"Your Clothes Are Actually Dirty": This Expert Is Sharing The One Thing He Always Stays Away From When Doing Laundry

""I'm always going to use laundry soap ... It's soap that's made [specifically] for laundry and then it's grated or ground," Richardson said. "It's going to be the cleanest, most gentle [choice].""

""I don't care if [your laundry detergent] comes as powder or liquid, but I don't like pods because I don't like that you can't control the amount," he said. "You don't need a pod's worth of detergent ... I think you only need about two tablespoons of detergent [for a load], so a bottle of laundry detergent might last you a year because you only need a couple of tablespoons for your clothes to come out clean.""

""When you're cooking and the recipe says a half tablespoon of salt, and you put it in, it's delicious," he said. "But if you're like, 'I love salt,' and you put in a whole cup, it's ruined, it's not better. So that's how to think about detergent: a little bit is really good, because it does what it's supposed to do. If you add a whole lot more, you actually ruin it.""

Use laundry soap made specifically for laundry because it is grated or ground and provides the cleanest, gentlest option. If laundry soap is hard to find, choose a detergent made specifically for baby clothes for gentleness. Avoid detergent pods because they prevent control over the amount of detergent applied. Most loads require only about two tablespoons of detergent, so liquid or powder forms work fine and a bottle can last a long time. A small amount of detergent is effective; adding too much can ruin results, similar to over-salting food.

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