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Laura Debarra

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
560 total appearances

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Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

They'll eat through a lot of that stuff and they'll remove it from the fabric.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

If you're washing bedsheets and all whites, you can go up to a 40, 60, but like 90 degrees isn't needed anymore because of our detergents.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

Ones that like you, they work in cool water.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

So like I did a course last year purely because I'm such a nerd about it on laundry detergents and products and stuff, just so I could like, it was like literally just watching other episode of Housewives and it's really interesting how they've developed them to work in cool water and

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

from an eco temperature but i'm delighted because it's making people wash clothes cooler so um inside out low temperature if you have anything special like this top for example has embellishment on it i will never i'll usually hand wash this but i will never wash this in a machine without putting it in a garment bag buying a little multi-pack of garment bags with concealed zips that won't scratch anything and popping that in brazen on anything special like if you buy a dress for a night out or a skirt or like a good pair of trousers with some detail on them put them in a garment bag

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

It stops them opening up and wrapping.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

When you think of what's happening to her in the drum, you will automatically be like, I need to protect her and just keep her within her own bag.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

And then anything with a zip, close the zip.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

So if you think about an open, the teeth of a zip scratching off your other stuff, open buttons.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

You can close the button on a jean, obviously, because it's tough enough.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

But in shirts, when things pull like that, you can warp everything and it will not sit well.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

But it also wears out fibers and threads.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

And I would never dry anything special, anything viscose as well.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

Viscose is, it basically mimics silk quite well.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

So it's used a lot in like fancier clothes.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

And it's kind of like the night out kind of fabric or kind of occasion wear fabric.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

That should always be washed cool and no dryer.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

A dryer can break things down.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

They say that a lot of garments only actually have about 15 to 20 washes in them, max.

Catch Up with Louise McSharry
Catch Up with Laura Debarra

Some only have like seven, yeah, before they wear out.