When getting ready for laundry day, you might be tempted to toss several sheets into your dryer.

So we asked an expert: is one sheet per dryer load enough?

before you kick off tossing in extra dryer sheets just in case, we asked an expert for advice.

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Meet the Expert

Haven Polichis the product manager atASKO, a laundry and appliances company.

How Many Dryer Sheets Do You Need?

Not all dryer sheets are cut the same.

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Polich says its perfectly fine to snip larger dryer sheets in half.

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Polich says for optimal results, dontoverload your machine.

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But, it would behoove your clothes if you were.

Polich says that promptly removing clothes from the dryer can prevent wrinkles and maintain their softness.

As long as the cloths continue to hold up, you might reuse them again and again.

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