Cleaning & Organizing
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Laundry- Dress Shirts/Pants
My husband finally got a work wardrobe and I'm at a loss on how to wash his dress shirts/pants/ties. I ruined a pair of his pants by washing and drying them (they were %100 cotton). 
We have a pretty old washer and dryer (we live in an apartment so no updated appliances). The washing machine has a regular cycle for heavy, normal, and light loads. It also has a perm press cycle. The dryer has a de-wrinkle cycle, regular cycle, and perm press cycle. How should I wash his dress pants? How often? What about dress shirts?
As for ties, he recently stained one of them (100% polyester) and I tried getting it out but now it has a water stain. How do I fix that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Re: Laundry- Dress Shirts/Pants
I wash all of DH's dress clothes (and mine typically) in cold and hang to dry. It's easy to remember and that way you never have to worry about shrinkage or fading too quickly. I iron as I go, so it's not a lot to do at once as Im usually mentally checked out after 3-4 shirts. Lol. I would read the labels for the ties.
For polyester ties, just simply hand wash with warm water and a little laundry detergent (preferably liquid) and let it sit until the stain lifts (even overnight). Hang it to dry and lightly steam it or iron on VERY low setting. Don't iron the edges though. With silk ties, I would dab a little club soda on a cloth and blot out the stain. Do not iron, but steam lightly when dry if needed.