Top 9 Ways To Drastically Reduce Your Laundry Expenses
I know, the topic of laundry or laundry expenses is rarely at the top of our list of exciting conversations. It is one of those things that just has to be done. Unless we have secluded ourselves and joined a nudist colony, we are doing laundry.
We are buying, sorting, spraying, bleaching, pouring, and pouring money right down the drain. The average family can spend hundreds of dollars each year on supplies, water, and energy costs. The detergent isle in the grocery store is the perfect example of a $6 billion dollar annual industry. With detergent, fabric softeners, bleach, and stain fighters, laundry expenses add up, quickly.
Let’s face it, most people are more budget conscious than ever before. It is just the times we live in. So it makes sense to evaluate our laundry expenses and ask if there is a better, more cost efficient way to clean our clothes.
Well I am happy to report there are several options available to help you cut corners in the laundry expenses department. After a little research, here is what seems to be the most popular.
Top 8 Ways To Reduce Laundry Expenses
1. Wash in cold water only. Many have reported that cold water works just as well as hot water, so why waste money on heating the water? 80% of your energy consumption in washing clothes is consumed in heating the water.
2. Skip the name brand. If you are a name brand only shopper, I encourage you to test some of the store brands yourself. Not all detergents work as well as others, however sometimes store brands really do just as well.
3. Dilute your detergent. The fact is, most of us use too much detergent than what is really necessary. Not only are you pouring money down the drain, but you are leaving a whole lot more detergent residue in your clothing…absorbing into your skin.
4. Wash only full loads. Smaller loads waste more energy and water, not to mention it is more time consuming.
5. Replace fabric softener with vinegar. Use only about 1/4 cup for a full load, unless you want to wreak of vinegar all day, everyday.
6. Skip the dryer altogether. Dryers suck up a lot of energy and are hard on your clothes. If you absolutely cannot line dry, always make sure your lint trap is cleaned.
7. Cut your dryer sheets in half. Simple and cuts this laundry expense in half.
8. Make your own laundry detergent. There are many “recipes” you can find for making your own laundry detergent using ingredients such as borax, washing soda, vinegar, bar soap, etc. If you don’t mind adding an item to your to do list, this can dramatically reduce your laundry expenses and works just as well.
Now for #9 and my favorite way to reduce laundry expenses-
Now, if you are anything like me, as much as you want to save money, you hate the idea of adding more work to your already taxing to do list. Personally, I don’t want to make soap, spend time cutting dryer sheets, and the great white North isn’t exactly hospitable to line drying. Sorry, I don’t want my house to look like my laundry exploded all over it either.
Let’s be real, we all like simplicity and convenience, period.
No worries, because I have found a product that replaces the need to do all of the above and can reduce your annual laundry expenses by as much as over $400 per year. (Based on average of 392 loads per year.)
The product is called LaundryPure. No hot water ever. No need for laundry detergent ever. You can eliminate soap, fabric softeners, and bleach. You don’t even need to sort your clothes, making it easier to actually wash full loads. It is a nature based technology specifically designed to save you money, and help protect our eco-system. Although there is an initial cost, the long term savings on laundry expenses is drastic.
No matter what methods you decide to use, the point is, the never ending task of laundry doesn’t have to put a dent into your bank account. Laundry expenses don’t have to be expensive.
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To Your Money Saving Success,





















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