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How do you separate laundry?

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Moonlightdancing · 12/07/2024 19:32

So.. need some honest opinions here. I posted a comment on a previous thread mentioning that washing tea towels together with knickers is gross IMO. Received quite a few comments telling me I'm uptight and bizarre. I honestly think that even if you wash them at 90 degrees, you still shouldn't mix tea towels and underwear. Am I in minority then thinking this? Genuinely curious.

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TellerTuesday · 12/07/2024 20:48

I do:

• whites
• blacks
• light colours
• dark colours
• towels (inc tea towels)
• bedding

Whites & towels at 60 degrees, the rest at 40

Oleo24 · 12/07/2024 20:46

I wash clothes at 30 so wouldn’t put tea towels in with underwear. I don’t think germs are fully killed.

I wash tea towels separately on a hotter wash.

mydogisthebest · 12/07/2024 20:46

I wash towels and bedding together at 60 degrees. I don't feel a lower temperature is enough.

I also do a dark wash and a white wash, both at 40 degrees.

DappledThings · 12/07/2024 20:43

Moonlightdancing · 12/07/2024 20:41

Well , apparently it shouldn't matter. The washing machine will clean everything, so chuck it all together.

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It will.

Same with swimming costumes anotjer poster mentioned. If they really made the other clothes smell of chlorine it must be a shit washing machine. I don't separate swimming stuff and none of it comes out smelling of chlorine

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Moonlightdancing · 12/07/2024 20:41

BrendaSmall · 12/07/2024 20:39

Bedding and towels of all description goes in together, then clothes all go on together and except for my husband’s hobby clothes, no way is that going in with my clothes 🤣🤣🤣

Well , apparently it shouldn't matter. The washing machine will clean everything, so chuck it all together.

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whyamisotiredallthetime · 12/07/2024 20:40

IncompleteSenten · 12/07/2024 20:03

I have to ask how dirty are people's pants that they need a boil wash, a flame thrower and a priest?
What the fuck's up with your undercarriage? See a doctor. 😁

😂😂😂

This reminded me of a previous thread where someone commented " Do I need to jet wash the fucker ? "

RomulusAndRemus · 12/07/2024 20:40

Going back a bit, I know. But we washed the whites on the large stones but gently rubbed the more delicate items on the pebbles at the edge of the Tiber.

I should perhaps add, then when I say 'we' I really mean the slaves / Frankie Howerd.

BrendaSmall · 12/07/2024 20:39

Bedding and towels of all description goes in together, then clothes all go on together and except for my husband’s hobby clothes, no way is that going in with my clothes 🤣🤣🤣

TooTiredOfThisShit · 12/07/2024 20:37

I wash by room, ie the kids who share one room go in one wash (or rather, their clothes do) and the others go in a different wash. So much easier to sort and put away.

But I agree, I'd feel icky putting something actually dirty in with just grubby clothes. My husband chucked swimming stuff in with school uniform once, and the kids smelt like chlorine all week!

HighlandCowRose · 12/07/2024 20:37

I split mine in to 4 main washes
Whites
Colours
Darks
Wool

I do also separate my cloths but only because I'm a cleaner so I do 2 full loads a week of cloths alone, before I was a cleaner, they went in with mixed colour washes.

To be honest, I'm very much of a mind to say each to there own. If the op feels more comfortable separating and other don't, it has no impact on each other, unless op is running almost empty loads (bad for the environment)

sciencemama · 12/07/2024 20:36

Lights
Darks
Reds and pinks
Towels
Bedding

wutheringkites · 12/07/2024 20:34

Ponderingwindow · 12/07/2024 20:24

I know I am uptight about separations. Cleaning cloths, tea towels, bathroom towels, knickers, etc all go in separate loads. I just make sure I have enough of everything that I can run a full wash when I do run them.

How long does it take you to get a full load of knickers?

2chocolateoranges · 12/07/2024 20:31

my washings are
All darks 30 degree
white 30 degree
light colours 30 degree
towels 40 degree
bedding 60 degrees.

Inmydreams88 · 12/07/2024 20:30

What’s with all the threads about laundry recently!?

I only separate whites and darks. Everything else gets washed together. I can’t be bothered doing 5 different loads in which most would be half full unless I waited weeks and by that point I’d be looking for the stuff that hasn’t even been washed yet. A washing machines job is to wash the clothes. If it doesn’t come out clean then it’s not done its job surely.

S0livagant · 12/07/2024 20:29

If I'm putting on a hot wash (60) then I would be more likely to throw in anything that I think would benefit from a hot wash, not less. So absolutely underwear with towels and tea towels and the mop.

StSwithinsDay · 12/07/2024 20:29

@Bignanna
What's yuk about what I do?
I grew up in a house that had no washing machine. My mother, and later my siblings and I, hand washed everything. We certainly didn't get to boil levels of water temperature. The obsession with germs and bacteria and cleanliness is not healthy.

IncompleteSenten · 12/07/2024 20:29

Doggymummar · 12/07/2024 20:28

I use the persil one that works at 15 degrees I think it's called Persil Mighty

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Thanks. I'll give that one a go.

Doggymummar · 12/07/2024 20:28

IncompleteSenten · 12/07/2024 20:27

Do you find 30 and 40 are enough? I ended up having to rewash things so now everything apart from wool and delicates gets done at 60.
What washing powder do you use? I use Tesco tropical sunshine. Maybe I need to swap to a better one.

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I use the persil one that works at 15 degrees I think it's called Persil Mighty

WhatOnGodsGreenEarth · 12/07/2024 20:28

Whites
Colours
Darks
Bedding on 60
Towels on 90

Doggymummar · 12/07/2024 20:27

Everything at 30 here. Separate whites and coloureds only,

IncompleteSenten · 12/07/2024 20:27

Bignanna · 12/07/2024 20:14

Towels, divided into white/deep coloured loads 40/60
Light coloured clothes-30
Dark coloured clothes-30
Bedding, divided into light and dark. If there are small amounts of light and dark clothing, add them in-30
Tea towels, on their own always 60

Do you find 30 and 40 are enough? I ended up having to rewash things so now everything apart from wool and delicates gets done at 60.
What washing powder do you use? I use Tesco tropical sunshine. Maybe I need to swap to a better one.

Bodeganights · 12/07/2024 20:26

Pretty much everything on a long 30degree wash cycle.
Split into whites, lights, darks.

Bedding tends to take one wash because size.
Most of my towels are white,so anything else white go in same time. Most of my teatowels are dark they go in with anything dark. Lights, well I don't have many so i have a long wait for a big enough pile.

However I do not care about types of clothing mixing. Might be the filthy job I did for years, all clothing was minging at the end of the day.

doihaveacase · 12/07/2024 20:25

Oh lord. I only separate whites/ creams and they go in on 40'C. Everything else in together on 30'C rapid wash. It all smells clean and fresh when it comes out, that's the washing machine's job surely?!

Agree with PP that with a dishwasher, my tea towels are only used for drying already clean things. But I wouldn't dream of separating them from my pants 😂 Life is TOO short.

Ponderingwindow · 12/07/2024 20:24

I know I am uptight about separations. Cleaning cloths, tea towels, bathroom towels, knickers, etc all go in separate loads. I just make sure I have enough of everything that I can run a full wash when I do run them.

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Moonlightdancing · 12/07/2024 20:22

StSwithinsDay · 12/07/2024 19:34

I wash everything together. Knickers, tea towels, t-shirts, jeans ....At 40 degrees.
Nobody has died yet.

That's quite a standard you've set...

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