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Speaker 1: Spot removal, Will hairspray or dish soap work better to

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Speaker 1: study conducted by One Pole on behalf of Swash laundry detergent,

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Speaker 1: more than two thirds of millennials and Gen z ers

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Speaker 1: Plus we need to settle our feud over whether or

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Speaker 1: not fabric softener is necessary. So start taking notes because this.

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Speaker 2: Is grown up stuff.

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Speaker 1: Hello to all of our grown ups and adults. Welcome

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Speaker 1: back to another episode of Grown Up Stuff How to

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Speaker 1: Adult the podcast here to help you answer all of

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Speaker 1: life's adulting questions like what is the point of a

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Speaker 1: And how much detergent is too much detergent. It's me

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Speaker 1: Molly again, still lovable but ever bubbling through life, and

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Speaker 1: I am joined as always by the Jiminy cricket to

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Speaker 1: my Pinocchio.

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Speaker 2: Matt's still Oh whoa.

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Speaker 3: I have always considered that our exact relationship.

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Speaker 4: You just nailed it.

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Speaker 1: Wait again, really, I thought, yeah, I mean it feels right.

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Speaker 1: It just feels right, Matt. How you doing, buddy?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing well. Busy week as you know, but we're

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Speaker 1: Some weeks I'm surviving. Some weeks I'm thriving. I feel

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Speaker 1: but you know, you know. But I have an important

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Speaker 3: For a long time, I had a laundryer, Matt that

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Speaker 3: And I know some of our listeners might be thinking,

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Speaker 3: Welcome to the show. It's so good to have you here.

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Speaker 5: Upkeep with our washing machines. You should clean it four

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Speaker 5: Or if your clothes just come out smelling.

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Speaker 1: So is there anything else that we're forgetting in our

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Speaker 2: How often should we be cleaning our curtains?

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Speaker 3: Is there any other pieces of maintenance so we may

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Speaker 5: On our front loaders. It's good to note that you

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Speaker 2: Kishan, thank you so so much for being here.

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Speaker 5: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: You have given us so much great information. Please let

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, you guys can check me out on all socials

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Speaker 5: at Weekly Home Check. I'm on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I can't recommend it enough. It's I mean, Kishon really

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Speaker 5: Thank you, Thank you Matt, thank you Molly for having

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Speaker 2: Thank you.

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Speaker 3: Thanks for coming on and sharing your knowledge with us.

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Speaker 1: A huge thank you to Keishawn Lane. If you aren't

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Speaker 1: Now let's get into spot treatment, detergents, and clothing care

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Speaker 1: so much for joining us on Growing up suff how

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Speaker 4: Well, I'm super excited, and you know, I'm always super

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Speaker 4: The first one, in the biggest one is too much detergent.

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Speaker 4: Then it can't rinse down the drain, so it actually

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00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,320
Speaker 4: resettles back in your clothes with the dirt. So if

442
00:21:00,359 --> 00:21:02,840
Speaker 4: you're using too much detergent, I mean, I hate to

443
00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,320
Speaker 4: say it, but like you're walking around in your own filth.

444
00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,680
Speaker 3: Oh goodness gracious. And when you say full load of

445
00:21:08,720 --> 00:21:11,040
Speaker 3: laundry just for the listeners at home, do you mean

446
00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,880
Speaker 3: like you filled up your your laundry machine all the way?

447
00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 4: Well, whatever your machine means, because it depends on your machine,

448
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:21,720
Speaker 4: it's usually somewhere between seventy and eighty percent of your

449
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:23,760
Speaker 4: machine is full and you'll have to look at your

450
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Speaker 4: buyer's God. It varies a little based on is it

451
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,320
Speaker 4: a front loader, is a top loader, it is an agitator,

452
00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:32,560
Speaker 4: is an impeller. But it's basically full to your machine,

453
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Speaker 4: which is seventy or eighty percent. If you have a

454
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Speaker 4: smaller like you have an apartment sized stackable, which we do,

455
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,320
Speaker 4: you know that's a smaller unit. So at that point

456
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Speaker 4: I would probably go to one and a half tablespoons

457
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Speaker 4: of detergent.

458
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Speaker 3: Okay, this is huge.

459
00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,520
Speaker 4: Oh, by the way, there's enough detergent in one pod

460
00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,400
Speaker 4: to do five loads of laundry.

461
00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,879
Speaker 2: I just bought a ton of pods. You're telling me

462
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:54,000
Speaker 2: I shouldn't be using them.

463
00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 4: I'm telling you that when you use those up, you

464
00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:00,879
Speaker 4: probably shouldn't replace them. What great thing is you live

465
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:02,680
Speaker 4: in an apartment, so it doesn't matter if you trash

466
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,199
Speaker 4: the machine, because the other thing is they're horrible for

467
00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:05,959
Speaker 4: washing machine.

468
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,439
Speaker 2: I hope my landlord isn't listening.

469
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Speaker 3: Really, why are they horrible of the pods because they

470
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Speaker 3: don't totally dissolve.

471
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,440
Speaker 4: They sort of gum up the censers and they gum

472
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Speaker 4: up the gears.

473
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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, so that's the first mistake.

474
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Speaker 4: The second mistake is people are using fabric software in

475
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 4: dryer sheets, which.

476
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Speaker 1: We just learned makes you flammable. Right, yep, you heard

477
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,120
Speaker 1: that right. Fabric softener was something that Kishan also warned

478
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Speaker 1: us about, and that's where we first learned of its

479
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:37,840
Speaker 1: combustible nature.

480
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Speaker 5: And fabric softener. I don't know if we spoke about

481
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Speaker 5: fabric softenaire, but that's also a common mistake that a

482
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:46,960
Speaker 5: lot of people do. They use fabric softnaw, and it's

483
00:22:47,240 --> 00:22:48,600
Speaker 5: it's not so great for your clothes.

484
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Speaker 2: Should we never be using fabric software?

485
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:54,680
Speaker 5: No, you should not ever be using a fabric softnare

486
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:58,359
Speaker 5: at least a deposit on our clothes which is also

487
00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,200
Speaker 5: left in the machine and also so makes the clothes

488
00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:05,320
Speaker 5: highly flammable. Wait what yes? What do you want to

489
00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,919
Speaker 5: do instead? Is just use a quarter cup.

490
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 2: Of vinegar and that'll make them softer.

491
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,960
Speaker 5: That'll make them softer, and if you wanted some kind

492
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,280
Speaker 5: of scent, you can use essential oils.

493
00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 4: Wow wow, wow, Well it makes you flammable. It makes

494
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:23,160
Speaker 4: you infertile. What yeah, one of the things in them

495
00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,879
Speaker 4: is a thalate esther which it can cause infertility in women.

