Muddy Sports Gear

Good Morning!

With all of the lovely weather we have been having in Melbourne recently I thought a blog about getting mud out of soccer or footy gear was appropriate.

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The first thing that I do when dealing with muddy clothing is soak it. Place all of the muddy garments into a buck or laundry troth with warm water, I normally place some napisan vanish into the water as well, and let it soak overnight.

Note: Make sure the sports gear that you are washing doesn't have any grass stains of blood stains. Hot or warm water will set blood and grass stains only cold water will remove them.

Next up I check the sports gear as I put them into the washing machine, pulling out any of the items that still have marks on them so that I can scrub them. Most of the time soaking takes care of most of the stains.

After putting the uniform through the wash the next thing I do is hang it up on coat hangers to let it air dry. Most sports uniforms are made out a lightweight polyester type of material so they will shrink if you put them into the dryer, also the colours have a higher possibility of fading.

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Monday morning washing

Good morning everyone!! Sarah is at the Lilydale Supa Laundrette this morning and he has already started on the service washing. Come down and have a look if you need either washing or ironing done. Were here from 8.00am til 5.00pm Monday, Thursday and Friday. 

First load of service washing for the day.

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Afternoon everyone! Sarah is down at the shop today using our industrial press iron. If you have any business shirts or school shirts that need ironing make sure you come down to Lilydale Supa Laundrette, we charge $2 per item of clothing to be ironed.

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My tip for washing a childs favourite toy or blankie

Good morning!! Am down at Lilydale Supa Laundrette this morning doing service washing for a couple of the local businesses in Lilydale as well as some regular customers. We are here till 5.00 pm so if you would like to drop off some washing or get some ironing done don't be shy.

Today I wanted to share my experience with washing my daughters favourite 'blankie'. Like most parents I used to dread having to wash 'blankie', my adorable little girl didn't understand why it had to be done. So a few weeks ago I asked her if she wanted to help me was 'blankie'. She got so excited, immediately picking up her blanket and choosing a small washing machine to put it into. When the door was closed I put in the washing powder then I picked her up, let her put the coins in and then push the start button. Over the next 25 mins she kept showing me where her 'blankie' was and telling me that it was getting washed. When it was finished she gleefully raced to the machine and waited for me to open the door.

Next we put it into the dryer, I let her carry it across to the dryer, there were no drips across the floor and my daughter didn't get wet because the washer spins all the excess water off properly. After the 'blankie' was loaded and the dryer door shut, she once again put the coins into the machine and pressed the start button. 20 mins later she pulled her 'blankie' out of the dryer, after I had checked to make sure it wasn't hot, and she was so happy to have her 'blankie' back and I was happy that it was fresh and clean, without any drama in the process.

Now every week we go down to the laundromat 'blankie' comes with us and gets washed. A completely painless exercise now because she gets to do it herself.

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Washing a doona

Had a conversation with one of our regular customers yesterday. He asked me about washing his doona and I thought that this might be something quite a few people will have been doing over the past week and weeks to come.

When we get a doona in service washing or I'm washing my own doona, it always gets washed on warm water so as to kill as many germs as possible. Our regular Dexter washing machines (5kg) can fit up to 1 double bed size doona or 2 single doonas. The next size up is the large Dexter(10kg)  and that can fit a king size doona, the next 2 sizes the x-large and the xx-large Dexter washing machines can fit multiples of any size.
Note: It is important to remember that the Dexter front loaders are specifically designed to be fuller than the average home front loader. The rule of thumb I was told by the manufacture was, if the door can close with out you having to force it then the machine is not too full.

When drying the doonas we get in service washing or my own, we put one doona per dryer. We do this because the air flow in the dryer is what dries the washing, the less items you have in a dryer the faster they will dry. With doonas it is very important that they dry all the way through otherwise when you store them over the warmer months they will be very smelly.
The trick that we use when drying doonas is to put a couple of regular tennis balls in the dryer with the doona. We do this to stop the doona becoming clumpy. The tennis balls bounce around the dryer during the drying cycle and break up any lumps that may have formed during the washing process, thus keeping your doona nice and fluffy.

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Photos

Just a quick post this morning, as we are busy with all the Lilydale service washing. Wanted to put up the shop photos I promised yesterday. I took these photos, so there armature quality, the professional photos will be uploaded as soon as I get them.

First up is the current view from William St East in Lilydale.

Next up we have the brand new Dexter front loader washing machines.

Lastly is the Dexter double stack dryers.

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