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18 Cards in this Set
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What do you do when you undress or dress to avoid strain to your garments? |
open fasteners |
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What do you inspect clothing for after wearing? |
stains, rips, missing buttons, or hanging threads |
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What three things are achieved with proper laundering? |
clean garments, remove wrinkles, removes perspiration odors |
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What does the care label have to include? |
washing method, water temperature, drying method, drying temperature, type of bleach, use of iron, ironing temps. |
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What are the five ways to separate clothing before washing? |
color, fabric, surface texture, degree of soil, washing temperature |
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Six steps in preparing clothes for laundry? |
inspect clothes remove surface soil by shaking and brushing close zippers and hooks repair snags and mend rips and tears check pockets pretreat stains |
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What is the difference between laundry detergent and soap? |
soaps work best in soft water and detergents work well in hard or soft water |
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What is the difference between chlorine and oxygen bleach? |
chlorine bleach cannot be used on some fabrics and oxygen bleach is safe for all washable fibers |
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When do you add soap or detergent to laundry? |
before you put in your clothes |
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When should you check the lint filter? |
after each use |
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Why do you need to lay some clothes flat dry? |
it's used to avoid shrinking or stretching |
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What is the difference between ironing and pressing? |
ironing is the process of moving an iron across fabric to smooth wrinkles and pressing is the process of lifting the iron up and down to apply pressure in one area |
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What is dry cleaning? |
a process that cleans clothes using organic chemical solvent; water is not used |
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What is the difference between a professional dry cleaning and an at home kit? |
professional dry cleaner use specialized treatments and pressing clothing and an at home kit does not give a pressed look |
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Where should you store knits? |
in a drawer |
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What steps should you take before hanging garments? |
close top buttons, zippers and other fasteners |
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What do you do with out of season storage to protect them? |
put them somewhere where there can't be insect damage such as cedar-lined chests or closets |
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What are some types of specialty hangers? |
hangers covered with a thin layer of foam, hangers with clips, curved hangers |
