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Considering most of us spend about one-third of our lives sleeping in our comfy beds, it’s easy to imagine how dirty and worn our bedding can get over the years. Regularly washing your sheets is ...

Sort sheets, pre-treat stains, and wash on the right temp and gentle cycle. Dry on low heat or line-dry; wash every 1–2 weeks (more often if needed). Skip bleach and softeners; treat stains correctly ...

To find out, we turned to an expert.

Patric Richardson, The Laundry Evangelist and host of ‘The Laundry Guy’ on Discovery+, joins Wendy Snyder, in for Bob Sirott, to talk about the best laundry practices. Patric details how frequently we ...

We spend about one-third of our lives in bed, so are we washing our sheets enough? While we’re snug in our beds sleeping, streaming or doomscrolling, our sheets collect sweat, oils, dead skin and dust ...

Your bed can look pristine—pillows fluffed, sheets crisp, a faint scent of detergent lingering in the air. But appearanc ...

Tucking yourself in between freshly washed sheets at the end of a long day is a sweet dream. However, the more you sleep on your sheets, the more dead skin cells, sweat, body oil, and odor will build ...

Here’s a fun fact that might make you want to strip your bed immediately: after just one week, pillowcases and sheets contain between 3 and 5 million CFUs (colony-forming units) of bacteria per square ...

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