Anonymous wrote:No one else washes their underwear separate? You people are gross.

who has enough underwear to fill a load of laundry?

Are you wasting water and energy? I'm going to hold that against you someday.

I do whites warm.

Dark/colors cold.

I thought warm or hot would ruin colors--fade them.

Anonymous wrote:I only separate whites (whites that matter like dress shirts) and towels. Towels will damage the other clothes if you wash them with regular clothes. They're very rough. Everything else gets washed on Warm/Cold.

This is what I do, except I will seperate light/dark if I'm washing dark denim.

Anonymous wrote:No one else washes their underwear separate? You people are gross.

Why is your underwear so dirty? You are gross.

No one else washes their underwear separate? You people are gross.

When I say for softer whites use the bleach, am not implying that bleach softens the whites. What I mean is that if you use more than a drop your whites can come out stiff and dry.

I admit, my mother wasn't the greatest but she sure delivered on the softest and best smelling laundry over anyone.

She is no longer here so I just do it like this: (My laundry results are just average so you may be better off asking Martha Stewart)...Lol.

I wash whites, lights/pastels and darks in separate washes. And I always use WARM water, the normal cycle. And I don't know why.

I never put bras in the dryer and I wash my bed sheets weekly as well.

And I always air dry my rugs so they do not deteriorate quickly.

Plus I always take my stuff out of the dryer, fold them immediately then put them away. Saves a lot of unnecessary time ironing.

Tip: For softer whites, use a tiny drop of bleach.

And Wisk is the best laundry detergent ever for stains.

Cool/Cold - dark clothes
Warm - Towels/Sheets
Hot - White clothing
Cool - Underwear/Bras

Everyone's stuff is generally washed separately. Didn't grow up that way, just started to happen.
Kid, Mom, Dad (Dad will throw all his stuff in together with a color catcher)

Anonymous wrote:Who are you people upping your gas bill wasting warm water when cold water is just as good? Warm water bleeds colors.

Gas bill has a minimum (it's like $20?) and in the summer, the hot water is the only use of the gas in our house. So I'm not wasting any money.