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Overloading your washer is a surefire way to wear down your machine and end up with still-dirty laundry, but it's important to know what full actually means.

I’m one of those people who truly enjoys doing laundry. Think about it: You throw clothes into a machine, let it do its thing for under an hour, toss the clothes into another machine for under an hour ...