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Does anyone actually sort laundry?

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JennZ
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

OMG, Im to anal NOT to sort it. White, Darks, towels. Make the dreaded task of laundry a bit better.

Posted 9/18/08 3:35 PM
 
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Kara
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Every time I see this thread I'm reminded of the scene from Friends where Ross and Rachel do laundry...

Posted 9/18/08 3:35 PM
 

HeathKernandez
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Posted by Tilde

So I guess most of you guys don't bleach your whites? DH wears at least two white T shirts under his work shirts every day plus I wear white camis under my button down shirts and I wear wife beaters to bed a lot. If I skip ONE week of bleaching I feel like they get so dingy? I soak them in bleach every time I wash them for at least an hour and they come out great!



I do... DS wears white shirts to school... you'd be amazed what bleach can get out

Posted 9/18/08 3:38 PM
 

MST9106
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I separate everything and I'm pretty anal about it...

Posted 9/18/08 3:39 PM
 

IrishLasss334
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I separate everything..

Posted 9/18/08 3:47 PM
 

MetsGirl07
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

i just seperate white, colors, and towels.

Posted 9/18/08 3:47 PM
 

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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

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Posted by Tilde

So I guess most of you guys don't bleach your whites? DH wears at least two white T shirts under his work shirts every day plus I wear white camis under my button down shirts and I wear wife beaters to bed a lot. If I skip ONE week of bleaching I feel like they get so dingy? I soak them in bleach every time I wash them for at least an hour and they come out great!



I do... DS wears white shirts to school... you'd be amazed what bleach can get out



I bleach our whites also.

Posted 9/18/08 3:49 PM
 

MissJones
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I do sheets/towels
Darks
Lights

Never really whites because I own about 4 white things. No point.

Posted 9/18/08 4:06 PM
 

joenick
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Nope...I chuck it all in together and wash in cold water.

I wash the kids' clothes separately from ours, but only because they have so much, they are a full load.

Otherwise...all goes in together and we hope for the best. Chat Icon

Posted 9/18/08 4:07 PM
 

evenedan
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Yes!

Whites
Lights
Darks
Sheets
Towels

Posted 9/18/08 4:15 PM
 

lilacwine
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

This was an area of compromise when DH and I first moved in together. He was not impressed with my lack of sorting.

So, we sort:
Whites (bleach)
Sheets & towels (hot)
Clothes to wash in hot
Shirts (button-down/lightweight)
Pants and jeans
Anything that's left


Posted 9/18/08 4:23 PM
 

shapla79
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I separate. Before DH, I didn't separate...and I could see a total difference between our whites. To make life easier, I went to BBB and got a laundry hamper that's labeled and divided into two sections- "Lights" and "Darks". Now my laundry is already separated Chat Icon

Posted 9/18/08 4:34 PM
 

wannabemom
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I totally sort.... but DH and I are sheet hogs... so once the hundreds of pillow cases and sheets are off the bed (all white), and the towels are added, that's already load #1 Chat Icon

whites get oxyclean and tide in warm water, and colors get only tide, and cold water...

Posted 9/18/08 4:59 PM
 

Janice
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

NEVER! everything gets thrown in.

I do a load every other day and empty out basket..

well...lying...rags go in seperate...that's it though.

I drive my mother INSANE!

Posted 9/18/08 5:05 PM
 

Wendy
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Absolutely!!!

Bleach load
"work clothes" load
Dark load
Grey/Khaki load

Posted 9/18/08 5:10 PM
 

babymakes3
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I sort.

whites, towels, sheets, lights, darks. then I pick out items to be hang-dried after washing

Posted 9/18/08 5:43 PM
 

luckyinlove
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Yes, I always do.

Posted 9/18/08 5:48 PM
 

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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I do:

Sheets
Towels
DH's uniforms for work
DS' clothes
lights
darks
"delicates"

Sometimes I will put all the whites out and bleach them. I also use color safe bleach on DH's uniforms b/c god knows what nastiness comes home on themChat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 9/18/08 6:27 PM
 

ReiRei13
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I am extremely anal with laundry!

I do each seperately:

darks
lights
whites
towels
sheets
delicates

ETA- I also do Brians work clothes seperately!

Message edited 9/18/2008 6:54:57 PM.

Posted 9/18/08 6:53 PM
 

Chatham-Chick
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Yep! I have 3 of these in the basement:
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*white towels (sanitized & bleached)
*colored towels (sanitized)
*cotton underwear, work t-shirts, cotton socks (hot wash, cold rinse)
*work denim (warm wash, cold rinse)
*pants (dress denim and casual pants - cold wash, cold rinse - damp dry)
*dark shirts (cold wash, cold rinse - damp dry)
*hand washables (bras, wool socks)
*sheets
*blankets
*DD's laundry
*DS's laundry

Posted 9/18/08 6:54 PM
 

SummerMom
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

I can't imagine not sorting it! I have enough unwanted pink socks (from "sorting accidents" Chat Icon) to remind me to do it every time.

Posted 9/18/08 6:56 PM
 

Erica
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

diligently - white/lights/colors AND by temperature

Posted 9/18/08 6:56 PM
 

SweetestOfPeas
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

we have 2 hampers. light and dark clothes. I also wash the towels separately.

but I will not wash whites only, I have to draw the line somewhere. I use Tide and cold water and I’ve never had any light colors run on the whites.

Posted 9/18/08 7:05 PM
 

Sassyz75
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Posted by hunnybunnyxoxo

wow good for you ladies!! i guess i am the minority!
i honestly don't see a difference in my laundry...

if anything i would probably like to do the whites separate so that the socks n tshirts stay nice and white- but for now, i'll continue to dump it all together



nope.
all together washed on cold
I don't have the time to sort.

DD's clothes are separate- but again, all together washed in cold.

Posted 9/18/08 7:17 PM
 

Kathy042806
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Re: Does anyone actually sort laundry?

Posted by june262004

Whites and towel seperate but everything else in the same load Chat Icon



same here

Posted 9/18/08 7:18 PM
 
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