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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t you guys have a lot of “special” laundry? I feel like I have so much!

Wool socks. Wool sweaters. Wool everything in winter. Kid coats.

Things with oil stains.

Swimsuits and pool towels all summer.

Actually part of it may be that I don’t like to dry clean anything I don’t really have to. But, I’m also not usually overwhelmed by laundry. I’m often ANNOYED by laundry. But never obsessed.

My brother got divorced and non of his white things are white any more, the kids clothes are all dingy and they can’t have wool anything. They’re fine! But I don’t want to do it that way. [/quote]

Swimsuits go with regular laundry. 
Pool towels go with regular towels. 
I can't remember the last time we had oil stains (or blood or wine), but stains are pre-treated, then everything goes into the regular laundry.
[b]We have lots of woolens. They go into the regular laundry. Wool is a very resistant fabric. The delicate wool is air dried.[/b]
I wear fancy hosiery - it goes into the delicate bag with my fancy bras and then air-dried.

I have a large top loading non-fancy washer and set the clothes at delicate/warm/light soil, because top loaders are known to be hard on clothes. Clothes are dried slowly at a very low setting. That way, it's all washed/dried perfectly, instead of being mauled, and it means I can throw everything in there. Bedding and towels are washed and dried on regular/hot cycles. The dog's messy towels and my washable rugs are on extra long hot cycles.

Sometimes my horse-back riding kid comes home with more mud than fibers on her clothes and those get their own wash, but usually they don't let horses and riders muddy themselves too much.

I've been doing this for decades and it's never been a problem. I rarely dry-clean clothes, because 1) we don't have many of those, and 2) lots of "dry clean" items can actually be washed on delicate at home.

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I'll let you do you on the rest of it, but the bolded is a problem. Wool is great, but you're making felt doing that. water+agitation = felt, and it goes even faster if you add soap. Throwing your woolens into the washing machine will felt them, resulting in garment shrinkage.

Wool is naturally antimicrobial, and can go through several wearings before needing a wash. That's how you save time. Don't spray them with perfume or wear them over heavy body lotion and you can wear them a few times. If you need to, you can even put them in a bag in the freezer to freshen them up. When they're in need of a cleaning, soak them in warm water with a wool wash (don't swish them around!), and then a couple rounds of soaking in clear water. roll them in a towel, gently press out the water, and lay flat to dry. If you really want to save time (and water), there's a wash called SOAK that doesn't need to be rinsed.[/quote]

Yes, I know all that. I grew up in Scotland, with sheep and wool. As I said, they are washed on delicate. They are also not washed often, except the socks, which hold up extremely well in the wash (but the socks are not 100% wool). I don't know why you're trying to find a problem, but there isn't one. I wasn't the one who complained about laundry.
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That's actually not at all what you said. "We have lots of woolens. They go into the regular laundry. Wool is a very resistant fabric. The delicate wool is air dried." <-- that's what you said. Your retcon'd quote wouldn't have gotten the reply you did, and you're clearly not a Scot, because there's a respect for the cloth and the craft that's distinctly lacking in your demeanor.

Your laundry isn't my problem, nor is your attitude, so we're good here. I mostly posted better info so that smarter people wouldn't read your nonsense and how it has allegedly "never been a problem", try things your way, and ruin their good wool. Best of luck to you, though. [/quote]

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