I know this, and do it since it's a lot more environmental and washing machine friendly, but claiming that fabric softener does nothing is just ignorant.

​@@NeysirissOkay, calm down. You're not saving the planet by not using fabric softener, although I heard it saves your clothes.

It also ruins those fluffy blankets and sherpa fabrics (dryer sheets do too)

I used it once it's disgusting, it feels like it's never washed.

​@@azul6892I would just like to try the kind of softeners that yall are using. Every single one I've used simply rages from literally useless to amazing, pleasant fragrance. But I've heard the weirdest softener related horror stories, it's confusing 😂

I love fragrance of softness