How to Wash Your Clothes Like a Scientist | Consumer Reports 

Through a process known as Darma the socks that go missing from your dryer will return to you in the form of lids for pieces of Tupperware that you no longer have.

Indigo dyes on denim/jeans always bleed. That's more of a reason than any other to wash jeans separately from other items. Checking the wash water when it drains, which most people can't see unless their machine drains into a sink or laundry tub, it may be a dark blue color. Zippers and snaps should be closed on items to avoid abrasion and snags during tumbling or agitation. Washing in cold water is the *worst* thing for the washer, and not all that great for most clothes. Cold water doesn't properly "melt" oily soils (which includes skin sebum) to be flushed away and residue may adhere to the inside of the washer's outer tub and outside of the inner drum. The inside of the inner drum may look clean and shiny from the clothes rubbing on it ... but the outer parts that aren't seen are typically covered with smutz. That's the reason for the Clean Washer cycles that so many machines have nowadays, to be used with a special strong cleaning product. It's surprising how many people have dryers with Auto Sensor cycles but they use only the timed cycle instead of letting the machine's electronics adjust the time according to the load size, fabric weight of the load, residual moisture per the washer's spin speed, and other factors.

I like this presenter. He's not talking to us like we're in preschool.

But you didn’t mention how much to load up your machine and how much detergent is actually needed

He has the voice, demeanor, and enthusiasm that's PERFECT for a Saturday morning TV show for kids... [I guess this was recommended to me because I always watch "Talking Cars," with the CR car people]

wool dryer balls are a help too, at running thick hard to dry items like towels, pillows and comforters. Used to have to run king size fleece blankets on 2 dryer cycles, dryer balls got it down to one saving time and electricity.

You covered the science of the yarn fiber, inferred friction and recommended sensor drying. When will you discuss water temperature, water level in re: don't load too many clothes, amount of soap v. water hardness, and PLEASE don't use fabric softener in either form?

He’s got a really good point . I only wash things that needs to put in the laundry mesh bags. Sometimes I don’t have it. You don’t have to use every single laundry mesh bag for delicates . Some things I throw in without a bag . Sometimes I do. It depends. Thank god for these bags. But at the same time you want to use less bags because you need the washing machine to move around or if you use all the bags the l machine will think hmmmm why is this not spinning correctly .

"choose the right setting" *just use normal*

Dude talks about sensor mode on a dryer as if half of us don’t still have a dryer from the 70’s

Ive been washing and drying at the same setting for years because i don’t understand the labels lol

What about fabric softener/static sheets?

Thanks

Why is a scientist bending from the hips instead of crouching or kneeling?

I guess my wife is a scientist afterall

Ok My Mom is a scientist, that is all I learned. 😉

The institution wants its degree back.

We have a top loader washer. I find washing everything except jeans on gentle is best.

George Costanza told me it was cold water that caused shrinkage.

Great info thx 4 sharing!

A few good tips, but what if you don't have a high tech washer dryer?

great stuff

The owner's manual for my new Samsung front load washer says to place socks inside a zippered mesh laundry bag to wash them. I do it and don't lose a sock!

Pretty exciting stuff

I never dry my clothes only towels and sheets go in the dryer. Has extended the life of my clothes by years. I was everything in cold water and put delicate items in mesh bags. Environmentally this is a waste of water

Plastic clothes always generate static electricity when dry. Shy away from polyester anything.

Shout color catcher

My tumble dryer is ancient it has no scensor.

Static cling is how you know you have dried your clothes for too long / too much.

Try putting your socks In a mesh bag ,before you put them In the wash..😂😂

Do detergents kill the bacteria or is that the dryer's job?

