![\"Military](\"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/\/2012\/08\/manlaundry2.jpg\" "\\"manlaundry2\\"")
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This article series is now available as a professionally formatted, distraction free paperback<\/a> or ebook<\/a> to read offline at your leisure.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Editor’s Note: This was originally published April 12, 2012. This is an updated version. <\/em><\/p>\n One of the first things many young men will be confronted with doing for themselves for the first time when they leave home is their laundry. It’s not exactly rocket science , but there is a surprising amount to it — believe it or not, whole books have been written on the subject! Today we’ll cover the essential basics in an easy-to-follow question and answer format. It’s an important skill to learn not just because everybody has to do it every single week without fail, but when you know how to do it properly, you won’t ruin your clothes or wear them out too quickly — something a young man on a budget can ill-afford to do. So let’s get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This article series is now available as a professionally formatted, distraction free paperback or ebook to read offline at your leisure. Editor’s Note: This was originally published April 12, 2012. This is an updated version. One of the first things many young men will be confronted with doing for themselves for the first time when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,245,42259],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-26261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-heading-out-on-your-own-2","category-skills"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/08\/manlaundry2-500x280.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/08\/manlaundry2-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2012\/08\/manlaundry2-320x262.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26261"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122977,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26261\/revisions\/122977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26261"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=26261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}