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What life hack is so simple yet so effective, you're shocked more people don't know about it? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

Wait, you're putting worn shirts back with the unworn?

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

An easy way to wear out cloths is to wash them too often. Some rules I follow:

If it's smelly or visibly dirty, ignore all other rules and wash
Rotate jeans and hang to air out. Cotton will naturally drop smells this way. Wash approx every 4 wears
Sweaters/Jumpers can be worn many times if a shirt is underneath. Hang and rotate to air out
If socks are merino wool, use nikwash and wear until they no longer smell like the wash (or get dirty). Lay out to air out. Any other material, wear only once
Dress shirts, if not wrinkled, 3 times, hang to air (only if you wear t-shirts underneath)
Wash t-shirts and underwear every time unless your backpacking. Basically, anything not wool that comes into constant contact with sweaty bits

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 months ago

Agree with all this except jeans. Store them in the freezer and wash them even less than you’d like to. They’re barely cool when you put them on…

unless it’s a July 17 heatwave and you wore them in 7000% humidity before tossing the salty, sweat-drenched denim into the freezer, in which case they’re like cold tortilla chips. Just wash them if you were swimming down the sidewalk in mid-summer muck.

Anyway. Makes them last at least a couple years longer.

[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 7 points 5 months ago

freezer space is way to precious for that. I would have to buy a jeans freezer.

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

This Lars Midwestern United Stateses!

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

This is originally he. Voilà moi. It was I.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 1 points 5 months ago

That's more-or-less how I do except I don't wear wool.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 2 points 5 months ago

Merino wool is a very different material then "classic" wool. Backpackers like it because it wicks sweat and it's naturally antimicrobial so the smells dissipate over night. It's also not itchy due to the finer weave.

My favorite is Darn Tough socks. They're merino wool, warm when they need to be and cool when not, and if you get them on sale (only way to buy them) they're worth the price. Lifetime warranty, so if you get holes, you get new ones. Last socks you'll ever buy.

[-] SaintWacko@midwest.social 4 points 5 months ago

When I'm traveling and only have one bag? Yep!

[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

Absolutely! I wear shirts until they’re smelly or I spill on me.

Jeans are good for weeks, but I only wear them as outside pants. Most days I’m just wearing PJs cuz I’m in my house.

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2024

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