how to take care of your clothes

Normally, turning inside out is recommended for clothes with printed/ironed elements and jeans. However, why not do this for all textiles? This will protect the right-hand, outer side of the garment from damage due to rubbing against the washing machine drum and other clothes, and from adverse colour change – fading.

Properly loading the washing machine, according to the type of clothes being washed, saves water and energy. Under-loading the washing machine drum can cause the washed items to deteriorate faster and even damage them by rubbing intensively against the drum walls and other clothes.

Overloading the drum of the washing machine, on the other hand, can cause clothes to be washed inaccurately, the powder to dissolve insufficiently and be difficult to rinse out, and marks to be left on clothes.

Therefore, try to be sensible when putting things in the washing machine. Mix large clothes with small ones – this will optimise the movement of the items in the drum of the washing machine and will not overload it during spinning. Adapt the load size to the type of clothes you are washing. With cotton clothes, you can fill the drum of the washing machine almost completely, leaving only a small space. When washing clothes made of synthetic fibres, wool or those requiring delicate washing, fill the drum to approximately 50 per cent of the full load.

Washing at high temperatures causes the fabric to deteriorate faster and the colours lose their intensity. In addition, using high temperatures in the washing process uses more energy, which translates into higher electricity bills and the emission of more CO2 into the atmosphere.

If you just want to freshen up your clothes, wash them at 30 °C. Use higher temperatures for more dirty items.

Instead of choosing a higher temperature, you can opt to use a longer wash cycle. This way, your washing machine will use less water and energy. Long, eco-friendly programmes are the most economical.

Washing at 60 °C is necessary for clothes used by sick people and their caregivers, as well as clothes contaminated with bodily fluids.

Do not wash more frequently than you have to. Check if the garment really needs washing. It is often enough to remove the stain spot-on, refresh the garment with a steam cleaner or air it out.