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Whether it's a pair of jeans or a cashmere sweater, you can usually get away with a few wears before it's time for it to go for a run through the washing machine. And the longer you go between ...
Woman on an Israeli kibbutz using a washboard to do laundry. A washboard or a scrubbing-board [1] is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its secondary use as a musical instrument.
Women washing clothes. Scouring is a preparatory treatment of certain textile materials. Scouring removes soluble and insoluble impurities found in textiles as natural, added and adventitious impurities: for example, oils, waxes, fats, vegetable matter, as well as dirt.
A poster from a laundromat in Beckley, West Virginia, that lists many of the common laundering instruction icons found on garment tags A laundry symbol , also called a care symbol , is a pictogram indicating the manufacturer's suggestions as to methods of washing , drying, dry-cleaning and ironing clothing .
Use your washing machine manual to locate the filter. "For top-load washers , this is typically located inside the center agitator or along the top rim of the drum," says Jones.
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Model Steam Laundry, Colfax, Washington, c. 1900 The "Woman's Friend" washing machine, c. 1890 U.S. The Industrial Revolution completely transformed laundry technology. Christina Hardyment , in her history from the Great Exhibition of 1851, argues that it was the development of domestic machinery that led to women's liberation .