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The laundry room can get swamped on the weekends.  Do yourself and others a favor by doing laundry mid-week.  The laundry room is generally empty early weekday mornings and midday on weekdays.  Midday and evening on weekends are generally swamped for the first few weeks until first years catch on that weekends aren't the best time to do laundry.  This wiki is just a heads up in hopes that this won't happen in years to come.
 
The laundry room can get swamped on the weekends.  Do yourself and others a favor by doing laundry mid-week.  The laundry room is generally empty early weekday mornings and midday on weekdays.  Midday and evening on weekends are generally swamped for the first few weeks until first years catch on that weekends aren't the best time to do laundry.  This wiki is just a heads up in hopes that this won't happen in years to come.
 
===How to Guide to Laundry===
 
===How to Guide to Laundry===
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So this is your first time doing laundry on your own?  Wow, you are sheltered, aren't you?  Just kidding. If you need some advice on how to do your laundry, I added a guide from eHow.com
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So this is your first time doing laundry on your own?  Wow, you are sheltered, aren't you?  Just kidding. If you need some advice on how to do your laundry, I added a guide just for you!
 
*Steps to take to do laundry.
 
*Steps to take to do laundry.
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**1. Sort your clothes, making separate piles for whites, bright colors and darks. If you mix whites with colors in the wash, the colors may bleed onto and ruin your whites. Also separate clothes that tend to produce lint (towels, sweatshirts, chenille and flannel) from clothes that tend to attract lint (corduroy, velvets and permanent-press clothes).   
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**1. Sort your clothes into white, bright color, and dark color piles. If you mix whites with colors in the wash, the colors may bleed onto and ruin your whites. Also clothes that have lots of lint (like towels) need to be in a separate load from clothes that are lint magnets.   
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**2. As you sort, close zippers to prevent snagging, and empty pockets (you don't want soggy shreds of facial tissue all over your clothes!).   
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**2. Remember to check your pockets of all your laundry (pens and gum are the worst).   
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**3. Pretreat heavy stains with laundry detergent or stain remover, heeding instructions on the product label.   
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**3. Pretreat bad stains with detergent.   
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**4. Use the measuring cap of the detergent bottle or the cup found in detergent boxes to measure according to the manufacturer's instructions.   
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**4. Use the measuring cap of the detergent bottle or the cup found in detergent boxes to measure the right amount of detergent necessary.   
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**5. Pour the soap into your washer or its detergent dispenser. Add liquid fabric softener, if desired, according to the product instructions. 
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**5. Choose the water temperature for the wash cycle: hot, warm or cold.  To be safe, it never hurts to use cold water for any load. Cold normally prevents clothes from shrinking too.
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**6. Choose the water temperature for the wash cycle'hot, warm or cold; save on energy and opt for a cold rinse cycle for any load. Consult the labels on your clothes, your washing machine's instruction manual or the detergent container for recommendations. In general, use cold water to protect colors and darks from bleeding or fading, and to avoid shrinkage. Use warm or hot water for durable fabrics like cotton (make sure they're preshrunk), and to ensure that your whites stay white. 
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**6. Add your clothes, put in detergent, and let the machine run.
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**7. Start the washer before adding clothes, if you have time, to allow the detergent to dissolve in the water. The regular cycle suffices for most clothes, but use the gentle cycle for sheer or delicate fabrics. Adjust the water level to the size of your load. 
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**7. Put clothing and dryer sheet into the dryer after the washer is done. Hang-up delicates (such as bras and certain sweaters) to air dry. If you aren't sure if it's a delicate or not, check the tags.     
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**8. If you need to add bleach, allow the machine to run for a few minutes to mix the detergent and water, then add about a cup of bleach to the washer or the bleach dispenser. 
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**8. Empty the lint tray and then turn on the dryer.   
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**9. Add your clothes, close the lid and let the machine do its dirty work.  
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**9. Once the clothes are dry take them out of the dryer and fold them.
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**10. Put the clothes (and an anti-static sheet, if desired) in the dryer after the wash is complete. Hang delicates (such as bras and certain sweaters) to air dry. Check tags if in doubt.     
 
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**11. Remove lint from the dryer's lint tray and then turn on the dryer.   
 
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**12. Once the clothes are completely dry, remove them from the dryer or drying rack and fold them.
 
