Talk to me about laundry...

[Bluedaisy]

Sorry for posting so many new threads lately, but I'm curious how you do laundry.

What kind of washer and how do you sort your laundry? Do you add anything?


I'm doing whites, towels, baby laundry, darks, lights, diapers. Where should I put brights? I feel like I'm already not filling my washer and I'd hate to add another load so I don't want to do that but what about those that don't fit in darks or lights?  

Also am I the only SS still washing the baby clothes separately? 

We have a HE front load wash and a HE front load gas dryer, I just got a clothes line that I use in the summer months for diapers and baby clothes.

[mrsmonogrammed]

We wash darks (basically anything with color), whites/lights (includes underwear/bras no matter the color), towels, and baby laundry. DD has her own hamper so I just wash it on its own and it's super easy to put back in her room rather than having to sort it out of our clothes. In fact, DD is usually the only one whose clothes are always put away. Lol.

No idea what kind of washer/dryer we have- they came with the House and work well enough that we haven't replaced them yet. They are a top load washer, front load dryer. I'm assuming builder grade as they aren't very fancy. Next I want those ones that Kristen Bell advertises for with the little sink!

[heartofglass]

I do towels/sheets, whites/lights (unless we're cloroxing something), and darks. Reds get thrown in with the darks. Baby's stuff gets thrown in with ours since I switched all of our detergent to the free and clear kind.

[purple]

We do separate loads for lights, coloured and nappies, and when there's enough for a load of towels we do them separately. If there are just one or two they go in with the appropriate colour load. We've never washed baby clothes separately.

We have a Bosch and it's a washer / dryer, but we only use the dryer function in emergencies. It seems to give the clothes a funny texture and smell. It's front-loading. I don't think I've ever seen a top-loading washing machine :-)

[musicfrk2002]

H does his own laundry and separates whites vs everything else, and puts it away. J's laundry is one load, and I wash and put it away. My laundry gets all mixed together, and eventually might get put away. Towels and sheets are together. We have a stacked washer and dryer in our apartment.

[erbear]

I do whites, colors, good brights, delicates, pants/jeans, towels, and lo's laundry.

I have a standard top loader, but I do love my hand wash only setting!

[billyhorrible]

I have an old school top loader washer and a dryer that might be original to the house.

We have a lot of laundry, so I break it out over the week.
M- whites
T- colors
W- towels
R- sheets
Sometime F-Sun I do a wash with all the kids clothes.

[Widget123]

I do delicates (work clothes, hang to dry), darks (includes colors, adults only), kids (includes kids towels and wash clothes), whites (use bleach), and towels (adults only). Then there is usually another random load thrown in that varies such as sheets, high chair, anywhere chair, swim suits, etc.

We have a HE washer and really old dryer. Nothing fancy with sorting; usually just shirts together, socks together, etc.

[Deleted]

I wash everything together. The only thing I would wash separate is if it's red socks or a red Tshirt then I would wash that with jeans or other dark colors on cold so the red doesn't bleed. But we don't own much red anyway.

I use shout stain remover immediately on anything with a stain or dirt and let it sit in the laundry room for a few hours or up to a day.

I usually do a load every other day. We have a clothes line to hang dry certain items. Other then that we dry the rest

[pghtruelove]

Normally, we just throw our dirty clothes into the washer as them come off and I do sheets and towels separate.

Since we moved, we didn't have our new washer and dryer for 3 weeks. We went to the LM once during that time. We are still working on getting everything done now and it's a shit show. We are currently using our spare room as the laundry pile room

[sammyca]

[sammyca]

I love doing the washing.
I do whites, colours (sometimes separated into brights and not brights), darks and sheets in cold. I only do towels in warm.

[blueskiessmiling]

Generally, I do one cold load (mostly colors), one hot (mostly underwear, sheets, and towels), plus a load of DD's stuff each week. Indigo dye jeans and brights get washed seperate as needed.

I have a front load Samsung washer and dryer. I like that it has weight-sensing technology, so it uses less water for smaller loads. I also love that my dryer has a wrinkle release function. I don't really like have a front loader, but it is cute when DD helps me with laundry. She will transfer the smaller stuff between washer and dryer. So so cute.

[periwinkledaydreams]

I throw everything together, unless I have enough towels at the same time to do a full load then I'll do those separate, and super delicate delicates are separate but that's rare because we don't have many so I'll just handwash if an individual item. Drier is always full of everything.. we have 2 baskets and basically laundry is perpetually in motion and never is everything put away.

[carolyngrace]

I just separate hot and cold, not colors. Baby is separate as well.

[Bluedaisy]

periwinkledaydreams I can't deal with towels in with the clothes.

[periwinkledaydreams]

I've never understood all the separation of laundry.. maybe because I did it at the laundromat for so long, it just doesn't make sense to separate things when you're paying per load, if they could go together in one. Do the towels get ruined or the towels ruin the clothes? Or is it just a thing.. I'm oblivious lol.

[Bluedaisy]

periwinkledaydreams I find they leave lint, especially on black clothes

[periwinkledaydreams]

Ah that makes sense Bluedaisy.

[wegrowsheep]

HE Maytag Bravo toploader.
Some kind of dryer that's old and works great.

Whites are hot water w/bleach
Diapers
Everything else on cold.
Unless it's really, really dirty (farm clothes that are exceptionally disgusting, stuff DH changed the oil in, stuff from doing hay, etc). They get their own load, probably wash twice.

[mirage86]

I separate laundry into whites/lights, darks, towels, bedding, and DH's work clothes. Those are always super dirty and can't be washed with anything else. We use these Maytag washers and dryers at our apartment. Pic of the top loading washing machine for purple.

[jessila]

We have a HE top load washer (with clear lid!) and HE front load drier. I typically do 4-5 loads a week. Our stuff is usually 2 and I might separate darks especially if there are new jeans. I got 2 pair of jeans at Christmas that bled every time I washed them for months. Our stuff is washed on cold. I pull what can't be dried and the rest gets dried on low. Baby clothes is one load including his towels so it's almost full. Our towels are a separate load on hot with clorox 2 or else they smell strange. It has to be the washer because I've never had that happen before. Sheets are usually every other week because I prefer them to be freshly laundered when changed so I don't want them to chill in the drawer for a week in between.
This reminds me-I have the worst linen closet ever. It's a corner closet and by that I mean the shelves are triangular and approximately 10 inches deep by 18 inches across. It is so useless. I can't keep it organized because it's so small.

[jessila]

purple, this is my top loader. It doesn't have a center pole and you can watch your clothes wash themselves...which is better while drinking.