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LIESEL'S PRACTICAL POUFBUNNY AREA
on Petticoat Pond
2. MACHINE WASHING
Washing machines tend to be hard on lingerie, specially petticoats. Many agitators have sharpish
edges and slots or holes where fine things can get caught. If you wash your lingerie in a machine
be sure to put in a lingerie bag or laundry bag.. Lingerie bags are usually small, course: nylon
mesh bags with a zipper on one side. These are usually fine for a slip and two or three pairs of
panties. Be sure you don't fill a bag too full. The things in the bag need room to move around
freely. If you have several things to wash use more bags. There are also big, course nylon mesh
bags with a draw string closing. These are usually called laundry bags. They come in several sizes
so get the big ones, say about 24 inches X 30 inches measured flat. These will be big enough for
washing petticoats. With chiffon petti's you can usually get two in a bag and they still have room so
they get washed good. For organdy or net petti's put just one in a bag. When you close the bag
with a draw string. Coil up and tie off the string so it won't get tangled with the petti or other bags. I
learned this one the hard way. It took about an hour to get a petti unwound from a draw string.
Again use warm water, a soap specially for lingerie, and the machine's gentle cycle. The washer I
use always rinses in cold water and, though the soap comes out okay, I don't like the results I get
with the softener in cold water. To get around this I use the wash cycle again but instead of soap I
put the softener in. I have to hang around so I can shut the washer off right after the spin but,
before the rinse water comes in. It's a bit tricky and once or twice, when I was getting used to doing
this, I guessed wrong and the rinse water was pouring in before I got the washer shut off. I've got it
down now and I like the results much better.
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