WDF Washing Standards

[Chris Puglisi]

Hello All,

I am looking to start WDR service but I am having trouble finding any resources for the standards for the washing process. Everyone washes their clothes a little different so what process do you teach your employees as to the “correct” way to wash (I guess dry and fold as well) the clothes? Folding I would imagine we would just want the most efficient way for employee time and space that the folded clothes take up. I have looked at other laundromats that offer WDF and some say they separate lights and darks and wash with cold water and dry with medium heat. This seems like the simplest and probably safest way to go in terms of damaging cloths or anything. Are companies that are doing 100s of pounds of drop off throwing clothes, towels, and sheets in together? I am sure some are to save time and money but is that an acceptable way of doing this? Most people would separate those ideas if they were doing it themselves but it does seem like a lot of time and money could be saved if we were able to do it all in one load.

Looking forward to hearing anyone’s input or resources that people have used to train their employees on the “proper” way to wash and dry for drop off service.

Thank you,

Chris Puglisi

[Sherrie Myers]

I would also like to know this. I investigated what the Gig services required which was “separate lights and darks and wash with cold water and dry with medium heat.” Besides this the only other was honor the no scent Hypo-Allergenic product request. I also have not determined what size washing machine would be best for the wash and fold? Any one have any load pound statistics for wash and fold?

[Jason Dodge]

The Coin Laundry Assoc I believe has information on wash & fold process. We would always sort, lights, darks and whites. Wash whites on hot, everything else on cold. Drying on medium is helpful but I would always sort out items that need to be dried on low like sweaters or some athletic wear. The folding process needs to be uniform and every employee needs to fold the exact same way. If I fold a customers laundry or an employee folds it needs to have the same end result. We would use a shirt folding block and had a had a process for sheets, blankets, towels and all clothing. Polo’s, button down shirts and blouses would all get hung on hangers. Then items would be folded in an organized manor. Men’s shirts go in one pile, women’s in another pile, each child we would take our best guess and stack together if possible. If one child is 4 and one 6, you can usually see the size difference and we would stack and bag items appropriately. Its all about making it easier for the customer. When they receive their bags of laundry back and its sorted by person and perfectly folded it gives a nice touch.

[Author]

Posts