Sarah Beningfield

A spin dryer might be one of the most underrated appliances for a UK household. This compact but incredibly useful machine can greatly speed up the process of drying your load of laundry, but it takes up only a fraction of the space that a tumble dryer would! This kind of machine is ideal for […]

Non-bio washing liquids are often not the first choice when it comes to cleaning particularly dirty clothes. The fact that biological detergents contain enzymes that are designed to break down proteins and better eradicate the dirt in your laundry makes people believe that they should be using this option. However, this is not always true.

The short answer to this question is no, fabric conditioner is not an ideal replacement option when you have run out of detergent. While fabric softener smells clean and delicious, it does not contain most of the key cleaning agents and enzymes that are required to properly eradicate dirt, germs, stains.    Why Does Fabric

Mixing light and dark clothes in your washing machine and running them through any type of wash cycle is never a good idea.  Why Should You Never Mix Colours in the Wash? Clothes that contain dye and colours are highly likely to bleed dye during a wash cycle, especially a hot wash, and the dye

A laundry ball has the potential to be a real game changer when it comes to your laundry routine.  Instead of buying detergent on a regular basis, all you’ll need is a single laundry ball that could be somewhere between 50 and 1,000 washes, depending on the brand.  What Does a Laundry Ball Look Like?

The amount of time that passes between clothes washes will vary depending on each individual and what it is that they are doing in their day to day lives. Laundry is very subjective, but it is recommended that you should be doing at least one load of laundry a week, depending on how often you

A capful can vary greatly depending on the brand of detergent or fabric conditioner you use, but there are a few ways to narrow down exactly what a capful should be. What Is a Traditional Capful? A traditional capful of laundry liquid is 35 ml. This is the amount of laundry liquid a front-loading washing

Running a 60°C cycle on your washing machine will often take between two and a half and three and a half hours, depending on the model and the weight of your washing. Modern washing machines take into account the weight of clothes when determining cycle lengths, so a full load of heavy cotton clothes will

A 40°C wash usually takes between an hour and a half and three and a half hours, depending on the size of the load and the exact cycle chosen. A 40-degree cotton cycle will take the longest at around three and a half hours on average. A delicates cycle at this temperature might only take