Washing machines cycles are the different options you can select to launder your clothes. For the best results, you should choose a wash cycles that’s appropriate for the types of fabrics and colour. This will determine a suitable water temperature and spin speed.

Constant rain, cloudy skies and high humidity is the perfect environment for household mould to thrive. Mould on clothing is a common problem through Australia so if you’ve taken out your favourite winter coat and notice some white or green mould speckled all over, you are not alone!

For starters, drycleaning ain’t actually “dry”. So the term itself is a misnomer. This process can be a bit mysterious as a lot happens behind the scenes to get your precious garments cleaned thoroughly. Like the stains on that dress, let us break it down for you. The drycleaning process refers to cleaning clothes and fabrics by using a chemical solvent that contains little or zero water. The absence of water in the process is where the term “drycleaning” derives (one mystery solved).

So it’s week 8 in lockdown as we write this and we have been living, sleeping and bingeing on various things in our oodies and onesies. Every now and then we would take it off to hit the showers. Even less frequently we would reluctantly strip down and nudie run into our laundry to wash them but hmm, what were the settings again?

You open your eyes in the middle of the night and realise you have just had another bout of night sweats. Your pillow case, bedsheets and blankets now share something in common with your gym towel after a hot yoga class! Nothing too much to worry about - sweating in your sleep is a pretty normal occurrence. You get back home and toss the gym towel into the dirty laundry basket but unlike the towel how often do you wash your blankets and your bedding? Full disclosure the next bit may gross you out…

We’ve all had moments when we decide to adopt more sustainable lifestyle choices - composting organics, turning on the AC sparingly, taking shorter showers, taking public transport instead of the car. However there is one unassuming aspect of daily life that environmental impacts may have been overlooked - Laundry.

Let's face it, unless you're a full-time naturist, laundry is irrefutably eternal! It's an inescapable endless chore that a lot of us would LOVE to avoid. Often it’s right up there with slow internet speeds and getting cut off on the roads as a source of personal frustrations. And then when the laundry goes undone, it can hijack your entire weekend. In fact, the average household washes between 3-5 loads of clothing per week and spends between 2-3 hours doing it. So here are 4 laundry tips dedicated to those who have better things to do than laundry.