List of laundry topics

This is a list of laundry topics. Laundry is the washing of clothing and linens (e.g. sheets and towels).[1] Laundry processes are often done in a business, room or area in a home or apartment building, reserved for that purpose; this is referred to as a laundry room. The material that is being washed, or has been laundered, is also generally referred to as laundry.

Maytag commercial clothes dryers

Laundry topics

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Chemicals

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Laundry detergent powder

Washing

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A modern dry cleaning machine with touchscreen and SPS control, manufacturer EazyClean, type EC124, photo taken prior to installation

Drying

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Modern hanging clothes horse with pulley system

Finishing

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Industrial

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Concepts

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Engraving of Scotswomen singing a waulking song while waulking or fulling cloth, c. 1770.

Some of these relate more to textile manufacturing than laundry, but there is overlap in how wet cloth is processed.

  • Color fastness, the degree to which a textile retains its color without fading or bleeding
  • Fulling – a step in making woollen cloth - cleaning the fleece to eliminate oils, dirt, and other impurities, and making it thicker.
  • Posting, trampling or treading wet clothing
  • Shrinkage
  • Stain

Organizations

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Companies

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  • 5àsec - a French franchise network
  • Washio (company) - defunct laundry delivery service
  • SudShare - an American app-based laundry cleaning and delivery company

Culture

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  • Dadeumi, the traditional Korean practice of rhythmically beating cloth, associated with the hardships of a woman's life
  • Dhobiwallah, or dhobi, the washermen in South Central Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc.), and their caste group, historically associated with washing clothes[3]
  • Fullo, the Latin word for a person washing laundry
  • Washerwoman or laundress
  • Housekeeping
  • Laundry symbols

Accessories

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A collection of irons

Places

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References

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  1. ^ "Laundry". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  2. ^ www.spolem.co.uk: Industrial uses of enzymes Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ People of India: Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das
  4. ^ "Mumbai boasts the world's largest open air laundry". The Globe and Mail. November 8, 2010. Retrieved 28 August 2014.