Spring Cleaning Tip: Laundry Time Savers

1. Attach a stain stick to the inside top of the bathroom hamper rub the stick on any stains when you undress. If clothes don't get washed for a day or two, they're pretreated.
2. Put everything that can't be machine-dried into a large mesh bag. You won't have to sort through wet clothes when you transfer everything to the dryer, and you won't mistakenly include an item that can't take the heat.
3. Before you machine-wash shirts and blouses, button alternate buttons starting with the third one from the top. Arms won't tangle in the wash, and damp shirts can be slipped right onto hangers. Or, if you machine-dry a shirt, hang it immediately and give it a shot of spray starch on the collar and cuffs. That may be all it needs to look presentable.
4. If you have a damp load to be machine-dried, add a dry bath towel. It will dry faster.
5. If you've forgotten a load in the dryer and the wrinkles are set in, you don't need to haul out the iron. Throw a damp towel in with the load and put it through a cycle again, setting the machine to warm rather than hot.
6. Really great timesaver: Build a chute that leads from the hamper into the laundry.