496
00:23:27,160 --> 00:23:29,080
Speaker 4: Oh my god, I mean if you really stop and

497
00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:31,000
Speaker 4: thinking about it. Since we're grown up stuff, will grown

498
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 4: up talk?

499
00:23:32,040 --> 00:23:34,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, lay it out on us Patrick.

500
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Speaker 4: Women, And I'm going to use women primarily because I've

501
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,320
Speaker 4: never seen a study on infertility in men as it

502
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:42,800
Speaker 4: relates to dryer sheets. But one of the things that

503
00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 4: you want to use dryer sheets for is like intimate

504
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:47,880
Speaker 4: because they're silky and polyester.

505
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:48,800
Speaker 2: Right.

506
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 4: Well, that's also going in the most private parts, their

507
00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 4: first layer, Like they're going closest to your skin, and

508
00:23:56,119 --> 00:23:57,960
Speaker 4: you know you're putting these phalites on them.

509
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,439
Speaker 2: Wow shook.

510
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,120
Speaker 1: According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, thiolates

511
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,919
Speaker 1: are a group of chemicals that are present in plastics

512
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:11,800
Speaker 1: and everyday household in personal care products like soaps, shampoos,

513
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,000
Speaker 1: hair sprays, and fabric softeners, as they can often be

514
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,840
Speaker 1: used to help dissolve other materials. The New York Times

515
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:23,080
Speaker 1: called thilates hormone disrupting chemicals that can quote change how

516
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 1: reproductive organs develop in the womb in animal studies end quote,

517
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Speaker 1: and they reported that some scientists believe that exposure may

518
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 1: lead to issues like polycystic ovary syndrome or PCOS, and

519
00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:37,800
Speaker 1: other conditions that impact a woman's fertility.

520
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 4: Same with scent beads. They're all basically the same product,

521
00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 4: it's just how we put them on. I mean they

522
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 4: take away absorbency. The first time you use fabric softener

523
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 4: or dryer sheets on your towels, you reduce their absorbency

524
00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:51,639
Speaker 4: about eighty percent.

525
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,960
Speaker 3: Wow, oh who And they're just not necessary.

526
00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:57,440
Speaker 4: I mean the reason that we're created is because people

527
00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:00,480
Speaker 4: were using too much detergent. And so rather than saying,

528
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 4: use less detergent. Here's another product, they were like, Oh,

529
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,359
Speaker 4: your clothes are crunchy from too much detergent. Let me

530
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:08,520
Speaker 4: fix that with something else. I mean it would be like.

531
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:09,480
Speaker 2: With another product.

532
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, if I could figure out how to sell you

533
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,119
Speaker 4: like salt, and then if you were like, oh, it's

534
00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:17,320
Speaker 4: too salty, then I could sell you something to make

535
00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,320
Speaker 4: it less salty, when the simple solution would have been

536
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:21,959
Speaker 4: just used less in the first place.

537
00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 2: Yeah.

538
00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:29,000
Speaker 1: Fabric softeners often leave a build up or residue in machines,

539
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,240
Speaker 1: which can impact their effectiveness and also create an ideal

540
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,640
Speaker 1: environment for things like mildew to grow. And if you're

541
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:39,240
Speaker 1: someone with a sweaty gym bod like myself, Consumer Reports

542
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: says that fabric softener may also be limiting the moisture

543
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,760
Speaker 1: wicking abilities of your workout wear too, so when it

544
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,359
Speaker 1: comes to dryer sheets, fabric softener, and scent beads, skip them.

545
00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:52,280
Speaker 1: You don't need them, and they're likely doing more harm

546
00:25:52,320 --> 00:25:55,959
Speaker 1: than good to you, your clothes, and your machines. Next,

547
00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:57,879
Speaker 1: we wanted to get down to the nitty gritty of

548
00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:00,840
Speaker 1: stain removal and learn how to best at what we

549
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 1: often think of as impossible stains. However, while we expected

550
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,600
Speaker 1: Patrick to begin his advice with some of those bold

551
00:26:07,600 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 1: adages we've all heard before, you know, something along the

552
00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:14,840
Speaker 1: lines of treating the spot immediately by dabbing with selter. Instead,

553
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:18,160
Speaker 1: Patrick taught us one of the most important life lessons

554
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Speaker 1: about being an adult. Stay present with the people you

555
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 1: love and don't sweat the stains.

556
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Speaker 4: The other thing is panicking about your clothes. You know,

557
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,359
Speaker 4: people like freak out. Like if you go to a

558
00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,000
Speaker 4: party and you spill spaghetti sauce, right, Like, don't panic,

559
00:26:35,119 --> 00:26:37,680
Speaker 4: enjoy the party. You can deal with this later.

560
00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's great life advice.

561
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Speaker 4: Well, I mean I hate that, Like, you know, in

562
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:43,840
Speaker 4: my book, I say if you come to my house

563
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 4: and you spill red wine. The only thing that happens

564
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 4: is I pour you more red wine. You are more

565
00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:53,320
Speaker 4: important to me than like my sofa. You know, I

566
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:55,960
Speaker 4: can get the sofa clean tomorrow. Yeah, I'm going to

567
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 4: enjoy the fact that you're with me now. I mean,

568
00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,600
Speaker 4: I have a sweater in my bathroom because my hamper

569
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,160
Speaker 4: is in my bathroom and I just haven't gotten around

570
00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,000
Speaker 4: to spot treating and it's been there three weeks. I mean,

571
00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:07,520
Speaker 4: I'll get to it when I get to it, but

572
00:27:07,560 --> 00:27:08,640
Speaker 4: I'm still going to get it out.

573
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 3: So do you not worry about stains like setting in

574
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:13,919
Speaker 3: I feel like it's a big thing with stains. It's like, oh,

575
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,399
Speaker 3: it's going to set if you don't like get to

576
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 3: it immediately.

577
00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,040
Speaker 4: Yeah. You know, Madison Avenue did a really good job

578
00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:21,280
Speaker 4: when they taught everybody if you don't treat it right now.

579
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,040
Speaker 4: I mean, I haven't treated that sweater for weeks. I'm

580
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,000
Speaker 4: not worried about it. And it's a white sweater with

581
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,960
Speaker 4: curry on it. I just haven't gotten to it, but

582
00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,000
Speaker 4: I'm not worried about it.

583
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 3: I am curious to know what is the most effective

584
00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:36,600
Speaker 3: method of getting those stubborn stains like wine sauce or

585
00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,040
Speaker 3: oil out of our clothes.

586
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 4: So oil is going to come out with vinegar and water.

587
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:42,760
Speaker 3: Okay, a spray bottle.

