Best Laundry Practices
I am about to move into a co-op that doesn’t allow individual washers or dryers. I can’t imagine how a small household manages laundry without going broke. The machines are so large! You must have to have lots more clothes, and nothing that’s worth separating for temperature, color, etc. On the building side, are there…
I am about to move into a co-op that doesn’t allow individual washers or dryers. I can’t imagine how a small household manages laundry without going broke. The machines are so large! You must have to have lots more clothes, and nothing that’s worth separating for temperature, color, etc. On the building side, are there co-ops that offer small machines? Are you aware of any co-ops that have changed their equipment or policies to make it easier and more affordable for shareholders? Reading the NYT blog about tenant wishlists yesterday, it’s easy to imagine that improving laundry facilities might be the smartest thing a building can do to increase its attractiveness.
Your life is a tale of two cities, Manhattanite. Grease stained jeans with silks? But okay, I’d suggest you hand wash the bras and silks, dry clean the sweaters (and maybe silks), and I’d def throw the rugs, rags and jeans together. So, so far: one load.
“Brassieres, silks, sweaters, bathroom rugs, grease stained jeans and cleaning rags all in together girls…”
With a couple exceptions (like hand-wash items), I don’t see why most things couldn’t be washed together? All of my clothes go in together and look great.
I think NY is gross, so having laundry in house is essential to me. It’s nasty for me to think about people on the subway coming home with me on my clothes. It’s like those nasty girls who wear flip flops in the rain. I can’t wear sandals and not come in the house and wash my feet…so I may be hyper-clean. I’m cool with that, though. I’d rather be hyper-clean than have ringworm.
So it’s like doing laundry at college. Brassieres, silks, sweaters, bathroom rugs, grease stained jeans and cleaning rags all in together girls…
Who washes jeans after one wearing? Even aside from the costs and the time spent, a good pair of jeans isn’t even comfortable until after a couple wearings.
Washing jeans after one wearing! Now that’s comical.
But I do wash white shirts after one wearing in the summer and it must be on hot. Otherwise they yellow.
we wash clothes more often in the US than “necessary” (my wife would wash jeans after one wear), we use twice as much soap as needed and, generally, spend too much time and energy on laundry…”hyper-cleaning”.
I’m confused by the question. You make it sound as if you have to wash everything as you use it. Here’s the solution most people have: buy a hamper, throw your stuff in there, once a week take it down to the basement and wash it in a couple of machines (or call for a pick-up). You may need to buy enough clothes to take you thru the week. There is very little that needs to be separated for temperature or color anymore. Do a load of whites if you bleach and one for everything else. Fabric has changed and hot water is a waste of energy.
Here’s why co-ops don’t allow it: old pipes. Also? Water is expensive and getting more expensive and since units don’t usually pay for their own water, the building does not want to pay for the people who do 8 loads a week (like washing 10 t-shirts).
What is hyper-cleaning? I’ve never heard of such…Is that like cleaner than most? I think I might have that American obession…hahaha!