Meera Solanki

Laundry and textiles writer

Meera Solanki spent fourteen years at a family-run dry cleaner’s, most of them at the spotting board, treating stains by hand before and after each garment was cleaned. She then worked for five years as a garment technologist for a clothing retailer, checking new fabrics and signing off the care labels sewn into its clothes.

She writes the Laundry section, from wash temperatures to wool and silk, and the Stain Finder’s methods for clothes and fabric, including the stains a dry cleaner will handle better.

Guides by Meera

LaundryBio vs non-bio detergent: which should you use?Bio’s enzymes shift food, blood, sweat and grass even in a cool wash, but damage wool and silk. Which to use for which load, and what labels say about skin.By Meera Solanki26 October 20267 min read
LaundryHow to get colour run out of clothesWhites came out pink or grey? Keep them damp and out of the dryer, rewash cool without the culprit, then try an oxygen soak before a colour run remover.By Meera Solanki26 October 20268 min read

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