Hand Fabric Laundering Method

A method of hand laundering a fabric comprising the steps of:

• A. providing a laundering system comprising:
• i. a laundry detergent suitable for overnight soaking comprising a bactericide, which comprises a bleach, an enzyme, and an anionic surfactant, wherein the laundry detergent is free of a quaternary ammonium-based fabric softening active and wherein the laundry detergent retards bacterial growth upon soaking in a wash liquor thereof with a fabric contaminated with bacteria;
• and
• ii. a rinsing composition, which comprises a quaternary ammonium-based fabric softening active and a suds suppressing system, wherein the rinsing composition is free of anionic surfactant;
• B. adding water to a wash basin;
• C. dispersing the laundry detergent in a wash basin;
• D. adding a fabric to the wash basin;
• E. forming a wash liquor by combining the water and the laundry detergent;
• F. soaking the fabric in the wash liquor for a washing time period of from about 2 hours to about 8 hours to form a soaked fabric;
• G. removing the soaked fabric from the wash liquor;
• H. removing wash liquor from the soaked fabric;
• I. dispersing the rinsing composition in water in a rinse basin to form a rinse solution;
• J. adding the soaked fabric to the rinse solution;
• K. soaking the soaked fabric in the rinse solution for a rinsing time period of from about 1 minute to about 1 hour to form a rinsed fabric;
• L. removing the rinsed fabric from the rinse solution;
• M. removing rinse solution from the rinsed fabric;
• and
• N. drying the rinsed fabric.