Laundry How-to Guides & Step-by-Step Instructions

Laundry How-Tos

Learn how to wash every item in your closet—plus shoes, bedding, towels, and more—with our comprehensive collection of expert guides and step-by-step instructions for doing laundry.

DIY laundry fabric softener with bottle of distilled white vinegar, bowl of baking soda next to essential oil and measuring cup with water
How to Use Essential Oils in Your Laundry to Knock Out Tough Smells
Dry clean only blue shirt with salad dressing stain blotted with white paper towel
The Best Way to Wash Dress Shirts at Home Without Ruining Them
How to dry jeans the right way
How to Dry Jeans Without Ruining Them, 2 Ways
Female hand loading jeans into a washing machine
How to Wash Your Jeans the Right Way
Tie dye shirts hanging on a clothes line
How to Wash a Tie-Dye Shirt the Right Way
how to wash ruggable
How to Wash a Ruggable Rug
person scooping powder laundry detergent
How to Use Powder Detergent Correctly in Your Laundry
DIY laundry fabric softener with bottle of distilled white vinegar, bowl of baking soda next to essential oil and measuring cup with water
How to Use Baking Soda and Vinegar for the Best Load of Laundry
Using vinegar to remove strong laundry odors
How to Use Vinegar as a Cheap Alternative to Fabric Softener
How to wash a bath mat hero image
How to Wash Bath Mats
Pile of clothing
Clothes Shrunk in the Wash? Here's How to Unshrink Them
Closeup of pouring DIY fabric softener into the washer dispenser
How to Make a DIY Fabric Softener With Household Materials
Folded towels on top of a washing machine
How to Wash Towels in 3 Easy Steps
How often to wash bath towels
How to Wash and Dry Bath Towels
Overhead view of a stained windbreaker
How to Wash a Windbreaker
Using OxiClean to whiten clothes
How to Whiten White Clothes That Yellowed Without Using Bleach
Side angle view of person washing a comforter
How to Wash a Comforter
Overhead view of someone hand-washing clothing in a basin
How to Hand Wash Clothes in 5 Steps
Front view of sneakers in an open washing machine
How to Wash Shoes in the Washing Machine and by Hand
Submerging clothing in the bathtub washing solution
How to Wash Clothes in a Bathtub When the Washing Machine Is Broken
Closeup frontal view of a pitbull mix dog laying on a dog bed
How to Wash a Dog Bed in 4 Steps
Pristine, white socks on a drying rack
How to Get White Socks White Again in 4 Steps
Laundry to be loaded into a machine
3 Mistakes You're Making in Your Laundry, With Expert Advice to Fix Them
Hands placing sheets and towels on top of a bed
Can You Wash Sheets and Towels Together?
laundry in a laundry basket
We Asked a Laundry Expert to Answer Your Toughest Questions—Here's What She Said
North Face fleece jacket folded up in a clothes hamper
How to Wash a North Face Fleece Jacket
steamer used for clothes
Steamer vs. Iron: What's the Difference?
Front view of sneakers in the dryer
How to Correctly Dry Sneakers in the Dryer
Folded heated electric blanket with controller on bed
How to Wash a Heated Blanket
how to wash puffer jacket
How to Wash a Puffer Jacket in 4 Easy Steps
Pretreating a fleece blanket
How to Wash a Fleece Blanket
Placing baking soda in the washer to neutralize odors and prevent mold and mildew
5 Secret Ingredients You Should Use in Your Laundry, According to Experts
Person placing a white wool dryer ball inside dryer
What Is a Dryer Ball and How Do They Work?
Mark & Graham Classic Stripe Beach Towel
7 Ways to Wrangle Post-Beach Day Laundry, An Expert Shares
Overhead view of soiled football gloves
How Wash Dirty Football Gloves
Striped panties next to brown bra with soap suds and cleaning supplies
How to Wash and Care for Lingerie and Shapewear
Leather gloves surrounded with cleaning materials and houseplant
How to Clean and Care for Leather Gloves
Light gray bamboo sheets in woven basket on top of bare bed
How to Clean and Care For Bamboo Sheets
Cleaned mattress protector held in a wicker basket
How to Wash and Care for a Mattress Protector
Green and blue sleeping bag inside tent with door open near lake
How to Wash a Sleeping Bag
Clothesline in yard with garments hanging from clothespins
11 DIY Clothesline Ideas for Inside and Outside
White silk sheets placed inside washing machine
How to Wash Silk Sheets
Made bed with white sheets folded and pillows with white covers
How to Keep White Sheets White
New bedsheets folded on top of made bed next to basket of laundry cleaning materials
Should You Wash New Sheets Before Using Them?
Floral patterned bedsheet made with hospital corners and cat laying down
How to Make Hospital Corners in 4 Easy Steps
White leather van shoes being cleaned with melamine sponge
How to Clean White Vans Shoes
Someone folding a down comforter
How to Wash and Care for a Heavy Comforter
vinegar in a laundry basket
Top 11 Reasons to Use Vinegar in Laundry and Its Benefits
White button-down shrunken shirt hanging on drying rack
How to Shrink a Shirt
pens leaking in back jean pocket
How to Get Ink Out of Jeans With 2 Easy Methods
White clothing inside tub with laundry stripping solution
What Is Stripping Laundry—And How to Do It
birkenstocks and cleaning supplies
How to Clean Birkenstocks to Look Like New
folded white towels
How to Soften Towels
DIY laundry dryer balls in bowl next to glass jar of baking soda, folded towels and houseplant
How to Make 10 DIY Laundry Products
person cleaning suede slippers
How to Wash and Care for Slippers
cleaning canvas shoes
How to Clean Canvas Shoes
White linen bedding
How to Wash Linen Sheets and Duvet Covers
caring for faux leather
How to Clean and Care for Faux Leather
silk pillowcases
How to Wash and Care for Silk Pillowcases
moths eating a sweater
How to Identify 8 Insects That Eat Holes in Clothes