Betty's Book of Laundry SecretsA young and stylish mother of two, Maria Rodale hates doing laundry. Enter Betty Faust, a longtime professional laundress who shared with Maria the tricks of the laundry trade. From these interviews comes this, fun, feisty, and extremely useable guide to washing clothes. For experienced laundry doers and first-time Laundromat users, this book offers unique, low-tech approaches to removing stains and a load of tips to make it easierplus Laundromat-survival advice. |
Contents
introducing Betty | 8 |
Sorting clothes | 16 |
dry wet cleaning 68 | 20 |
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