Wish I had so much of time!

front load is the worst

When are the laundry and dryer manufacturers going to wise up and make these machines with outsides than the consumer can see through either on the showroom floor or online videos? Or even better, for the home. Even some see through windows not jist on the clothes entry doors but other places on the door to monitor the clothes how much soap, if they are twisting up or too close together? Will help greatly to learn to monitor also laundry soap usage. Teach kids the mechanics of the machines. Might even help troubleshoot things like water leakage-who wants unexpected wet floors? Include the same for diswashers so I can quit from random guessing to actually monitering the dish placement. Sure there are loading up dishwashing manuals as a guide but everone has their own sizes and sets of dishes. And some dishes get dirtier than others. I have an older apartment dishwasher, generic and I am never sure which cycles or which sprayers are in use and exactly which dishes are getting thoroughly clean. To keep the dishes that do not get clean and having to soak and handwash. I just take the same amount of effort to handwash and airdry. I do not care as a single person to allow dirty dishes to pile up...once airdry, the dishes, cups, utensils and glasses get stored under the airdry dish rack ane into the dishwasher. Often open to airdry along with dishtowels for the day. Some window sun to help try and disinfect...once certain baking and cooking pans routinely after their manual handwash and dry, since the dishwasher needs to be occasionally ran for motor upkeep, I run the entire two hour cycle as best to sanitize and clean. Oh well. I have learned to put leftovers in a tightly lidded jar and the dishwasher heats up my lunch nicely. Insanity at it's best to balance out efficiency and electric bill savings. As for handwashing the dishes, I have come up with a best possible efficient use of water system when washing and rinsing my dishes. But having a bit of a see through window like on some ovens will help me greatly moniter how well these cleaning machines are doing.

Who wants a Chief Laundry Officer to stop by their house once a week?

First thing he does is segregate whites from darks. I think all clothes should be treated the same regardless of color

Combined washer / dryers are very popular in Europe. I've never seen them in America - why do Americans always seem to have a separate washer and dryer? Combined washer dryers are useful coz you can just set it and it'll do the whole thing for you in one go. Must be annoying to have to wait for the washer to finish and then move famous clothes from one to the other? You can't just put your stuff in one machine then head out and have it all done for you when you come back.

I guess soap is a waist of money he did not use any.

This is fascinating, but I have a primitive, little twin-tub, 67 dollars on Amazon. I manually add water. It's mostly plastic, so the water can't be too hot. For a single person, it does okay.

Now explain it using common dryers with limited common settings.

I should be sleeping

Jungkook the laundry fairy should watch this

My inner geek is so happy for this video

My washing machine broke couple days ago I got lots of kids I don't knows how to use.. I gots Me a dishwasher Shows what I did is I wash my clothes in the dishwasher but the clothes are still wet dripping wet I thought the dishwasher would dry the clothes now my dishwasher is all messed up I don't know what to do should I get another dishwasher

This is incomplete

This had virtually nothing to do with science 🤔

Does consumer reports think people do not know this?

It would have been more helpful if he discussed the science behind getting a variety of specific stains out of clothing.

This has "The Verge How to build a Gaming PC" vibes.

Meh

Soy dark.

Give me back 4:50 min by watching this useless video lol

Never wash towels with clothing even if both are the same color.

What a load of rubbish!

I have never heard such crap in my life. The enzymes in biological detergent need temperatures of 40 degrees (104 degrees USA ) I have never used cold water to wash neither have I ever used a quick wash setting. This programme should be abolished from all washing machines. In the uk more breakdowns occur because of the shitty quick wash setting than anything else. When will people learn it’s for very lightly soiled items and a very small load not a full load of filthy stuff. Then people complain their stuff isn’t clean and smells. Colours should be washed at 40 degrees ( 104 degrees USA ) this includes things like greys and browns and light colours. Whites should be washed at 60 degrees (140 degrees USA ) this includes some bedding and then towels bedding and cleaning cloths should be boil washed at 95 degrees ( 203 degrees USA ) and use as many rinses as possible. Most uk and European machines do a minimum of 3 rinses these use three quarters less water than American top loaders and rinse so much better but wherever possible always use extra setting If clothes are not rinsed properly they become dull especially whites as the residue of dirty water is still in the clothing and where ever possible use the intensive wash setting. To ensure clean clothes bedding and towels. Ok it might take longer to wash but at least it’s done properly. The old saying is if a jobs worth doing it’s worth doing properly. And besides how many people actually empty the machine as soon as it’s finished. Not many. So that little extra time spent washing won’t really create any delays in taking the laundry out the machine. Don’t understand why people don’t think of these things when doing laundry. Washing the way I do I’ve never needed stain removers or laundry bleach or to pre treat anything. Every stain comes out first time every time. From oil to sun tan lotion to grass and mud stains. And my whites are dazzling