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| Thread ID: 116634 | 2011-03-13 07:18:00 | Why is there hair all over my shirts after using the washing machine? | Question (15792) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1185821 | 2011-03-14 06:59:00 | A couple of reasons for that, Question. One is that the exposed side of the fabric rubs against other clothes, which can make a light layer of fuzz causing loss of colour. Another is that often a small amount of lint or fluff may attach itself to the garment and if it's not horribly noticeable you could wear it without it being visible to anyone else. This is obviously not what has happened in your case. Inside out to dry is self explanatory, it's to avoid fading. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1185822 | 2011-03-14 07:01:00 | Side note : Are socks safe to wash with clothes? | Question (15792) | ||
| 1185823 | 2011-03-14 07:06:00 | I wash dark socks with dark clothes..but I still put them in one of those mesh laundry bags. It protects both the socks and the rest of the laundry. The bags can be bought fairly cheaply. I do the same for the light coloured ones, except never in with a dark wash. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1185824 | 2011-03-14 07:29:00 | I used a machine that didnt have a filter from what i could see. How would turning the shirt inside out help avoid the hair/lint? You would still end up with hiar/lint, except now they are on the side of the shirt thats in contact with your skin. Is this how 'Religious Hair Shirts' came about? PJ :rolleyes: |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1185825 | 2011-03-14 08:08:00 | No, the hair shirts were a shipment of rabbit shirts that got confused a bit in the specifications due to txt speak. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1185826 | 2011-03-14 08:11:00 | And you can put your bras and knickers in those little bags too... *wink* | Tasha (16262) | ||
| 1185827 | 2011-03-14 08:26:00 | Yeah, dark clothes will show the sludge and fluff from the washing detergent and particularly from new towels. I use a lint roller rather than splitting the wash into smaller loads. Rewashing seldom gets rid of all the bits. Using a liquid laundry detergent , and avoiding excessive suds may help reduce the mess, but won't eliminate it totally. Put some white vinegar in the rinse, it removes the sludge and some of the fluff. No, your clothes won't smell of vinegar after they're dry. A double rinse helps too. |
bellbird (6169) | ||
| 1185828 | 2011-03-14 08:54:00 | Good idea, bellbird, I should have mentioned that. I buy my white vinegar in large containers for that purpose. | Marnie (4574) | ||
| 1185829 | 2011-03-14 09:48:00 | For much of my life, my clothes turned up in the superheater cupboard or in my drawers. Lint free. However recently I was introduced to a previously unknown space in the home called a laundry. That's where Mum and later, my wife kept disappearing to... I too then discovered the mysteries of mixing fabrics. Which still defeat me. :D My solution is a vacuum cleaner brush with two velcro strips which seems to grip and eat the otherwise impossible fluff. Mind you, having a white cat probably doesn't help but he's useless at washing anyway. :lol: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1185830 | 2011-03-14 10:15:00 | I suspect that the OP went to a Laundromat hence the lack of not checking for filters or not knowing which I could understand. My cat, Winston001, possibly washes over her ears more than I do so she understands washing. No lint on her! |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
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