588
00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 4: Of vinegar and water is the answer to oily stains.

589
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:48,800
Speaker 4: Wine is gonna come out with oxygen bleach. And here's

590
00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 4: a fun fact about wine and oxygen bleach. If you

591
00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,480
Speaker 4: get wine on your sweater and you need to dip

592
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 4: it in oxygen bleach, which you can do. You just

593
00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,399
Speaker 4: have to dip it and then rinse it. If you

594
00:27:58,480 --> 00:28:01,719
Speaker 4: dip it and the wine turn it's like Robin's egg blue,

595
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:05,920
Speaker 4: then it was really good wine. If the wine turns tan,

596
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,840
Speaker 4: it's really cheap wine. So if your friends come over,

597
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 4: spill a little on a napkin, and then later you know,

598
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:15,720
Speaker 4: when you go back, are you going to the liquor

599
00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:16,720
Speaker 4: store to Trader Joe's.

600
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Speaker 2: I love it, And.

601
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 4: Then the sauce will come out with stain bar and

602
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,440
Speaker 4: a stain brush. You can buy a bar of laundry

603
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 4: soap in the laundry aisle. It's a hard bar of soap.

604
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 2: I've seen this.

605
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, it will be labeled as laundry soap. And then

606
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,119
Speaker 4: you use a brush like a fabric brush and the

607
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 4: soap to get out the stains. And if I had

608
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,800
Speaker 4: no idea what was going on, I would spray it

609
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,920
Speaker 4: with vinegar and water and then scrub it with soap

610
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:45,479
Speaker 4: in a brush.

611
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,640
Speaker 1: Interesting, now I've seen, especially on your website, you have

612
00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:51,840
Speaker 1: the horse hair brushes and for stain removal.

613
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,640
Speaker 2: Right, what exactly is the brush doing.

614
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 4: It's actually agitating. It's gentle enough to agitate the fabric,

615
00:29:00,280 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 4: but it's not going to damage it. So what it's

616
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 4: actually doing is it scrubbing for you, so you're not

617
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 4: trying to manipulate it like people want to rub the

618
00:29:08,760 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 4: fabric against it itself, like they put something on and

619
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:14,640
Speaker 4: then they rub it together. That's another abrasion. But it's

620
00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 4: really hard on the fabric.

621
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Speaker 3: Okay. And so as someone who like you said all

622
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 3: of your your your delegates, you your you're harder to

623
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,440
Speaker 3: wash items of clothing. You say you tend to them yourself.

624
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 3: So it makes me think, you know, when you buy

625
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 3: any piece of clothing and it says, you know, line

626
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 3: dry hand wash only, dry clean only, do we really

627
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 3: have to follow those or you know why or why not?

628
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,080
Speaker 3: Or are there benefits to doing it or drawbacks? Like

629
00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,120
Speaker 3: what's your opinion on that to me.

630
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 4: Dry clean only isn't dry clean only. It's pay attention

631
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 4: to what you're doing. You can still wash it, okay,

632
00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 4: just pay attention.

633
00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: This is good to know because I have a pair

634
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:50,680
Speaker 1: of slack sitting right next to me that I've put

635
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: in the wash twice now by accident.

636
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,520
Speaker 2: But they survived.

637
00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, they were fine. The thing is, the Victorians didn't

638
00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 4: have dry cleaners, and they wore all of these anty fabrics.

639
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:01,760
Speaker 2: That's true.

640
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 4: And those fabrics have survived. We see them in museums,

641
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 4: so we know that the clothes can survive washing, you know.

642
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,080
Speaker 4: And I think that a lot of manufacturers just don't

643
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:14,640
Speaker 4: want to sort out care tags or they're just afraid

644
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 4: that you're too aggressive. You know, in Europe, lots of

645
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 4: tags will say washable, and you'll buy the same garment

646
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 4: in the United States and it will say dry clean only,

647
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 4: and it's literally the exact same garment. When you see

648
00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 4: those tags that say hand washed, cold, hand washed, cold dry,

649
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 4: flat lime, dry dry clean only, don't wash, do not

650
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 4: dry clean, which I have seen. When you see those,

651
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:37,880
Speaker 4: the very best thing you can do is just grab

652
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,360
Speaker 4: the scissors and cut them out. And then they don't say.

653
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 3: That, but doesn't to some extent. These mean like be

654
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: careful with drying them. So like you can't necessarily throw

655
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: a dry clean only or something like into the dryer

656
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 3: like you might ruin like a wool sweater.

657
00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,480
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, you still have to be careful. I mean

658
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 4: you can't treat everything the same way. Like every load

659
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,400
Speaker 4: of your laundry can't be machine wash, warm, tumble dry,

660
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:04,880
Speaker 4: Like you can't do that. That's not good, right. You

661
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 4: can't put a cashmere sweater in the dryer. You can, however,

662
00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 4: put a cashmere sweater in the washing machine because the

663
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 4: fabric is quite durable. You have to put it in

664
00:31:15,280 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 4: a mesh bag and take care of it. But you

665
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,520
Speaker 4: can totally put it in the washer. Yeah. I don't

666
00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:21,400
Speaker 4: use the dryer that much, so I never really think

667
00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 4: about the dryer. So what do you do? I hang

668
00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:25,040
Speaker 4: everything up?

669
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Speaker 3: Okay, So maybe like that's the best approach then, is

670
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 3: if it's something that we're not sure about, maybe definitely

671
00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 3: wash it, but just hang it up to dry. It

672
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 3: is probably the best advice there.

673
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, just hang it up, Okay. I mean I even

674
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 4: do that for like all of my dress shirts, my jeans,

675
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 4: they just last longer and as much as I love clothes.

676
00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 4: And it's funny because I'm coming to you from all

677
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,160
Speaker 4: of America, but I hate to shop. So when I

678
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 4: buy my clothes, I want them to last as long

679
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,160
Speaker 4: as possible. Yeah.

680
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, And you know, I think we're also awakening a

681
00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,760
Speaker 1: little bit to the dangers and the issues surrounding fast fashion.

682
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,360
Speaker 1: So I think there's this growing shift towards buying fewer

683
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: clothes and choosing higher quality pieces and making them last longer.

684
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 3: So hanging up people, dry it, dry it, line dry it.

685
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:11,480
Speaker 3: That's the call.

686
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, you can make your laundry so much

687
00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,280
Speaker 4: less expensive by line drying and using less detergent. Think

688
00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 4: of what people are saving just by listening to you.

689
00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:25,400
Speaker 1: We're saving people money. Oh my gosh, Patrick, We're like superheroes.

690
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 4: You really are. I mean you all look like superheroes.

