Tips and Ideas

Our plans for this page will be to post some of our home remedies, health tips, laundry tips, or anything else that we feel is of interest.

Do you have trouble with static cling in your climate? We have a serious problem with it here in arid Arizona. I learned this great trick that works well. I have been doing it for four years now. Purchase a package of safety pins and attach one at the seam of any garment that has static cling when you wear it. I just leave the pins there through the wash and wear. The pin needs to be attached in an area where it will touch your skin. That is how the static is discharged from the garment. I place a pin at the side-seam of my skirts, slips, and slacks and at the back of the neck on my blouses. Since doing this, I have had very little trouble with static cling in my clothing.

Do you have trouble understanding your clothing's laundry label? Sometimes the label has pictures rather than written directions.
The pictures mean the following:

A side view of a tub with water in it means that you can machine wash the garment.
If the tub has one dot in it that means use cold water, two dots means warm water, and three dots means hot water.
If the tub has one line under it, that means to use the permanent press cycle.
If it has two lines under it, that means to use the gentle cycle.
If the tub has a hand reaching into it, that means to hand wash the garment.
If the tub has an X on it, that means do not wash.

Bleaching instructions are represented by a triangle.
An empty triangle means that you can use any bleach.
A triangle with two angled lines in it means that you should use non-chlorine bleach, color-safe only.
A solid triangle with an X on it means to not bleach.

Drying instructions are represented by a square.
A square with a solid circle inside of it means tumble dry with no heat.
A square with a circle with one dot in it means tumble dry with low heat.
A square with a circle with two dots in it means tumble dry with medium heat.
A square with a circle with three dots in it means tumble dry with high heat.
A square with a solid circle and one line under the square means tumble dry, permanent press, no heat.
A square with a circle with one dot in it, and one line under the square means tumble dry, permanent press, low heat.
A square with a circle with two dots in it, and one line under the square means tumble dry, permanent press, medium heat.
A square with a circle in it with an X on top of it, means do not dry in dryer.
A square with three vertical lines in it means to drip dry.
A square with one horizontal line in it means to dry flat.
A square with a curved line from corner to corner in the top half means to line dry.

An iron shaped image is used to give ironing instructions.
An iron with one dot means to use steam or dry iron on low heat.
An iron with two dots means to use steam or dry iron with medium heat.
An iron with three dots means to use steam or dry iron with high heat.
An iron showing steam coming out of it with an X over the steam, means do not use steam.
An iron with an X in it means do not iron.

An empty circle means to dry clean the item.
An empty circle with an X on it means do not dry clean.