Show its it's a womans woman's by MARY LEE In grandmas grandma's day they used to joke about Monday washday washday wash wash- da day blues Today washing is no joke It almost takes a college college college col col- lege degree in laundering before before before be be- fore you can wash a pair of nylons nylons' The controversy over whether to use a phosphate or phosphate non-phosphate or return to laundry soap is enough to confuse confuse confuse con con- fuse anyone even a trained ecologist Obviously the final solution is yet to be found Meanwhile you have to consider all sorts of variables if you want clean clothes the softness or hardness of the water its temperature the type color and flame dent protection of the fabric the kind of soil to be removed the size of the wash load plus Ilus of cleaning cleaning cleaning clean clean- your our own standards ing and environmental con con- One laundry expert suggests suggests suggests sug sug- the following tips to tole le lessen sen wash day confusion First save all and laundry instructions for reference reference ref ref- reference in case memory fails Second dissolve detergent and and or I or bleach in the water before you add your clothes Then sort laundry and wash heavily soiled items sepa sepa- Delicate fabrics require re require require re- re quire different handling less soap orr or using Also try determent detergent Many homemakers r much d detergent which use too residue on fabrics fabrics fab fab- gray ray leaves a 11 rough feel So follow follow fol fol- fol and a Irow low directions on the package and error trial and then by reduce the amount until any vanishes and your residue clothes feel softer Detergents containing bleaching agents can cause discoloration and also when fading used in the concentrated the article be sure So state color colorfastness is colorfast To test for wet a small inco inconspicuous incon fastness part of the fabric let stand f fO 01 of rub in detergent IS 10 minutes and then rinse |