Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:31     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Anonymous wrote:Unless I either have a ton of laundry or a dark item that's new, I wash everything together on cold. I've done it this way for years with very few unhappy surprises. I generally don't have enough lights to have a separate load for them.


Ditto. I haven't separated lights and darks since I went to college and paid by the load. Wash all together on cold and rarely have an issue.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:29     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Anonymous wrote:Unless I either have a ton of laundry or a dark item that's new, I wash everything together on cold. I've done it this way for years with very few unhappy surprises. I generally don't have enough lights to have a separate load for them.


We do the same, everything together (except towels), on cold. No problem in years.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:24     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Sheets and towels on hot. Everything else on cold. I separate underwear and gym stuff out from everything else. There are such good cold water detergents now. Clothes last Longer washed in cold. I barely dry anything that's not sheets and towels too.
Bras are hand wash.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:23     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Unless I either have a ton of laundry or a dark item that's new, I wash everything together on cold. I've done it this way for years with very few unhappy surprises. I generally don't have enough lights to have a separate load for them.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:21     Subject: Re:So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Darks - cold
Colors - cold, I don't like warm because a lot of our colors are red and I don't want them to fade.
Whites - towels/warm, clothes/hot or warm
Colored sheets - cold, white sheets - hot
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 15:08     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
I read the label and sort according to what the label says.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 14:56     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Anonymous wrote:5 categories:
Bleach + hot water + soak for underwear, white towels/napkins/washcloths

Light and dark regular (warm water, regular cycle)

Light and dark delicate/lycra (for bras, sweaters, wool, silk, and exercise stuff)

A splash of fabuloso in any stinky load.
Nearly all clothes and linens get washed before first use.
I am the laundry diva for my extended family.


congrats
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 14:32     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
whites, hot
darks, cold
baby, warm gentle cycle

sometimes I do a 4th load if I have rags and other dirtier things that I don't want to wash with our clothes.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 14:18     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
All clothing all gets washed together on cold. Sheets and towels get washed together on hot. New clothing gets washed by itself on cold for the first time.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 14:11     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Sheets: warm or hot
Towels:Warm or Hot
all else: combined and cold/cold rinse
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 13:46     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
5 categories:
Bleach + hot water + soak for underwear, white towels/napkins/washcloths

Light and dark regular (warm water, regular cycle)

Light and dark delicate/lycra (for bras, sweaters, wool, silk, and exercise stuff)

A splash of fabuloso in any stinky load.
Nearly all clothes and linens get washed before first use.
I am the laundry diva for my extended family.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 13:22     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Anonymous wrote:Pre-kids I used to separate stuff. Now all clothes are washed together. Clothes really don't bleed perhaps in the past they used to more. If I have a new bright red cotton shirt or something, I will just avoid putting any light clothes in that load until its been washed once or twice. I do separate out separate out towels and sheets on warm.


same here!

we throw everything together. Only exception is for things like a new pair of dark jean. I will also wash dedicates separately, but I don't have a lot of those so on the average week everything is tossed in together.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 13:21     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Towels on hot, sheets on hot, socks/underwear/light colored clothes on warm, jeans and dark colored clothes on cold. The baby's clothes all get washed together on warm.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 13:21     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Light and darks are seperated, everything gets washed on cold. Towels get a seperate load, also on cold, assuming enough make is into the wash to create a seperate load.
Anonymous
Post 12/08/2015 13:19     Subject: So how do you do laundry? Whites, Colours, towels, underwear separate?
Light colored towels on Sanitary cycle
Sheets hot water
All of my clothes in cold water except work out clothes and socks which get warm water
DH and kids' whites hot water
colors--warm water
reds-cold water
dark colors--warm or cold depending up whose they are and level of soiling.