691
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 1: Stop at Patrick. Oh, I love you already, But I

692
00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 1: want to, you know, going back to the laundry care

693
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,800
Speaker 1: and or the garment care and keeping it lasting as

694
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: long as we can. That kind of lends itself really

695
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Speaker 1: well into how often should we be washing certain items?

696
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 1: Like for example, I personally am a heavy sweater. It

697
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,800
Speaker 1: doesn't take much to get a real good sweat going

698
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 1: with me. And so I'm typically washing my workout clothes

699
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: after everywhere. But something like jeans, how often should I

700
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: be washing gan if I want them to last longer.

701
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 4: So your workout wear, you really do need to wash

702
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 4: everywhere for a couple of reasons. Number one, it's better

703
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 4: for the workout gear because it doesn't have the oil

704
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 4: and the sweat in it. But it's also better for

705
00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 4: you because it can actually the bacteria can sort of

706
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 4: multiply and you can get a rash, so it's no good.

707
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 4: So you need to wash active wear. And like what

708
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 4: I'm gonna call the first layer. So like underwear, probably

709
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,600
Speaker 4: every single time. Right, People who are not heavy sweaters

710
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,480
Speaker 4: that wear bras can wear them a couple of times,

711
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 4: but everything else is a one and nine. But like

712
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 4: my shirts, I try to wear my shirts three times

713
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 4: before I wash them, provided that I don't spill on them,

714
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 4: and if I spill something small, I try to spot

715
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 4: it out. But my jeans, I think you can wear

716
00:33:45,560 --> 00:33:49,520
Speaker 4: genes seven to ten times without washing them. Really Yeah, okay,

717
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 4: they're not as dirty as you think. And people wear

718
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:56,239
Speaker 4: their winter coat all winter long and they don't wash it.

719
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 4: You know, good point, But genes you generate have something

720
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 4: under them, not always. If you don't, you have to

721
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 4: wash them more often. And you know the thing like

722
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,800
Speaker 4: the shirt, Like I'm thinking about the shirt that I

723
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,320
Speaker 4: have on. My husband loves fahidas. I mean, it's ridiculous

724
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,360
Speaker 4: how often we go eat fajitas. And sometimes when you leave,

725
00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 4: like even if you're careful and you don't spell on you,

726
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,720
Speaker 4: you leave and you smell like the Mexican restaurant. Yes,

727
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 4: the shirt's completely clean, but you smell like the Mexican restaurant.

728
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 4: You can actually spray it with vodka, and vodka removes

729
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 4: the odor from anything. So like I just go home,

730
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,279
Speaker 4: sprits the shirt with vodka, let it dry it, and

731
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Speaker 4: put it back in my closet.

732
00:34:37,160 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 1: And now we've heard this before as well, but you're

733
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,239
Speaker 1: you promised me I won't smell like a boozehound.

734
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 4: No, that's the unique characteristic of vodka. When it dries,

735
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 4: it's odorless and colorless.

736
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 2: Huh.

737
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's pretty amazing. Interesting, it's funny, like because you're

738
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 4: in New York, it's a theater trick.

739
00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,600
Speaker 2: Oh uh huh. That was at one time in the theater.

740
00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 3: And actually, now that now that we're talking about this,

741
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 3: I do feel like I remember our costume teams spritzing stuff.

742
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 4: Yeah, so it was probably voko, Yeah, probably was.

743
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 2: Real.

744
00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:09,480
Speaker 1: Simple Magazine created their own recommendations on how frequently you

745
00:35:09,520 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: should wash certain items of clothing along with your workout wear,

746
00:35:13,320 --> 00:35:17,880
Speaker 1: anything white or silk swimsuits, posury t shirts, tanks, and

747
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: camussels should be washed after everywhere, but things like wool

748
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 1: or synthetic blend sweaters can be worn up to five

749
00:35:25,320 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 1: times before washing them. Let's dig into the sorting of

750
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,800
Speaker 1: it all. Sorting has become something of a hot topic,

751
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,399
Speaker 1: and there's a bit of a generational divide around it.

752
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: But is the dye in our clothes bleeding all that

753
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,759
Speaker 1: much still? And how much are we really putting our

754
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:44,400
Speaker 1: whites at risk when we throw them in with lighter

755
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:45,240
Speaker 1: colored items.

756
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 4: I love sorting like I love it. I actually sort whites,

757
00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:58,439
Speaker 4: cool colors, hot colors, black active wear. That's how I sort,

758
00:35:58,520 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 4: and I do it because that's the very best thing

759
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Speaker 4: you can do for your clothes. But you know, if

760
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 4: you're a single person, you don't have that many clothes,

761
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 4: you probably could get away with lights darks active wear.

762
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,600
Speaker 4: The reason you want to throw the active wear aside

763
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:12,319
Speaker 4: is because you should put oxygen bleach in it, because

764
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 4: that's going to take care of all the.

765
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 2: Sweat, even if they're dark colors.

766
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 4: Even if they're dark colors, oxygen bleach is one hundred

767
00:36:18,560 --> 00:36:22,440
Speaker 4: percent color safe. Chlorine bleach is not. Oxygen bleach is okay,

768
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 4: like your workout wear. Have you ever put it on

769
00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 4: after you've washed it and it smells terrible like ten

770
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 4: minutes later. Yeah, that's because it's hydrophobic and oleophilic. It

771
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,240
Speaker 4: hates water. It loves oil, so it loves the oil

772
00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 4: in your skin, and it loves the sweat in the

773
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:38,919
Speaker 4: oil in your skin. Oxygen bleach will break that down

774
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:42,000
Speaker 4: and take it away. The problem is oxygen bleach is

775
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 4: not safe for wool or silky So I throw the

776
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:47,640
Speaker 4: active wear in its own load. I don't worry about

777
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,640
Speaker 4: the color. I throw in its own load, and then

778
00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 4: you know, you can just put the oxygen bleach in

779
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:53,000
Speaker 4: there with it.

780
00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,240
Speaker 3: Interesting to you, what is it defines a cool color

781
00:36:57,280 --> 00:37:00,320
Speaker 3: and what defines a hot color?

782
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 4: Are any shade of blue, green, or purple and gray?

783
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 4: Hot colors are going to be any shade of red.

784
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:09,920
Speaker 4: So pink to burgundy orange, So what peach to rust?

785
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 4: And then yellow so like buttered to gold, I guess?

786
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:15,040
Speaker 4: And then brown?

787
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 2: Oh, brown is a hot color.

788
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 4: Yeah. The thing is our clothes don't really bleed that

789
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,719
Speaker 4: much anymore. That's kind of a like it's really fun

790
00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:24,680
Speaker 4: to watch on the Brady Bunch, but it doesn't really

791
00:37:24,719 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 4: happen in twenty twenty four. And if you haven't used

792
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 4: color catchers and you live in an apartment, they're going

793
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,239
Speaker 4: to change your life.

