• Men throw in a few loads now and then, but women do 88 percent of the
laundry.
• In a typical household, more than 6,000 articles of clothing are machine-washed each year. The average wash load
at home contains 16 items.
• People in the southern part of the U.S. wash the most often while those on the East Coast wash the least.
• 50 percent of all loads are washed in warm water, 35 percent in cold, and 15 percent in hot.
• Consumers have an average of eight laundry products in the laundry room: three types of detergent, one regular sodium hypochlorite bleach, one oxygen color-safe bleach, two fabric softeners (a liquid and dryer sheets), and one stain remover.
• People in the East are most likely to use bleach (what are you all bleaching if your stuff is at the dry cleaners??).
SOURCE: Soap and Detergent Association
And lastly, I don't really know what people's laundry habits are regionally, but I know what my neighbor does with his. At first I thought they were ghosts.
11 comments:
I must just be some kind of freak - I wash everything in cold (except whites), I only have 4 products and I put way more than 16 items in!
Hmmmm......we'll trade freak for conservationist - sounds much better.
Great list!
Interesting stuff.... Have a great day!
Very cute. In my house: 99.9% done by the female persuasion.
I think your neighbors house IS haunted.
I guess we're just dirtier people here on the East Coast. He He
One great comedian once said, "dry-clean only really means never been washed."
Let's see. Your neighbour is a single guy. And he likes grey or works for an appliance store.
Love those spooky shirts!
We never use bleach or other stuff. Just eco-friendly detergents (2) and one conditioner.
I can see why your neighbor does that with his shirts; I hang up a lot of things to line dry instead of putting them in the dryer; but not outside since I don't have any clothesline out there, but I love the smell of air dried clothes outside, so fresh smelling
interesting laundry facts. 100% of our laundry done here by the womanfolk except son does his own laundry which is nice because he's way to picky on sorting clothes
enjoy Tuesday
betty
When I used to hang out clothes I hung my shirts on hangers on the line. Then when you take them in they are ready to hang,no need to handle any more than you have to!
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OK, thank you for the laugh with the ghosts. I needed that.
For what it's worth, I live in the South and the East. There must be a typo on the average number of items per load. Instead of 16 it should be 66, at least according to my count.
Who are these people?? I mean, no one ever asked me to take part in a laundry poll...I could give them some REAL answers...;p
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