A self-service laundromat on Hardy Street in Waterloo, Lower Hutt, run by a New Zealand family-owned company. It is cashless: customers pay with a Liquid Card, which costs $1 once and is topped up at the kiosk with EFTPOS or notes. Every $100 loaded on the card earns a $5 bonus.
The large 28kg washer is the size the company recommends for king duvets, mink blankets and curtains. Cold is for dark colours and delicate items, warm for synthetics and moderately soiled clothes, and hot for heavy soiling, bedding and towels. Pet blankets go in the dedicated pet washers, not the clothes machines. Powder is brought from home or bought in single-serve packs from the vending machine. A wash cycle takes roughly 25 to 30 minutes, and the dryers are large, so a load dries faster when it is not overloaded. For mink blankets the site advises low to medium heat.
Open Locally lists one other laundromat within a kilometre of this one. The nearest is Liquid Laundromats Newlands, 0.9 km away, rated 4.2 from 68 reviews.