Laundry: permanent press

Self-tutoring about laundry: the tutor mentions an institution.

I’ve been aware of permanent press since I was a kid. Interestingly, it can be found on both the washer and dryer. Yet, what does it do?

A main goal of permanent press is to avoid wrinkles. In washing, permanent press uses a warm wash and a cold rinse, with perhaps a gentler spin cycle: the cold temp, with the gentler spinning, makes wrinkles less likely.

In drying, permanent press uses medium heat, rather than high heat: once again, this helps prevent wrinkles. Furthermore, it may tumble the clothes a little more gently than if set to “regular” or “normal.”

Permanent press, washing or drying, handles clothes gently, so it’s not appropriate for heavily soiled clothes. Moreover, heavy cotton clothes like jeans are likely too dense to be washed thoroughly under permanent press. Due to their density, jeans won’t dry properly under permanent press, either. (Many people, including myself, don’t recommend drying jeans in a dryer, suggesting instead that jeans be hung to dry.)

I don’t own any delicate fabrics, but my understanding is not to use permanent press on them. Permanent press works best with durable fabrics of medium or light weight that are synthetic or synthetic/natural, such as poly/cotton.

This is how I understand permanent press.

Source:

bobvila.com

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