Friday Question #39
By kilax, September 26, 2008 12:03 pm
Do you follow the wash instructions on your clothing?
Yesterday, I realized the pants I bought last weekend are “dry clean only.” I asked Steven, “Do you think I can put these dry clean only pants in the washer?”
“No.”
I guess that means I will ( be having him) take them to the dry cleaner.
I thought about this a bit, and realized I follow the instructions on my clothing when I first get them… to keep them “fresh” and “new,” but after awhile, it’s sort of a free for all. I’ll just throw a ton of random stuff in the washer, and hope for the best. I’m not mixing color-families, but I sure as hell am not reading those wash tags anymore.
Themocracy
Other than don’t high-fry them, I rarely do for any of my daily clothes. Dress up clothes, I follow the instructions to the T. Last time I didn’t, I donated a $400 coat to the rag pile. I was pissed, to say the least.
My huz does ALL the laundry – and we don’t have a lot of dry clean clothes, but the ones that say “dry clean only” would definitely be brought to the cleaners.
You are right though, after time, who really cares? LOL!
I tend to follow instructions on my clothes for the life I wear them. That is, except that wool “dry clean only” cardigan that somehow wiggled it’s way into the washing machine earlier today. Whoops!
The only label I pay attention to is “dry clean only”. Other than that, I don’t even look…I’ve been doing laundry long enough to figure it out. 😉
I pretty much wash everything in cold anyhow so it’s covered and hardly buy dry clean only. I’m so not fancy!
I try not to buy dry clean only clothes too but the ones that I do have, I actually use that Dryel stuff in the dryer and it keeps everything fresh between dry cleanings. I still bring them to the dry cleaner but only like every five or six wears instead and use the Dryel in between. I don’t know how it works and maybe I don’t want to know. I just know it seems to work pretty good and saves me money. 🙂
Uh, I don’t dry clean. Period. I find new ways to do things. 🙂
huh. my laundry has tags?
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I never follow the instructions on my clothes. I usually cut them off. Ha, ha…
what? Is this you speak of?
martymankins – $400? I would be beyond pissed…. what a bummer – when you buy a $400 coat, you expect it to last a long time! 😛
javaqueen – It just seems like a lot of clothes are not meant to last forever, so who cares anymore? Unless it’s really expensive!
Nilsa – Uh oh! Is it okay?
Hilly – I think that is a good philosophy! That, and “it’s safe to wash anything on cold.” (Right, right?!)
sizzle – I try not to be fancy too – the dry clean only was a MISTAKE! Ha ha. Although, I do love the pants.
teeni – I am going to have to check out this Dryel stuff! Sounds like it will save me some money 🙂
Kyra – Is it a one-hour drive to go the dry cleaner where you live? 😛
Alice – LOL!
christy – Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil? 😛
kaylee – Ha ha, don’t worry about it! It must not be a problem if you don’t know 😉