Laundry Supplies and Tips

» Maureen Fleury - Great Tips

Thanks for the tip on using waterless hand cleaner. I'll have to try that.

Someone told me hair spray or peanut butter works on removing ink marks. Do you know anything about that?

I hate ironing and have managed to keep my iron stashed away for a while since I left my day job. The secret for keeping clothes from wrinkling is to hang them up or fold them properly as soon as the dryer shuts off. If you can't do that, leave them in the dryer. I found that tossing them in a laundry basket causes the worst wrinkles. If that happens (thanks to my kids), I'm lucky to have a de-wrinkle cycle on my dryer. Throwing in a damp cloth helps this process.

-- posted by Maureen Fleury

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» JudyBrown - Thanks!

In response to message posted by mkfleury:

Thanks so much for reading my article and leaving your comments. I like your suggestion of throwing in a damp cloth to get the wrinkles out of clothes that have been sitting in the dryer too long. I can't seem to get my husband to fold things as he takes them out of the dryer. I hate it when I go to bed only to find the last dryer load all piled up on the bed! I'll have to remember to toss a damp cloth in and do them over if they are too wrinkled.

Yes I have used hairspray on ink stains and it really does work. The only problem with that is it works so well you have to make sure that you isolate the spot and be ready to keep dabbing with a paper towel as the ink loosens, otherwise you can spread it around and make things worse.

I usually do it right over the sink and keep rinsing with cool water as I work with it.

I have heard that you can blot ink with a dampened fabric softener dryer sheet or a cloth with liquid fabric softener. I haven't tried that though so don't know if that really works or not. I should try that on a rag to see what happens.

-- posted by JudyBrown

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