How To Care For Your Clothes

How to Care for Your Clothes Irma Garza Personal and Family Development, Bearkat High School  Care Labels  Sorting  Stains  Water Temperatures  Washing ◦ Machine Washing  Drying ◦ Tumble Drying Key Points  Identify the following Care Label symbols. Care Labels Pre-Quiz Washing Drying  What do the dots within the symbols indicate? Temperature Care Labels  Most important tip: !  Located on the neck or back of the garment  Information:  Fabric  Method of washing and drying  Washing and drying temperature  Bleaching  Ironing  Dry Cleaning  http://www.textileaffairs.com/docs/lguide.pdf READ THE CARE LABEL Sorting  Most step!  Why should I sort my clothing?  Find stains and damages  Avoid laundry mishaps  How?  Read the label!  Type of fabric and weight, color, degree of soil TIME CONSUMING Sorting  Whites  Brights  Lights  Darks  Delicates  Heavily soiled items  Linens  Towels and other “lint-givers” Sorting  Group Activity!  Directions:  Split up into groups of 4  Collect supplies – bag with labeled clothes pins and clothes cards  Sort clothes cards according to laundry piles and group onto clothes pins Stains  Treat stain within 24 hours  Done before washing  Washing can permanently set stains in!  Types  -based stains  Tar, candle wax, motor oil, grease, fat, dressing, butter, and margarine  Use spot/stain remover  -based stains  Soft drinks, tea, black coffee and fruit juice  Should wash out with normal washing OIL WATER Water Temperatures  Most important tip: !  Hot  Cleans fastest and best  Very dirty clothes only!  Warm  Remove wrinkles  Best for colorfast darks  Colorfast – color that is resistant to fading or running  Cold  Most clothing  Bright colors READ THE LABEL Washing  Read the care label !  Types of washing  Hand  Delicate  Loosely woven or knitted  Wool  Machine [...]...  Tumble instructions Quickest way Remember: do not overload !  Wrinkling  Damp clothes Caring for Clothing    Read the care label ! Save money Extend the life of your wardrobe Works Cited Gentzler, Yvonne S and Louise A Liddell “Caring for Clothes. ” Building Life Skills Tinely Park, Illinois: 2003 Pages 429 -437 Stone, Jan “Clothing and Textiles.” Home and Family Iowa State University 9 December... Washing     Read detergent instructions for measurement Read the care label !  Water temperature  Cycle instructions Remember: do not overload !  Wrinkling  Dirty clothes Pre-treated garments should be pre-washed Drying   Read the care label ! Types of drying  Line  Flat  Garments that shrink or stretch out of shape  Tumble Tumble Drying    Read the care label !  Dryer temperature  Tumble . How to Care for Your Clothes Irma Garza Personal and Family Development, Bearkat High School  Care Labels  Sorting  Stains  Water Temperatures  Washing ◦ Machine. Activity!  Directions:  Split up into groups of 4  Collect supplies – bag with labeled clothes pins and clothes cards  Sort clothes cards according to laundry piles and group onto clothes pins Stains  Treat. Drying  Read the care label !  Dryer temperature  Tumble instructions  Quickest way  Remember: do not !  Wrinkling  Damp clothes overload Caring for Clothing  Read the care label !  Save