Hand-washing clothes with care extends the life of your pieces, especially delicate materials like silk or embellished ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. The benefits of hand-washing your clothes are undeniable. Every ...

Modern-day laundry doers have it pretty easy: Soiled clothes, towels and sheets go into the washing machine and come out clean, job done. But knowing how to launder a garment by hand is more useful ...

When it comes to doing your laundry, you might head straight to a laundromat, shared facility, or use an in-house washer and dryer. But if you don’t have these services near you or don’t have the ...

WHETHER you don’t have a washing machine or are looking to clean your delicates, hand washing is the way to go. Washing your garments by hand saves you a trip to the dry cleaners and keeps your ...

Learning how to hand wash clothes is an important, if somewhat unexpected, part of modern life – particularly if you want to avoid exposing your most delicate (and expensive!) lingerie, swimwear and ...

Doing laundry while on holiday may seem like a tedious chore, but it can work wonders on saving space in your suitcase. Keeping your clothes clean while away is surprisingly easy too, all you need to ...

Doing laundry is a love or hate job - for the some the process of sorting clothing, creating colour piles and then running the machine, drying and eventually folding is therapeutic - but for others it ...

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What is the best way to hand wash clothes? Fill your wash basin with lukewarm water mixed with an appropriate amount of detergent, depending on how many items you are washing. Soak your garments and ...