Betty's Book of Laundry Secrets

by Betty Faust, Maria Rodale

A young and stylish mother of two, Maria Rodale hates doing laundry. Enter Betty Faust, a longtime professional laundress who shared with Maria the tricks of the laundry trade. From these interviews comes this, fun, feisty, and extremely useable guide to washing clothes. For experienced laundry doers and first-time Laundromat users, this book offers unique, low-tech approaches to removing stains and a load of tips to make it easierplus Laundromat-survival advice.

Genres: Nonfiction, How To

127 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Vanessa Power · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little book about laundry basics. Best things I learned from this book:
- only soak in cold water
- I should be line drying most everything outdoors if possible.
- ivory soap and a scrubbing brush is the best stain remover
- always soak a stain first no matter what
- how to correctly fold garments; the pictures were a bonus!
- the difference between permanent press, more dry , less dry, delicates, and normal cycle settings
- sorting is above all the most important step

The book was super easy to read and the short stories of her life growing up were entertaining. Worth the three hours it took me to finish it between washing and folding my laundry.

[Suzy McCormick · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel Hart gave this to me as a gift also...random, hilarious and painfully close to home :)

[Monica · Rating 3 out of 5]

New Year resolution is to take care of the things I own better so they last longer. Started with laundry.