![]() “The Laundry Guy” starts streaming on Wednesday, March 31, on Discovery+. Stories behind them, everything comes out in the wash.” We wear our lives’ stories - from first dates to wedding days to bundles of baby joy. “While the methods have changed, some things never will. “Clean clothes are a privilege,” he says in a press release from Discovery+ about his He is so into laundry that he has developed his own philosophy On his show, his enthusiasm is infectious. Instead, he says these small tweaks to your washing routine. ![]() But according to Patric Richardson (aka the Laundry Evangelist) of the Discovery+ series The Laundry Guy, it doesn’t have to be. Even after you’ve finished washing and drying your clothes, you still have to fold them and put them away it’s seemingly never ending. In my apartment house laundry room, I have actually been complimented for For many people, laundry is a dreaded household chore. Full disclosure: I fall into the latter category. When it comes to doing laundry, people fall into twoĬamps - the ones who hate doing laundry and the ones who actually like it. After he is finished, they are noticeably whiter, brighter, and stain-free. In the show, Richardson is seen genially applying his wide-ranging know-how Richardson has a solution for every stain and every material. In the episode that the TV Blog previewed, these items included a silk boxing jacket from Guatemala that dated back to the 1950s, and a homemade quilt that dated Homes of other people who present him with garments and textiles that have deep meaning for them, but are beset with age-old stains and other defects accumulated over the years. Instructing the rest of us on how to get better results when doing our own laundry.īut in the episodes Discovery+ provided, Richardson is seen visiting the It is possible we might see him doing his own laundry in future episodes, while also TV Blog previewed this week (of three that Discovery+ provided), the Laundry Guy star of the show is not seen in a laundromat or in his home loading his washing machine and then doing householdĬhores as he waits to transfer his freshly washed clothes to the drier. In the half-hour episode of “The Laundry Guy” that the A second pair in rotation is helpful on a lot of fronts.But before you advance any further with that line of thinking, hold on there. If you wash your sheets once a week, that’s a little more than a year. Richardson says a quality pair of sheets should last at least 55 washes. He has one last piece of advice: “Don’t let them continue to tumble once they're dry-you’re not doing anything else but wearing them out.” ![]() Richardson even recreates the French flair at home by tossing in a couple of wool dryer balls-like Reviewed’s favorite from Budieggs-with a few drops of peppermint essential oil. There is one definitive best way to dry your sheets: “In Provence,” Richardson says, “they lay their sheets in the lavender fields.” Aside from the heavenly smell, sunshine is a natural disinfectant and doesn’t reach the high temperatures of an appliance.Ī plain-old clothesline will get you close, and, of course, a dryer still gets the job done. Wool dryer balls help tumble bed sheets-and, according to our lab tests, cut down on drying time. Plus, striking it from your shopping list will also save some money. You take both of those characteristics away with fabric softener and dryer sheets.” Beyond coating textiles, fabric softener also holds onto stains. “The reason sheets feel so good is because they’re breathable and they wick. Moving forward, measure your detergent, and for an extra boost, there’s your new friend oxygen bleach.Īs far as doing away with fabric softener, that goes for each and every time you wash your sheets. If you suspect this applies to you, Richardson suggests throwing your bedding into the washer-in his words, “not extra hot, not extra long,” and definitely no fabric softener-with the tiniest bit of detergent or laundry soap to clear the lingering product. When it comes to washing white sheets, Richardson says: "That's the biggest problem."Īnother reason your bedding may look dingy? Most people use too much laundry detergent, and it doesn’t completely rinse out of the fabric.
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