After three washes-and-dryings I want some new 100% cotton t-shirts and boxer shorts to keep shrinking but I get the feeling they're not gonna. Am I right? [more inside]
posted by judomadonna on Jul 3, 2009 - 4 answers

How can I keep my clothes from fading after washing them? [more inside]
posted by Four-Eyed Girl on May 31, 2009 - 12 answers

How do you keep your laundry system running smoothly in a bi-level (or larger) house? I want to hear how others have set up hampers, etc or otherwise established a system to efficiently move clean and dirty clothes to and from the laundry room. [more inside]
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How do you stop clothes dye from bleeding? [more inside]
posted by twinkles2sf on Dec 23, 2008 - 7 answers

Any tried and true solutions/methods for removing deodorant build-up from the armpit area of T-shirts? [more inside]
posted by karizma on Sep 6, 2008 - 16 answers

How do I remove awful, greasy restaurant smells from my clothing? I work eight hours a day at a small, enclosed cafe. I come home smelling of this particular mixture of grease and cafe food (not in a delicious way). It comes off of me in the shower--but after eight months of this the smell seems to be inexorably attached to my clothing. How do I get rid of it? [more inside]
posted by schroedinger on Sep 3, 2008 - 23 answers

I recently bought a beautiful burgundy sweater coat. Unfortunately, I failed to notice the wash & care instructions, which state "Hand wash cold/separately." How exactly does one go about hand washing a large piece of clothing? The tag says "93% acrylic, 5% polyester, 2% wool." Is there any other way I can get this garment cleaned? Would Woolite be an option? Dry cleaning?
posted by invisible ink on Feb 26, 2008 - 13 answers

How can I de-funkify stinky towels & clothing items? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 28, 2007 - 26 answers

How do you take care of bras so that they stay in the best shape for the longest?
posted by arcticwoman on Jul 2, 2007 - 25 answers

How can I fix stretched-out hand holes on my sleeves? [more inside]
posted by mikespez on Dec 7, 2006 - 7 answers

What's causing my clothes to occasionally come out of the wash with blotchy spots where the dye has been lightened/removed? [more inside]
posted by cadge on Aug 2, 2006 - 13 answers

How do I get the fishy smell out of a silk (well, silk and cashmere blend) sweater? [more inside]
posted by chickletworks on Jul 11, 2006 - 5 answers

How do I get my husband to let go of old boxers and socks? [more inside]
posted by chicken nuglet on Jun 14, 2006 - 37 answers

How do I get gasoline out of my clothes? [more inside]
posted by luneray on Jan 29, 2006 - 8 answers

I have a lot of cotton t-shirts, of the medium-to-heavy weight kind that usually have something printed on them. There seem to be two distinct kinds of cotton fabric in the shirts: Good: After a few washes, the shirt becomes soft and kind of broken in. Bad: the shirt never really becomes soft or broken in, and worse, inevitably comes out of the dryer with (clean) lint and cat hair all over it. So I have two questions about this:
1. What accounts for the different outcomes for two 100% cotton shirts?
2. Is there any solution, ASIDE from using fabric softener? Any non-nasty alternatives to fabric softener?
posted by everichon on Mar 15, 2005 - 9 answers

How do permanent creases (not the sewn-in ones) in pants stay permanent? [more inside]
posted by rhapsodie on Mar 30, 2004 - 4 answers