Long-term smoking can cause stains on a range of surfaces, from walls to textiles and clothing. Whether you’re a smoker or you’ve bought something second-hand from a smoker, knowing how to remove nicotine stains from fabric is a useful skill. And that’s what we’ll cover in this article. Read on to find out how to …
Getting wax on your walls may not be an everyday thing. But if a candle sputters or your kid decides to get artistic, cleaning it off is a must. Provided you work quickly but with care, you should be able to remove wax from a wall without it leaving a mark. So, let’s find out …
Wool is great for keeping you warm in the colder months, making it the perfect fabric for coats. But you’ve probably heard many horror stories about people shrinking their favourite wool items by washing them incorrectly. While coats don’t need as frequent washing as other items, this still leads us to wonder how to wash …
Although tattoos are known for their permanence, this mainly comes from how they’re done rather than the inks used. That said, the ink itself behaves like any other kind of ink, so you should act quickly if you notice a stain. Let’s cover how to get tattoo ink out of clothes, so you’ll hopefully have …
If you’ve ever stayed in a hotel and been impressed by the cleanliness of their towels, you might be wondering what they do to keep them so white. Perhaps you might even want to replicate their methods at home. So, how do hotels keep towels white, and is it something you can do at home? …
An ironing board is one of those household items that many of us have lying around but never use. We seem to fall into one of two camps: you either iron everything or you only get the ironing board out in a panic when you need to iron a top for a formal event. If …
Drying clothes outside might take longer than using a tumble dryer, but it’s completely free and much better for the environment. Of course, if you’re washing a few loads in a day, you’ll need your washing line to be free as soon as possible. This leads us to ask, how long do clothes take to …
You can get a cleaning product specifically designed for any household job nowadays. But if you want to cut down on the number of products you buy, whether for environmental or cost reasons, it can help to find things that have multiple uses. One such product is bicarbonate of soda, also known as baking soda. …
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Doing laundry is as simple as sorting it into colours, chucking in the machine, and coming back when it’s done, right? Well, not always. Some items are best washed at specific temperatures to maintain colour, remove stains, or cut through oil-based build-up. So, on that note, let’s look at what temperature to wash socks. We’ll …
Hats are a difficult item of clothing to clean. On the one hand, they come under the same category as t-shirts (worn next to the skin), so should be washed regularly. On the other hand, they’re quite delicate and shouldn’t be washed too often in order to preserve their shape and colour. But this means …
