After the wash, not before it
If it has already been through the wash, stop.
A second cycle is how a faint stain becomes the one that stays, and how a wool jumper felts into a size you cannot ease back. Cold, slow, and a look at the fibre before anything else.
34 guides. Written for a UK wash, and honest when the garment cannot be saved.
Still wet
Red wine, before the machine sees it
Which mess is it
Pick the thing in your hands.
Before you try again
The next move is usually slower than you want.
- It looked gone A stain that vanished in the wash can come back once the cloth dries. Read that before you run it again.
- Wool and heat Heat and a tumble lock the fibres. If the stitches are still clear, there is a window. If they have felted, there is not.
- The label Dry clean only is not always a ban on water. It is also not permission to guess.