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Did Your Colors Run in the Wash?. Having color run in your wash is always frustrating. While frustrating, many don't know how to deal with color bleeding. Fortunately, dealing with color runs isn't difficult and will definitely make your laundry days so much easier!

Did Your Colors Run in the Wash? - Video. Bleeding colors in a wash is a problem that everyone has, or is going to, run into sometime in their life. Here is how you can make sure that you avoid that problem for as long as possible, if not remove it all together.

Don’t Confuse Soap and Detergent. While some may think soap and detergent are the same things, they're not. They have different functions and one will significantly increase the quality of your laundry cleanliness.

Get Your Laundry Whites Whiter than White. Maintaining the whiteness of your clothes can be tricky and one you always want to master. Fortunately making your whites whiter than white isn't impossible and you'll have the pleasure of super white whites!

Get Your Whites Whiter - Video. I had a favorite white shirt for about a year. I wore it with all of my suits and it quickly became a staple of my wardrobe. But, over time I realized that my white shirt was looking more grayish-blue than white, more dingy than sophisticated and, you know, I just wasn't clean cut. Then I discovered how to make my whites even whiter than white. Here's how!

Reduce the Amount of Lint in Your Laundry. Lint just happens when you do laundry. While you can't prevent lint from happening, at least you can better control it. There are a few ways you can reduce the lint in your laundry and control it to make your laundry days a little easier!

Stopping Your Washing Machine from Overflowing. It's never a good thing when your washing machine overflows. You need to use some common sense when doing your laundry so you can prevent such a happening.

Use a Laundry Bag When Washing Bras. Washing bras and other delicates is sometimes a tricky business. To take the trickiness out of laundering your bras, try using a laundry bag.

Vinegar is a Fabric Softener. Fabric softener is a great way to increase the quality of your laundry, but sometimes it can get kind of pricey. Vinegar is a great way to cut on costs and still soften your clothes.

Washing Bulky, Heavy Items. Those bulky and down feather pillows and comforters of yours can sometimes be daunting to wash even though you definitely need to. Rest assured, washing these kinds of home goods isn't hard and will leave you with the satisfaction of clean pillows!

Washing Clothes with Decals and Sticker Designs. Encountering disaster when it comes to clothes with graphics or decals on them is always a possibility when caring for them. If you can follow a few simple guidelines however, you'll be able to maintain your graphic tees with no trouble at all!

Washing Lace and Other Delicates. You want to take good care of your lacy and delicate items and you still want them to get clean. Washing these items definitely isn't hard and just takes a different technique.

Washing Slip Covers for Sofas and Chairs. Washing slipcovers can be a somewhat daunting task, but you still want your sofas and chairs clean right? Fortunately washing slipcovers actually isn't hard and then you can enjoy nice clean couches all the time!