794
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:34,680
Speaker 3: Wait, what is a color catcher?

795
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:39,239
Speaker 4: So it's this little paper sheet that absorbs dye. So like,

796
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 4: if you have a red and white striped shirt, the

797
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 4: red dye goes into the color catcher so it doesn't

798
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 4: settle into the white. Oh and so if you do

799
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:51,359
Speaker 4: accidentally wash your red sox with your white, it keeps

800
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 4: the color from fading. They're pretty amazing.

801
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:56,360
Speaker 1: Now we're talking a little bit about active wear, and

802
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 1: I want to get back really quickly to So you

803
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,040
Speaker 1: had mentioned OXYGENA, which is really good. Are there certain

804
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: other ingredients we should be looking at when we look

805
00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 1: at the detergent that are going to be more effective

806
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:08,239
Speaker 1: on certain types of fabrics?

807
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 4: So I prefer. It's funny, I'm going to call it

808
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 4: the oatmeal approach. I prefer the most basic, simple soap

809
00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,520
Speaker 4: or detergent you can get your hands on, okay, and

810
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,160
Speaker 4: then if you need to add oxygen, bleach ad it.

811
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:25,160
Speaker 4: If your clothes are really dirty because you were hiking,

812
00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 4: add some baking soda. You know, you can make the

813
00:38:28,280 --> 00:38:30,600
Speaker 4: process a lot more sustainable, but it also makes it

814
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:35,640
Speaker 4: a lot cheaper because the manufacturers add a huge price

815
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 4: to be like now with oxy boost or now with

816
00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,879
Speaker 4: you know, sanitizer. Well, if you need those, add them.

817
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:46,920
Speaker 4: But you just don't need that stuff in every load.

818
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:51,000
Speaker 4: I mean, we have this mindset that our clothes are

819
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:55,120
Speaker 4: filthy and we basically have to you know, boil them

820
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 4: and pray that they're safe to wear. Yeah, and the

821
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 4: reality is to turgent will pretty much do it ninety

822
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,399
Speaker 4: nine percent of the time. You know, there's just those

823
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:07,440
Speaker 4: few things when you need to add a booster. But

824
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 4: then when you do, just add it. It's just like oatmeal.

825
00:39:09,880 --> 00:39:11,400
Speaker 4: You know, if it needs to be sweeter, you just

826
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:13,839
Speaker 4: add more sugar. If you haven't had any fruit today,

827
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,360
Speaker 4: you throw in some crazines. You know, start with a

828
00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,560
Speaker 4: basic and add what you want. Don't start with twenty

829
00:39:19,640 --> 00:39:21,480
Speaker 4: different kinds that are super complicated.

830
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 1: Coming up on grown up stuff? How do adults? I

831
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:28,759
Speaker 1: have a sweater that I held on too that I

832
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 1: was like, maybe I'll just lose a lot of weight

833
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: and fit into it someday.

834
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 2: But now I can actually do this.

835
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:40,240
Speaker 4: I have three or four ozembic sweaters myself, and it's

836
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 4: really easier to just take them back to where they

837
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 4: need to go.

838
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 1: We'll be right back after a quick break, and we're

839
00:39:55,920 --> 00:39:57,480
Speaker 1: back with more grown up stuff.

840
00:39:57,560 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 2: How to adults?

841
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:06,480
Speaker 3: So, cycle length, speed, and water temperature are some of

842
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 3: the most crucial settings for people who are just you know,

843
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 3: starting out with laundry. To understand what is your advice

844
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 3: for each of these very very important settings.

845
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 4: Okay, so for cycle length and speed, express cycle. We

846
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,480
Speaker 4: want the shortest cycle we can get our hands on.

847
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,080
Speaker 4: So if you don't have an express cycle on your

848
00:40:25,160 --> 00:40:29,799
Speaker 4: washing machine, choose permanent press because that's the shortest. And

849
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:33,480
Speaker 4: this one's going to be very controversial. So here it comes.

850
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 4: I prefer warm water.

851
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,080
Speaker 2: Interesting, I know.

852
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 4: I know, I know, and I get called out for

853
00:40:42,200 --> 00:40:45,959
Speaker 4: it all the time. Here's the problem when you buy

854
00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:50,360
Speaker 4: detergent and they show the commercial you can call water wash.

855
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 4: What they tell you in the fine print that you

856
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,400
Speaker 4: can't see in the big print is that they consider

857
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 4: cold sixty five degrees. Okay, chances are your cold is

858
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,319
Speaker 4: not sixty five degrees. I mean, I know where you live.

859
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 4: I know it's not. Yeah, it is in San Antonio, Texas,

860
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 4: but most of the United States it's not that warm.

861
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 4: And so if it's not sixty five degrees, you're not

862
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:20,959
Speaker 4: really getting the benefits of your detergent. There are washing

863
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 4: machine manufacturers that are coming out with washing machines that

864
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 4: actually measure the temperature and bring it to sixty five degrees,

865
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 4: and if you have one of those, cold water wash

866
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 4: all you want. Otherwise, I'm a fan of warm water.

867
00:41:35,680 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 4: Warm water is not that hot. It's usually in the seventies,

868
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,959
Speaker 4: but it's just warm enough to get everything to work.

869
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,080
Speaker 1: Do you have any tips for salvaging items that we

870
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,359
Speaker 1: might have damaged in the laundering process, like such as

871
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:52,160
Speaker 1: in situations where I have accidentally shrunk in a wool sweater.

872
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,439
Speaker 4: Okay, so you can unshrink it, you can, Yeah, you can.

873
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,239
Speaker 4: Paul McCartney told me not to name, but I did

874
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 4: this on Kelly and once and she was fascinated, so

875
00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 4: she tells her friends now when she does it, like

876
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 4: she does it for other people, it's kind of a

877
00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 4: funny thing. Here's what you do. You soak it in

878
00:42:10,239 --> 00:42:13,040
Speaker 4: really hot water with a couple of tablespoons of either

879
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 4: olive oil or hair conditioner. Really yeah. You let it

880
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 4: soak for twenty four hours, but the water needs to

881
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:22,160
Speaker 4: be pretty hot, like hot tab Okay. Then you take

882
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 4: it out like sopping wet on a towel and massage

883
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 4: it back into place, and the oil or the conditioner

884
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,240
Speaker 4: will actually soften the fibers up that you can stretch

885
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:31,879
Speaker 4: them back out.

886
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,600
Speaker 2: This is blowing my mind.

887
00:42:34,719 --> 00:42:36,920
Speaker 1: I have a sweater that I held onto that I

888
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,520
Speaker 1: was like, maybe I'll just lose a lot of weight

889
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: and fit into it someday.

