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I haven’t gone to the dry cleaner in three years. Is it really possible to hand- or machine-wash items that say “dry-cleaning only” on their tags?

I’ve gathered my favorite laundry products over time, like my iron-a Rowenta Steam Generator, it’s pressurized steam like what they have at the dry cleaner. I want things that make your laundry fun, or easier.

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I’m going to cover how to iron, how to sort, what water temperature to use, laundry hacks-when I was in college, we didn’t have a laundry machine, so I would hand wash a lot, and so I’ll talk about how I hand wash many items at once. I’m going to talk about how to buy a washer and dryer, because a lot of people have asked, I’m going to cover a lot of stains-that’s what people ask me about the most. What are some topics you plan to cover in the blog in the next couple of months? I was going to call the blog the Launderer, someone said, “No you’re proclaiming your love for laundry, so you should be the Laundry Evangelist. Oddly enough, the Star Tribune came up with the name. How did you come up with the name, the Laundry Evangelist? It really happened when I got into college, because I wanted nice clothes but I didn’t have dry cleaning money, and I was getting a textiles degree, so I was lucky enough to be able to get advice from my professors. When I was 10 years old, I wanted to iron my own clothes. My mother and grandmother were meticulous about laundry-everything was ironed, everything was pressed, everything was perfect. How did you first develop a passion for laundry? There are a couple of people who talk about laundry in the context of a lifestyle blog, but no one who is doing a blog just on laundry, apart from laundry brands themselves. Then there’s also people who love to talk about laundry. I tell people that I wash my suits, I don’t dry clean anything.

So many people ask me, “How do I get out such and such?” It just kind of started happening, because I carry the Laundress, and people ask about how to care for the items they buy from me. Why did you decide to start a blog on cleaning-aside from Frank Vascellaro’s suggestion? I chatted with him about how he fell in love with laundry, his top laundry tips, and what to expect at his camps.

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Richardson recently launched, a blog about the art of laundry, as well as a series of free workshops dubbed Laundry Camps, debuting this week. Brown responded, “He should, shouldn’t he?” After the close of the segment, Frank Vascellaro asked if he had a blog. The owner of Minneapolis boutique Mona Williams and noted laundry enthusiast responded by saying that he prefers to use an aluminum ball instead-it works like a dryer sheet by dissipating static without the dryer sheet’s lubricating chemical coat, he explained. If you love scent, add a few drops of your favorite essential oil to a ball before you toss it in (I scent my sheets with peppermint and sleep like a baby).Patric Richardson, the Laundry Evangelistĭuring a recent “Good Question” segment on WCCO News, reporter Heather Brown talked to Patric Richardson about laundry sheets.

When it shrinks to the size of a walnut, about 60 loads later, recycle and start over. To make a ball of aluminum foil, take a one-yard piece of foil and make a ball roughly the size of a tennis ball. “The wool balls cause your clothes to tumble more and dry faster so you can use a shorter cycle and the aluminum foil ball removes static like a pro. When you are ready to toss your clothes into the dryer, here is a fun tip: Use a couple of wool balls and a ball of aluminum foil! “Everyone loves laundry that doesn’t have static and is soft, but no one should love the artificial dyes and chemicals of dryer sheets and fabric softeners. The series runs through April 21, and each weekend until then, Richardson is offering a tip from “The Laundry Guy.” (Richardson’s new book, “Laundry Love” was published last week.)

“The Laundry Guy” helps people deal with stains and other textile troubles. Paul author and businessman and laundry-loving guy Patric Richardson has a new series streaming on Discovery+.

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