Ruby Martis: Separate your darks from lights and then have another bundle for red. Red is the killer when it comes to colour bleeding into other clothes. I hope you have loads of clothes as you will need a good sized bundle for each wash if you don't want to waste electricity and washing powder. Clothes which have been washed numerous times rarely run but be careful with new items which will probably ruin everything. When you are buying new clothes make sure they are not 'dry clean only' you will not be able to wash them. Follow the instructions on the tags, if they say warm wash do it. Generally use only warm 40 degree wash for normally soiled clothes. If you only have a few items with 30 degree wash you can always hand wash them, it takes little time and energy, the water should feel kinda cool. good luck....Show more
Leticia Laiben: YAY! Good for you!OK, I'll try to explain as best I can ..."With like colors" means exactly what you said ... light colors go toge! ther and dark colors go together. This prevents dark or bright colors from "bleeding" onto lighter colors and ruining them.When the tag with washing instructions recommends cold water only, it's usually for dark or brightly-colored items (to prevent fading) or delicate items (underwear, lightweight sweaters, tank tops) to keep them from shrinking, stretching or fading. These should be washed separately from other things, with a delicate-wash detergent (Woolite, Delicare, etc.) or you can use just a few drops of mild hair shampoo. For delicate stuff, use the "Gentle" cycle and small load size.Also take into consideration (as well as color), the heaviness of the fabric. Heavier things like jeans, sweatshirts, hoodies, etc., can usually be washed together. Using cold water will help keep them from fading or shrinking.Lightweight items should not be tossed in with your jeans because the heavier stuff can kinda "mangle" the lighter things while in the washer!Most clothing c! an be washed in cold water, but towels and things that get rea! lly dirty should be washed in warm or hot.If you have something white to wash, you may or may not be able to use bleach ... check the label. If it is 100% cotton (like a T-shirt), it's OK, but a blended fabric (for example, cotton with spandex) might not stand up to the chlorine in the bleach. Best not to use bleach unless you're positive!Now for the dryer: Most things take less time in the dryer than you think! Ask your mom what cycle she recommends that you use for different washloads ... jeans and heavier items take longer ... lightweight shirts, etc. might only take 10 minutes or so and on a lighter cycle. Using a shorter and/or lighter dryer setting will help keep your clothes from shrinking. Every dryer is different, so it depends on how yours works.Everyone makes mistakes at first when they're learning to do laundry! Best thing to keep in mind is to separate lights from darks, use cold or cool water whenever you can, use the shortest and lightest wash and dry! cycles to get the job done, and to fold or hang up your things as soon as the dryer shuts off so they don't wrinkle! Good Luck!...Show more
Nicolasa Henke: Also, do people also sort their underwears and socks by color too? (My mom usually throws all the socks and underwears in one load).
Launa Weingarten: When the tag says "like colors" they mean blues or blacks or other darks together, whites and/or lights together, reds together, etc. Some clothes fade over time, releasing their dye in the water, so you wouldn't want to wash that favorite white shirt with your blue jeans, or you'll end up with a funny-blue colored shirt.I would never wash a load of one or two items, like you said it's a waste of water **and** electricity, but also detergent and time. It sounds like there are several people in the house with you, ask around and find out if anyone else has something that needs to be washed in cold water. If not, wait until you have more clothes dirty that c! an be washed in this load. If you're desperate, consider hand washing/! line drying those two items.Most artificial fibers (polyester, nylon, rayon, etc.) don't shrink. Most natural fibers (cotton, wool, linen, silk, hemp, bamboo, etc.) can shrink. Blends *might* shrink, if they have a natural fiber in the blend. The best bet is to read the tags and take the best care of your clothes that you can.Check out the links below, and good luck! The best advise I've ever gotten about doing laundry came from a book by "The Queen of Clean":Laundry is a 5 step process, and you *must* do all 5 steps with each load. 1) Sort 2) Wash 3) Dry 4) Fold 5) Put AwaySeems obvious, but it's surprisingly easy to skip a step now and again....Show more
Terrell Lawman: Orb has given you a good start.Now, you do want to read the tags: Some materials do not react well to hot water or hard cycles at all. So yarns (such as sweaters) and delicate fabrics should be washed on the gentle cycle. And if you use the dryer, use a low temperature or even lay flat or hang.An! d yes, white colors should be washed separately so you don't get bleach on the other things. You do have a pretty good handle on the color descriptions.But if you're in doubt, wash an item in cold water: That way the item will be less likely to shrink or to run and get on everything else.If you have a grease-type stain on your items, rub dish soap into it and let it sit a while: Dish detergent is formulated to break up grease. If you have blood, douse the stain with hydrogen peroxide. I did that to some of my husband's khaki pants when he bled on them after skinning his hands but good, and you can't tell where the stains were.Good luck!...Show more
Booker Warlick: when I first started doing my own laundry , I had two piles , my work clothes in one pile and everything else in the second pile , but the lady at the laundry mat told me separate the whites from the darks and don't spill bleach on your dark clothes
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