890
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000
Speaker 2: But now I can actually do this.

891
00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 4: I have three or four Ozmbic sweaters myself, and it's

892
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 4: really easier to just take them back to where they

893
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,640
Speaker 4: need to go. Absolute like a whole Ozmpic wardrobe of

894
00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,840
Speaker 4: things that I just haven't let go of yet.

895
00:42:57,480 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 1: I'm laughing so hard because it's such a great way

896
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: to phrase it. Where I like bought it and I

897
00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 1: was like, this is tight, but I'll fit into it someday.

898
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: And I bought it anyway, and I haven't worn it.

899
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: I'm now gonna start calling it my oampic wardrobe. That's hilarious.

900
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 4: Yeah.

901
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 3: And then another question about clothing that's we're getting kind

902
00:43:15,520 --> 00:43:19,240
Speaker 3: of ruined maybe through the wash, is clothes that excessively pill.

903
00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,040
Speaker 3: Do you have any tips to deep hill or make

904
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 3: those wearable again.

905
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:26,880
Speaker 4: So you can minimize the pilling by putting them in bags?

906
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 2: Oh, in those mesh delicates bags.

907
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, But you can buy a couple of different

908
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,560
Speaker 4: DP pillars and they all work pretty well. I avoid

909
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:38,560
Speaker 4: the electric ones because they can get too aggressive, or

910
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:39,920
Speaker 4: like the battery operated ones.

911
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:40,440
Speaker 1: Yeah.

912
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:43,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, but you can buy like a volcanic stone, like

913
00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 4: it's like a pumice stone that'll work. You can buy

914
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 4: a thing that looks like a little comb and that

915
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 4: will cut off the pills in a real pinch. You

916
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 4: can actually use a disposable razor.

917
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,839
Speaker 2: I've heard that, yes, and it.

918
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 4: Will work with any of them, just don't it too aggressive.

919
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,840
Speaker 4: The fun fact is pills usually happen because the fibers

920
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 4: are really durable. The reason our jeans don't pill is

921
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:11,400
Speaker 4: because cotton isn't very durable. It just breaks off, and

922
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:13,400
Speaker 4: that's how we end up with lint. In the dryer

923
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 4: fabrics that are really durable, like wool or polyester, the

924
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:21,600
Speaker 4: fibers are so strong they won't break off, so they

925
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 4: don't lint, and that's how you end up with pills.

926
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,960
Speaker 4: And pills usually happen where you rub up against, like

927
00:44:28,040 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 4: under the arms of your sweaters, and so once you

928
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 4: cut them off, often they won't come back. But if

929
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:36,520
Speaker 4: you have to take them off every so often, I mean,

930
00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 4: that's not that big of a deal either.

931
00:44:39,080 --> 00:44:41,840
Speaker 1: There are also some electric tools that are designed to

932
00:44:41,880 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: shave off the pills from your sweaters safely, but just

933
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:49,200
Speaker 1: be sure you don't get overly enthusiastic when deppilling is.

934
00:44:49,239 --> 00:44:50,600
Speaker 1: You don't want to end up with a hole in

935
00:44:50,640 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: your fabric. Something that Matt and his wife have been

936
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 1: experimenting with when it comes to their laundry is a

937
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 1: practice called bluing, and for my fellow arrested development fans,

938
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 1: it's not what you think. It's essentially the process of

939
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 1: adding diluted blue dye to your whites in the laundry

940
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:09,600
Speaker 1: to improve their brightness and balance. Out any natural yellowing.

941
00:45:10,239 --> 00:45:12,319
Speaker 1: Matt and Elena are still trying to determine if this

942
00:45:12,440 --> 00:45:15,000
Speaker 1: actually works, but we thought we'd ask Patrick if bluing

943
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,759
Speaker 1: is just another laundry myth to be debunked, or if

944
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,360
Speaker 1: there's something to this process.

945
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 3: So, something I've heard about recently, which maybe some of

946
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,919
Speaker 3: your listening might not have heard about, is bluing. Could

947
00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 3: you explain blueing and why we might want to use it.

948
00:45:31,680 --> 00:45:35,120
Speaker 4: I love bluing like I love it. There's actually if

949
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:38,520
Speaker 4: you go into like if you tour historic houses, sometimes

950
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 4: in their laundry room, like if it's like a big mansion,

951
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,200
Speaker 4: they'll have a washing sink, a rinsing sink, and a

952
00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 4: bluing sank. Really, yes, And if I ever win Powerball,

953
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,720
Speaker 4: I don't buy Powerball tickets, but if for some reason

954
00:45:50,800 --> 00:45:52,359
Speaker 4: I win Powerball.

955
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:53,279
Speaker 2: You're getting a bluing sink.

956
00:45:53,440 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 4: I'm gonna have the square trains like the Beverly Hillbillies

957
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,680
Speaker 4: did in front of their house, and I'm going to

958
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 4: have a bluing sink. So the bluing works. The color

959
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 4: we think of is white is not a natural white.

960
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 4: It's called optic white. And the way you get optic

961
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 4: white is you use a blue dye, so bluing is

962
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 4: actually a temporary version of that blue dye. So when

963
00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:20,040
Speaker 4: our grandmothers or your great grandmothers used to do laundry,

964
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 4: they would add bleach and you know, we should never

965
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,359
Speaker 4: use chlorine bleach because it's horrible, but they would use

966
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,719
Speaker 4: chlorine bleach to bleach out the white. So what they

967
00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:31,600
Speaker 4: would do is they would bleach the color out. Then

968
00:46:31,640 --> 00:46:35,200
Speaker 4: they would use bluing to put the color back. So

969
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:36,759
Speaker 4: if you don't use bleach, you don't have to take

970
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:39,520
Speaker 4: it out. But the washing machines at that time just

971
00:46:39,600 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 4: weren't that advanced. I mean, that was sort of the

972
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 4: best system they had, so it still will brighten white.

973
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 4: The problem with modern washing machines you actually have to

974
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 4: dilute it in water and then dump that into your

975
00:46:52,560 --> 00:46:56,759
Speaker 4: washing machine. But a fun fact to bluing is if,

976
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,680
Speaker 4: like you have a pair of black pants that you've

977
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,520
Speaker 4: washed too many times and they start to look.

978
00:47:00,360 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 2: Grayish, yeah, which I do.

979
00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,280
Speaker 4: You can use bluing to take the color back to black.

980
00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 4: If you've overwashed your blue jeans and they're no longer

981
00:47:07,239 --> 00:47:09,560
Speaker 4: the color that you want, you can use bluing and

982
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 4: restore the color to them.

