One major tenet of doing laundry that most of us are getting wrong is to make sure that all your zippers are zipped before you do a load. That goes for your jeans, hoodies, dresses, or anything else with a zipper. If they aren’t zipped up, their teeth and sharp corners can easily snag and tear more delicate items in mixed loads of laundry. If you find that you do a lot of laundry in your house, you can maybe get away with an all denim load and not worry about snagging the lighter items — however zippers can also scratch the inside of your washer as well. Save time and money by zipping those zips!