Dry cleaning can seem like a mythical process, but it is fairly simple to give it a go yourself. So how do you dry clean clothes at home? When doing laundry, adding a dry-clean-only garment is always ...

Clothing manufacturers often err on the side of caution when writing care label instructions. Still, many dry-cleaned items are safe to hand-wash at home, except for certain items such as wedding ...

Sweaters have a reputation for being difficult to clean, and many people either outsource the job to their local dry cleaner or simply don’t wash their sweaters at all. But, while many sweaters come ...

Much like its name suggests, dry-cleaning is a solvent-based cleaning that does not use water. Water causes natural fibers to swell during washing and shrink once dried. The solvent, on the other hand ...

The quintessential idea of freshly dried laundry is bedsheets hanging on an outdoor clothesline blowing in the breeze against a clear blue sky, but that’s far from the reality of how Americans ...

For years, any time I went shopping I made sure to check the care tags to ensure that any clothing I bought could easily be cared for at home. Not only is bringing things to be professionally dry ...