The Laundry Book: The Definitive Guide to Caring for Your Clothes and Linens

by Zach Pozniak, Jerry Pozniak

Overview

Do laundry right the first time with The Laundry Book, the ultimate reference guide for all things laundry.

If you’re like most people, laundry is a never-ending chore that you want to spend as little time, effort, and money on as possible, and no one has ever properly taught you how to tackle this chore. Laundry influencer Zach Pozniak and his father, Jerry Pozniak, owners of the luxury dry-cleaning company Jeeves New York and fabric-care experts break down this tedious task into playful and easily digestible pieces for a straightforward, easy-to-navigate book that can live in the laundry room and make doing laundry even enjoyable.

Zach and Jerry provide authoritative information and advice as third- and fourth-generation dry cleaners on all matters of fabric care, including:
 

• Science-backed and -tested tips and techniques​
• ​How to save time, money, and the environment by doing laundry correctly​
• ​An A-to-Z stain removal guide
• What ingredients to look for when buying laundry products​
• How to read clothing care labels​
• How to extend the life of your clothes​
• When to call in the professionals
• and much more!​

This guide aims to cut through the noise and educate you on best practices for clean, vibrant, stain-free, and long-lasting results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577154495
Publisher:	Rock Point
Publication date:	10/15/2024
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	7,867
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Zach Pozniak is a fourth-generation fabric-care expert and dry cleaner who is passionate about providing straightforward clothing-care information through his social media channels and with the media. He owns the New York City branch of the luxury dry cleaner Jeeves with his father, Jerry Pozniak. Zach and Jerry are enthusiastic about creating easy-to-digest segments aimed at destigmatizing dry cleaning and the entirety of garment care.Jerry Pozniak owns the New York City branch of the luxury dry cleaner Jeeves with his son, Zach Pozniak, and has over 35 years of dry-cleaning experience, caring for garments that have been exhibited at the Louvre, Cooper Hewitt, FIT, and the Met.

Editorial Reviews

09/16/2024

In this comprehensive debut manual, Zach Pozniak and his father, Jerry, who together run a luxury Manhattan dry cleaning service, outline best practices for cleaning and caring for fabrics. Detailing how various cleaning agents work, they explain that “surfactants” in detergents “loosen” stains so water can wash them away, and that oxygen bleach transforms into hydrogen peroxide and sodium carbonate in hot water, both of which whiten clothing. There are plenty of tips for washing (cold water causes less shrinkage and is more energy efficient than hot water) and drying (throw tennis balls in with down items to ensure they don’t get clumpy), but the most useful guidance details how to remove various kinds of stains. For instance, they suggest cleaning barbecue sauce by tamping on amylase-based stain remover with a soft-bristle brush. To get rid of glue, they advise blotting it with nail polish and rubbing alcohol. The Pozniaks bring a professional’s precision, as when they provide a table showing the ideal temperature at which to iron various fabrics, and though they somewhat predictably emphasize that dry cleaning services are necessary to deal with certain delicate fabrics and hard-to-treat stains, the bounty of tips will help with everything else. It’s everything readers ever wanted to know about laundry, but didn’t know to ask. (Oct.)

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