A picture may be worth a thousand words, but sometimes it’s more confusing than text. That goes double when it’s one of the many laundry symbols found on the care label of your clothes.

The average household washes 7.4 loads -- about 50 pounds of laundry -- per week. Women do 88 percent of the laundry. Fifty percent of all loads are washed in warm water, 35 percent in cold and 15 ...

For instance, mineral-rich hard water can diminish your laundry detergent’s performance, leaving clothes stiff, faded, or dingy. CR ratings show which laundry detergents perform best in hard w ...

Arguably, the most common laundry mistake is overloading the washing machine. Clothes need space to move around to get clean. Stuffing the machine full might lead to ineffective washing and rinsing.