Laundry and Basic Sewing Unit Test

Hot water and hot dryers:

• Set stains

• Cause fading and shrinkage

• remove the perma-press finish

• all 4 of these

Cold Water

• Prevents Shrinkage

• Protects the perma-press finish

• prevents fading

• All 3

It is better to mend any tears in items to be laundered:

• Before washing them

• It doesn't general matter

• After washing them while they are clean

If the clothes are very, very dirty, you should:

• Use hot water

• Put extra detergent in the washer load

• Wash the load twice before drying

One reason for sorting clothes into groups for washing is:

• To Save Detergent

• To eliminate the possibility of overloading the washer

• To eliminate color fading

The primary function of bleach is to:

• Remove color

• Remove stains

• Clean clothes

The functions of a detergent are to make the water wetter and suspend the soil

• True

• Falst

Many articles of clothing can benefit from being placed on hangers and allowed to drip-dry rather than being dried in the dryer:

• True

• False

Phosphates in detergents

• Present a problem for the environment

• Are a required ingredient

Bleach is normally used with the following loads:

• Dark colors

• Woolens

• Perma-press

• Whites (non-perma press)