Used to your mom’s help, now on your own in college, do you often struggle with laundry, drying or trying to dry clean? If entering a laundry room makes your heart beat dangerously fast, here are some practical tips that will help you distinguish several stages of the whole process and make it less confusing for even a complete newbie.
Laundry may become a real pain for college students who suddenly realize that their laundry baskets fill up unexpectedly quick. The multitudes encounter difficulties from the very beginning. In order to avoid confusion, make sure to separate your clothes depending on colors and fabrics. Never hesitate and necessarily have a look at the labels. They’ll provide you with basic information on suggested cycle and water temperature. Remember that hot water might shrink and wrinkle delicate fabrics whereas if it is too cold you can vainly expect an impressive washing effect on a thick material. Cleaners, if used in a right amount, may do wonders. However, think twice before using either the bleach or a fabric softener: These ones are quite powerful.
Still feels as if you have no idea how to get the show on the road? Finding some local coin-operated laundries seems to be a convenient solution. Especially in college towns, like Eugene, you will have an easy access to them. Most coin-operated laundries are equipped with both washing machines and dryers that are usually coin-operated. Another advantage of coming to the public laundry rooms, for instance the very popular Emerald Laundromat (165 E. 17th Ave.), is noticeable when you need support. There will always be someone to ask for help or a piece of advice.
If this up to now hasn’t persuaded you to challenge yourself and try doing your own laundry, you are luckily given one more option: staffed coin-operated laundries. All you have to do is drop off your clothes and come pick them up ready to wear. Easy, time saving and, for those who choose this way of getting their laundry done, no additional stress.
Unfortunately, from time to time be aware that even if you follow preceding rules, you must give up on a label because it warns you not to wash the item. You wonder what can be done to remove a stain on your cashmere sweater or a leather jacket. That’s the task for dry cleaners that pitch in and offer help with the usage of a special fluid instead of water that would cause an irreparable damage. Depending on a kind of stain or dirt, clothing will be treated with non-water-based solvents such as gasoline, petroleum, kerosene, perchloroethylene or liquid CO2. There are about twenty dry cleaners located in downtown Eugene and near the campus. Prices vary from $1.99 to $16 and depend on the item, its size and, of course, the sort of service.
You are not alone whether you decide how to do your laundry. With these tips, your laundry basket will always be empty and your pocket money not washed out by the cost.