983
00:47:11,440 --> 00:47:13,600
Speaker 3: What I thought this is just for whites. I did

984
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:14,239
Speaker 3: not know this.

985
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 4: No, you can actually use it on color. Basically, what

986
00:47:18,000 --> 00:47:21,960
Speaker 4: it does is it adds the optic whitener back. But

987
00:47:22,160 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 4: if you use more, you basically are using blue. I

988
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:28,880
Speaker 4: mean it's blue dye at that point. So you can

989
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:30,880
Speaker 4: use it on my jeans, you can use it on black.

990
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 4: It's kind of a wonderful product.

991
00:47:33,719 --> 00:47:36,000
Speaker 3: My wife bought them and it didn't really work. But

992
00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 3: maybe we messed it up.

993
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:37,359
Speaker 5: I don't know.

994
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 4: You might have too much detergent in your clothes. They

995
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 4: may be dull because they're full of detergent. Hmmm, that

996
00:47:44,400 --> 00:47:45,520
Speaker 4: is probably what it is.

997
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:48,279
Speaker 1: So to fix that, can he just like rinse it

998
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:50,960
Speaker 1: without any detergent, like on a cycle without any detergent.

999
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:53,279
Speaker 4: I mean, just start using a tablespoon and a half

1000
00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,320
Speaker 4: of detergent. Yeah, after three or four washes, they'll probably

1001
00:47:56,360 --> 00:47:56,960
Speaker 4: just brighten.

1002
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:58,799
Speaker 3: Okay, we'll give that a shut.

1003
00:47:58,840 --> 00:47:59,080
Speaker 4: Next.

1004
00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 3: Well, we've come to the end of our questions, Patrick,

1005
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 3: But is there anything that you feel like we've missed,

1006
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 3: or anything that you're really passionate that we glossed over,

1007
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:09,080
Speaker 3: anything else that you think that the listeners should know

1008
00:48:09,080 --> 00:48:10,600
Speaker 3: when it comes to laundry.

1009
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 4: Two things. Number One, you know I told you not

1010
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,800
Speaker 4: to use dryer sheets, but everybody uses them. For static.

1011
00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 4: You can use a ball of aluminum foil. You take

1012
00:48:18,760 --> 00:48:20,920
Speaker 4: a one yard piece of aluminum foil and make a

1013
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:23,960
Speaker 4: ball about the size of a softball, throw it in

1014
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,239
Speaker 4: your dryer. It will absorb static better than anything you've

1015
00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,520
Speaker 4: used in your life, and you can continue to use

1016
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,520
Speaker 4: it until it gets about the size of a walnut.

1017
00:48:33,239 --> 00:48:35,320
Speaker 4: When it gets that size, just toss it and recycling

1018
00:48:35,320 --> 00:48:37,960
Speaker 4: like you make a new one. That's a killer trick.

1019
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,439
Speaker 4: But then I hope the biggest thing that anybody takes

1020
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:43,239
Speaker 4: away is that, you know, laundry doesn't have to be

1021
00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,879
Speaker 4: this horrible chore. When I was a kid, you would

1022
00:48:46,920 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 4: watch TV, and at the time, you know, TV was sexist,

1023
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,000
Speaker 4: so it would always be the mom. But it would

1024
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:53,360
Speaker 4: be like, oh, I've got to go make dinner for

1025
00:48:53,400 --> 00:48:54,960
Speaker 4: the kids, and like, you know, she'd put her hand

1026
00:48:55,000 --> 00:48:56,960
Speaker 4: on her forehead like she was going to lay on

1027
00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:00,359
Speaker 4: the fighting couch because it was this huge process. Well,

1028
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,120
Speaker 4: my mother in the seventies put the chicken in the

1029
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,919
Speaker 4: harvest gold double oven the exact same way that Ina

1030
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:11,160
Speaker 4: Garten puts the chicken in the oven. Now, the difference

1031
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,160
Speaker 4: is there are now networks and books and magazines and

1032
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:19,840
Speaker 4: stores devoted to cooking. It's the same chicken, it's the

1033
00:49:19,880 --> 00:49:23,280
Speaker 4: same roasting band, and it's the same oven. The only

1034
00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 4: difference is people decided that cooking was a hobby. Yeah,

1035
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,040
Speaker 4: that it was fun. So it's fun to cook.

1036
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,000
Speaker 2: And then it wasn't gender exclusive either.

1037
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's not gender exclusive. I'd love to cook. So

1038
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 4: the thing is, if you decide to get yourself the

1039
00:49:37,560 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 4: right tools, you can do the same thing with laundry.

1040
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 4: Laundry can be fun. You know, hang a disco ball

1041
00:49:43,160 --> 00:49:47,320
Speaker 4: in your laundry room, put on this podcast, get some cookies,

1042
00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:52,040
Speaker 4: and do the laundry. It's fun. It's very satisfying because

1043
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:56,160
Speaker 4: three hours later it's all done and you put it

1044
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 4: away and you get this great sense of satisfaction. So

1045
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:03,840
Speaker 4: if you just it's fun, it's fun. And finally, you know,

1046
00:50:03,880 --> 00:50:05,759
Speaker 4: I don't know if either of you have children, but

1047
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 4: or spouse. It can be children or spouse. Usually if

1048
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 4: you tell people you're gonna go do the laundry, they

1049
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,319
Speaker 4: don't follow you. So you can eat the whole bag

1050
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 4: of cookies. By yourself.

1051
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,360
Speaker 3: That is a hack if I've ever heard one.

1052
00:50:20,400 --> 00:50:23,960
Speaker 1: Gets a much needed alone time. If that's your situation,

1053
00:50:24,920 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 1: I love it.

1054
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 3: And if your partner's love language is as acts of service,

1055
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,320
Speaker 3: or if it's yours, then what a beautiful thing to

1056
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:35,160
Speaker 3: do for your partner.

1057
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:36,120
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1058
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 5: Yeah.

1059
00:50:36,760 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 4: When I wrote the book, we actually called it laundry

1060
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:43,080
Speaker 4: Love because my big thing is you do laundry for

1061
00:50:43,120 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 4: people that you love. So if you're grouchy about doing laundry,

1062
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,319
Speaker 4: you need to stop and be grateful that you have

1063
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:51,799
Speaker 4: somebody to do laundry for, even if that's just you.

1064
00:50:52,719 --> 00:50:55,279
Speaker 4: And the other thing that was in the book is

1065
00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:57,840
Speaker 4: you don't have to do laundry. You get to do laundry.

