Start out hand washing your clothes by taking a bar of laundry soap and using that to rub at stains. When you're done, it's best to use cold water to rid your clothing of soap. If you want to use the washing machine, first, separate lights and darks to avoid the bleeding of colors! Then, Conroy suggests employing a gentle, but heavy-duty detergent like Woolite, and make sure to use the gentle cycle on your machine. To dry your "dry clean only" clothes you just washed yourself at home (well done you!), place delicate clothing flat on a rack, then transfer the items to hangers — but avoid wire hangars that may result in misshapen clothes.
Another way to dry the clothes is to roll them up in a clean towel and squeeze out the water (do this a few times at least) before laying the items flat. Finally, according to Conroy, you shouldn't let your clothes dry all the way. She advises, "You want them to be damp to the touch, not sopping wet. When they are, they're ready to be steamed. If you don't have a steamer at home, you can use an iron, but you'll only get that professional dry cleaned look with a steamer. So it's worth the investment."
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