How to do laundry Outline

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How To Do Your Laundry At Home
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Introduction
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Have you ever turned a white shirt pink in the washing machine, or shrunk your favorite sweater in the dryer?  Don't worry, you're not alone.  Too many decent articles of clothing have been lost to improper laundry procedure.  There's more to doing laundry than just tossing a pile of clothes in the washing machine or loading the dryer and pushing start.  If you stick to the following simple steps to doing laundry, you'll never have another laundry mishap again. 
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Body Steps in the Process
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Step 1: Sort your clothes by darks, whites, and delicates.


Step 2: Check your pockets to ensure that they are empty. Something as small as a tube of chapstick could ruin an entire load of laundry.
Step 3: Add laundry to washing machine. Make sure that you don't overload the machine. This could break the machine or cause your clothes not to come out as clean as you may want.


Step 4: Add detergant to load. One cup of liquid detergant per medium sized load is a good amount.


Step 5: Close the lid. This may seem menial, but some washing machine have safety measures that prevent them from starting if the lid is open.


Step 6: Now it's time to select your settings. For this tutorial we are using a medium sized load of darks. The recommended setting for dark clothes is cold/cold, meaning the clothes will be washed in cold water and also rinsed in cold water. For a load of whites, a warmer temperature setting is acceptable because you don't have to worry about colors bleeding out.


Step 7: Once you have selected the water temperature, you will need to select the load size. This tells the machine how much water to use based on how much clothing is in the load. With a medium sized load, the "regular" setting is selected.


Step 8: Once the dial is in the proper position, starting the washing machine is as simple as pulling the dial out slightly. Listen for the soung of water being pumped into the machine to ensure that you have properly started your washing machine.


Step 9: Most loads will take 35 min. to 60 min. to run through the entire wash cycle. During this time, what you do to occupy your time is at your descretion.


Step 10: After the wash cycle, it's time to dry your clothes. To start this start this process, simply transfer your wet clothes to the dryer.

Step 11: Now it's time to add a dryer sheet. Dryer sheets are important for reducing static cling, adding a pleasant aroma to your clothes, and leaving them snuggly soft.


Step 12: Once the dryer is loaded, close the lid. Much the same as the washing machine, your dryer likely has a saftey measure that prevents it from starting if the lid is open. This makes closing the lid to you dryer a pivotal step.


Step 13: Once the lid is closed, you will need to select the proper setting. For a medium sized load of darks, a "high heat/maximum amount of time" setting will provide optimal drying conditions.


Step 14: Start your dryer. This is a highly technical process of pushing the "start" button.
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Conclusion
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As you can see there is a lot more to doing laundry than meets the eye.  Once you break it down into simple individual steps it is a lot easier to ensure that you are not going to shrink your clothes or have them come out a different color than they went in.  You have now officially joined the elite community of people that are capable of doing their own laundry.