1066
00:50:58,120 --> 00:50:59,680
Speaker 4: You know, there's a lot of people, a lot of

1067
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:04,320
Speaker 4: places says that would kill for the option of putting

1068
00:51:04,320 --> 00:51:06,439
Speaker 4: their clothes in, pushing the button in. An hour later

1069
00:51:06,480 --> 00:51:07,000
Speaker 4: they're cleaned.

1070
00:51:07,160 --> 00:51:07,600
Speaker 3: So true.

1071
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:11,200
Speaker 4: So it's just changing your mind. That's probably true of life,

1072
00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 4: right Like most things in life, it's just changing your attitude.

1073
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 4: But it's totally true of laundry Love.

1074
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:20,399
Speaker 1: It Patrick, I cannot tell you how not only haven't

1075
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 1: you given us invaluable advice about laundry I feel like

1076
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:27,960
Speaker 1: you have bestowed so much important life advice here today

1077
00:51:28,680 --> 00:51:32,200
Speaker 1: and just ways to go about changing your attitude, changing

1078
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:36,000
Speaker 1: your perspective that are also equally invaluable.

1079
00:51:36,360 --> 00:51:37,799
Speaker 3: And this has just been delightful.

1080
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 4: Well thanks and remember to eat the whole bag of

1081
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:40,440
Speaker 4: cookies yourself.

1082
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:42,560
Speaker 2: I love it eating the whole bag of cookies by myself.

1083
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:43,200
Speaker 2: Are you kidding me?

1084
00:51:43,320 --> 00:51:43,800
Speaker 3: Totally?

1085
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:50,680
Speaker 1: That's my love language. Oh, Patrick, thank you so so much.

1086
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:52,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, thank you, this was fun.

1087
00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,279
Speaker 1: A huge thank you to both Kishan and Patrick. So

1088
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,680
Speaker 1: excited to have you on the show. Don't forget to

1089
00:52:03,680 --> 00:52:07,279
Speaker 1: follow them both on social and check out Patrick's book,

1090
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:10,719
Speaker 1: Laundry Love and House Love. Here's what I'm taking away

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Speaker 1: from our conversations with both Kishan and Patrick. Dryer sheets,

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Speaker 1: fabric softeners, and scent beads leave a film on your clothes, towels, sheets,

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Speaker 1: et cetera, making them less absorbent and highly flammable. Plus

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Speaker 1: some reports have linked hormone endocrine disrupting chemicals which are

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Speaker 1: found in these laundry products, to infertility. Instead, try dryer

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Speaker 1: balls with a little bit of sential oils on them

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Speaker 1: for better drying and to get that scent you're looking

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Speaker 1: for and to get rid of that static cling, just

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Speaker 1: roll up a ball of aluminum foil and toss it

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Speaker 1: in the dryer. More detergent does not mean cleaner clothes

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Speaker 1: access laundry detergent actually does the opposite and traps the

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Speaker 1: dirt and oils in these fabrics. For large loads, about

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Speaker 1: two tablespoons of detergent should do the trick, and for

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Speaker 1: smaller stackable machines, one and a half tablespoons is plenty.

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Speaker 1: Don't overfill your washer or dryer. If you're packing it

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Speaker 1: to the top, you're doing it wrong. Somewhere around seventy

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Speaker 1: to eighty percent full is a good measure. Vinegar and

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Speaker 1: water are great for oil stains. Sweaters that you shrunk

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Speaker 1: in the laundry can be fixed with a hot soak

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Speaker 1: and some olive oil or hair conditioner. Bluing is a

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Speaker 1: great way to not only make your whites brighter, but

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Speaker 1: if you add a little more, you can restore dark

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Speaker 1: colored jeans too. Color catchers are a great tool to

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Speaker 1: help avoid colors bleeding in your wash. Pro tip, though,

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Speaker 1: put them in a mesh delicate's bag to avoid them

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Speaker 1: getting sucked into the drain and creating a blockage. And finally,

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Speaker 1: laundry is not only a way to show your love

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Speaker 1: for others and yourself. It can be fun and most importantly,

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Speaker 1: it can be a reminder to be grateful for the

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Speaker 1: many wonderful things we have in our lives. Sweet Sweet

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Speaker 1: Mattie Stills. Every time we talk to someone about a

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Speaker 1: topic that seems very specific and even technical, I feel

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Speaker 1: like we have gotten a much bigger life lesson out

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Speaker 1: of those conversations, Like, laundry is about gratitude and love.

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Speaker 2: Hell, it's even about self care.

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Speaker 1: Matt what stuck with you most from these conversations with

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Speaker 1: Keishawan and Patrick Detergent.

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Speaker 3: We're a really big eco friendly house. We've been like

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Speaker 3: started trying out different products. Like there's this company called

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Speaker 3: Drops that has like little powder pods that use different

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Speaker 3: kinds of plastic that dissolve completely and they're using a

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Speaker 3: smaller amount of detergent and they come in paper packaging,

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Speaker 3: so you're not using like plastic or anything like that.

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Speaker 3: So those have been really, really incredible. I've just learned

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Speaker 3: that a little bit goes a long way, and I'm

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Speaker 3: excited about saving more energy and doing laundry with a

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Speaker 3: planet in mind. But what about you.

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Speaker 1: Just knowing that there are some things that we can

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Speaker 1: actually clean at home that don't need to go to

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Speaker 1: the h dry clean is pretty shocking too. But Matt,

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Speaker 1: my ever prepared friend, let's tell our friends at home

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Speaker 1: what's next.

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Speaker 3: On the podcast, We're digging into plant care and we

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Speaker 3: will be joined by author and Instagram icon the One

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Speaker 3: and Only Plant Queen aka Christopher Griffin. We're talking lighting, overwatering,

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Speaker 3: finding plants in our toxic to your pets, and so

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Speaker 3: much more.

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Speaker 1: I can't wait to ask them about what I should

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Speaker 1: be doing about this potted perennial. I have no idea

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Speaker 1: what to just do with what is now just a

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Speaker 1: pile of dirt in a pot right now.

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Speaker 3: And I've got a couple of follow up questions like

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Speaker 3: A what is a perennial? And B why do you

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Speaker 3: just have a pot of dirt in your apartment? But

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Speaker 3: I'm sure we will find out all about that and

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Speaker 3: more in two weeks on the next episode Of've Grown

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Speaker 1: but it never hurts to do your homework.

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Speaker 3: This is a production from Ruby Studio from iHeartMedia. Our

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Speaker 3: executive producers are Molli Soshia and Matt Stillo.

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Speaker 2: This episode was engineered by Matt.

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Speaker 3: Stillo and written by Molly Soosha.

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Speaker 2: This episode was edited by Sierra Spree

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Speaker 3: Ethan Fixel, Rachel Swan Krasnov, Amber Smith, Deborah Kerrett, and

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Speaker 3: Andy Kelly.