Quick question: Is your washing machine starting to smell worse than the sweaty leggings you throw in there? If the answer is yes, it's high time to add cleaning it to your "new year, new you" ...

It can be easy to overlook cleaning the things we use to clean other things, but major appliances like washing machines do need to be cleaned and properly maintained to optimize performance and ensure ...

Choose warm or hot water: While some clothes should always be washed using cold water, higher temperatures are more effective ...

We all know vinegar is great for both laundry and cleaning, but where exactly is it supposed to go? It turns out that where you put white vinegar is different depending on whether you are doing ...

Nobody wants to open up the washing machine to catch up on laundry only to be assaulted by the odor of mildew, old socks and ...

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