Care guide

Home care, allows you to wash your clothes directly from your home.

Laundry rental companies will collect, wash and redistribute your clothes.

Professional maintenance, especially by dry cleaners, guarantees proper care and optimal use of resources.

Here are some simple tips to keep your washing machine safe.

• It is recommended to descale your washing machine twice a year depending on the number of cycles performed. To do this, pour 1 L of white vinegar into the drum before starting a short cycle at 30°C. All parts of the machine are descaled and any bacteria are removed.

• Once a month, a “vacuum” machine without detergent at 90°C is used to maintain the rubber bellows of the machine drum. To avoid moisture and mold from humidity after using your machine, leave it open until it is dry.

• It is important to clean your filter properly! After removing small objects and dirt, clean it with warm water and dry it before placing it gently back in your machine.

There are a few tricks to prolong the life and quality of your clothes. Here are some of them:

• Before washing your clothes, check that the zippers are closed.
• Remember to sort and wash your clothes according to their color, but also according to their care conditions.
• Many objects are found in the pockets of your work clothes: nails, screws, handkerchiefs… Remember to remove them to prevent them from damaging your machine and your clothes!
• Do not hesitate to remove stains before washing in case of stubborn or very pronounced stains. The machine wash will then remove the rest of the stains.

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There are natural and effective alternatives to stain your clothes: black soap, bicarbonate, Marseille soap, lemon or even terre de sommières!

Caring for your clothes and respecting the environment are not mutually exclusive!

Simply choose concentrated products, eco-refills without unnecessary over-packaging, or avoid using non-degradable wipes.

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No need to sort your waste if you have no more! Make your own natural and responsible detergent by grating 2 tablespoons of Marseille soap and pouring a liter of boiling water over it before stirring. Let the product cool down until it gels, and your detergent is ready!

Two drying options are available, however we recommend air drying, which is more environmentally friendly and preserves the fibers of the garment, as opposed to tumble drying.

The latter consumes more electricity, but it happens that for lack of space or time its use is necessary. If this is the case for you, consider using a cycle that wrings out your clothes as much as possible before using the dryer.

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Slip a dry bath towel into your dryer with your clothes to dry, this will cut the drying time in half! A little more, you will damage your laundry less and consume less electricity.

It is possible to bypass ironing with a few simple and effective tips! Spreading out your laundry at the end of the wash cycle will limit wrinkling, for example.

It is also possible to place your dry clothes in your bathroom before taking a shower, the humidity will then take care of making the various folds disappear.

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To get rid of static electricity on your synthetic polyester clothes, simply apply these two little tips: use hairspray, or moisturize your skin with cream if it is a skirt or pants.

Despite its name, dry cleaning does use a liquid in the cleaning process. Generally, they are chlorinated hydrocarbons such as perchloroethylene, whose use is prohibited for individuals because of the harmfulness of these products to health and the environment. Alternatives are therefore to be preferred, such as percarbonate of soda for example.

In order to be part of a more environmentally friendly approach, dry cleaners are getting into the swing of things!

The use of biodegradable cleaning products, shorter washing cycles, or by adapting the machines used, have enabled some dry cleaners to earn the status of guarantors of environmental respect, or even certain labels. It becomes all the easier to turn to these dry cleaners to carry out certain professional treatments, such as re-impregnation, certain types of dry cleaning, or bleaching.

The objective of the bleaching operation is to restore a white garment, by reducing the color or removing it completely. This industrial operation requires the use of solvents such as trichloroethylene, a hydrocarbon, or percarbonate, making a visit to the dry cleaner mandatory.

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Grandma’s tricks” are your best ally to whiten your clothes naturally! Try lemon juice, baking soda or white vinegar and see the results for yourself.