Proper Care for Clothes

2. Clothes look better and last
longer when properly cared for.
Taking care of one’s clothes is
necessary for a person to look better
while wearing them.

3. How can you take care of
your clothes properly so that they
will last longer and not wear out
too soon? Note the following:

4. 1. Clothes should be kept properly.
2. Keep your clothes well pressed.
3. Keep your clothes in good
condition.

5. 4. Wear appropriate clothes.
5. When your clothes are wet with
perspiration, air-dry them first.
6. Boys and girls should change
underwear everyday.

6. 7. Keep clean clothes in clothing
cabinet
8. Put dirty clothes in proper
container or hamper.
9. Put on clothes correctly.

7. Laundering
It is a process of washing
clothes with water.
Two ways of laundering:
1. hand washing
2. machine wash

8. Steps in Washing Clothes
1. Sorting
2. Soaking
3. Soaping
4. Rinsing
5. Drying

9. Bleaching
The process of whitening
or removing stains from
clothes and spreading them
under the sun.

10. Starching
The process of stiffening
clothes to make them
durable and look clean. This
is done only to cotton fabrics.

11. Removing Stains
A stain is a mark made on
a piece of cloth that is very
hard or, sometimes,
impossible to remove.

12. The longer the stains
remain, the more difficult for
you to remove them.

13. Stain should be taken off
while still fresh or new.

14. Treatment of Common
Stains

15. Stain Type Stain Remover
oil and fat warm water, soap
deodorant vinegar
rust salt, calamansi, soap, and
starch
catsup soap & water
coffee & chocolate calamansi, salt, water & soap
ink calamansi, lemon juice & salt
mud stains let it dry and brush it off from
the cloth.

16. paint or varnish grease or fat & paint thinner
mildew or amag salt or lemon juice