When we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a laundry expert, his number one tip was ditching fabric ...

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An appliance expert has spoken out against a popular TikTok cleaning hack, claiming it will leave your clothes even worse than they went in. The hack sees avid cleaners use sponges soaked in fabric ...

Stretch your dollar in the laundry room by making your own detergent, softener and dryer sheets. Resident DIY guy David Mackey has a simple three-product recipe for fabric softener. It's even great ...

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"Always make a point to deep clean washers when I move into a new place," the poster wrote. "That puck of gunk came out in ...

My bottle of Downy fabric softener boasts that it’s “better together” with dryer sheets (Downy brand, of course). I know a lot of people that use one or the other, or neither, but not a whole lot who ...

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A woman said on TikTok that a dryer-sheet-replacement hack led to her machine catching on fire. The hack involves replacing dryer sheets with sponges soaked in fabric-softener solution. Experts have ...