 
    
 
    
 
*Tips:   
 
*Tips:   
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**If you stuff too many clothes into the washer, it won't clean them very well.   
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**Don't overload the washer, it won't allow for a good clean and may cause the machine to get off balanced or stuck.   
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**Handle bleach carefully. Avoid splashing it directly onto clothes or yourself.   
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**Bleach is some nasty shiznit, be careful with it an avoid getting it on you.   
 
    
 
    
 
*Warnings:   
 
*Warnings:   
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**Remember that you should typically dry-clean some fabrics'silk, wool, linen and rayon, for example. You should hand-wash lingerie in the sink to preserve delicate lace and other elements.
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**Don't put dry-clean only fabrics in washer.
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**Also, some lingerie/panties should be handwashed preserve delicate lace or other fabrics. Of course, why you'd have lingerie at the academy is beyond me, but whatever floats your boat.
  
 
''However, if this is too complicated for you (it really isn't too hard, trust me), you can always take your laundry home.''
 
''However, if this is too complicated for you (it really isn't too hard, trust me), you can always take your laundry home.''

Latest revision as of 19:23, 22 July 2005

General Rules[edit]

  • Shelves are provided for convienance. To use these shelves you must abide by these rules
    • Label your detergent, bleach, dryer sheets, etc. with your first and last name.
    • Agree to respect other people's property (i.e. don't 'borrow' detergent without permission or throw away other's property)
    • The academy is not responsible for anything left in the laundry room.
  • Washers and Dryers should be treated with respect as well as the person's clothing that may be in them.
    • Don't kick or manhandle the machines... or the people using them, for that matter.
    • If the laundry room is full, then come back later. DO NOT "CREATE" AN OPENING BY REMOVING SOMEONE ELSE'S CLOTHING FROM THE WASHER OR DRYER. Use manners and wait.
    • If clothing in a dryer's time is up you may take the person's clothing out ONLY if dry. If clothing is still wet, do them a favor a punch in some more time for them. (Dryers are free of charge to use, so it only entails pushing a button to give them more time)
    • If random clothing is left in laundry room unclaimed for over a week, it will either go to the lost and found or into the garbage.
  • No PDA what-so-ever is allowed in the laundry room.

Recommended Times to Use the Laundry Room[edit]

The laundry room can get swamped on the weekends. Do yourself and others a favor by doing laundry mid-week. The laundry room is generally empty early weekday mornings and midday on weekdays. Midday and evening on weekends are generally swamped for the first few weeks until first years catch on that weekends aren't the best time to do laundry. This wiki is just a heads up in hopes that this won't happen in years to come.

How to Guide to Laundry[edit]

So this is your first time doing laundry on your own? Wow, you are sheltered, aren't you? Just kidding. If you need some advice on how to do your laundry, I added a guide just for you!

  • Steps to take to do laundry.
    • 1. Sort your clothes into white, bright color, and dark color piles. If you mix whites with colors in the wash, the colors may bleed onto and ruin your whites. Also clothes that have lots of lint (like towels) need to be in a separate load from clothes that are lint magnets.
    • 2. Remember to check your pockets of all your laundry (pens and gum are the worst).
    • 3. Pretreat bad stains with detergent.
    • 4. Use the measuring cap of the detergent bottle or the cup found in detergent boxes to measure the right amount of detergent necessary.
    • 5. Choose the water temperature for the wash cycle: hot, warm or cold. To be safe, it never hurts to use cold water for any load. Cold normally prevents clothes from shrinking too.
    • 6. Add your clothes, put in detergent, and let the machine run.
    • 7. Put clothing and dryer sheet into the dryer after the washer is done. Hang-up delicates (such as bras and certain sweaters) to air dry. If you aren't sure if it's a delicate or not, check the tags.
    • 8. Empty the lint tray and then turn on the dryer.
    • 9. Once the clothes are dry take them out of the dryer and fold them.
  • Tips:
    • Don't overload the washer, it won't allow for a good clean and may cause the machine to get off balanced or stuck.
    • Bleach is some nasty shiznit, be careful with it an avoid getting it on you.
  • Warnings:
    • Don't put dry-clean only fabrics in washer.
    • Also, some lingerie/panties should be handwashed preserve delicate lace or other fabrics. Of course, why you'd have lingerie at the academy is beyond me, but whatever floats your boat.

However, if this is too complicated for you (it really isn't too hard, trust me), you can always take your laundry home.

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