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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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hobblingAlong · 12/07/2024 19:38

I tend to wash towels and tea clothes together as they make a full load and they tend to leave fluff on some clothes if washed together.

Bedding is washed with clothes as the sheet is washed with other whites and the duvet cover with coloured clothes.

devildeepbluesea · 12/07/2024 19:37

I’m a chuck it all in merchant. I may wash a bright top separately on the odd occasion. By that i mean i think I’ve done it twice in about 30 years.

NoDishiRishi · 12/07/2024 19:37

I separate whites from coloured. That's it. Definitely uptight to not wash tea towels and pants etc. together. It's all clean when it emerges.

AmberExpert · 12/07/2024 19:36

I'm another one that throws it all in together!

RhinestoneCowgirl · 12/07/2024 19:36

I do:

  • Whites
  • Darks
  • Light colours
All at 40 degrees

Then delicates (bras, handknits) on the handwash programme.

Have never separated out pants etc

DappledThings · 12/07/2024 19:35

I only separate whites and the only whites I have are cricket kit and school tops.

Tea towels and cleaning cloths go in with whatever load is next ready. I entirely agree it's uptight and weird to worry about tea towels being washed with pants. Everything gets washed so it's clean.

I used to have a flatmate who would remove any tea towels from the machine before washing her clothes. It was just one of her weird obsessions

StSwithinsDay · 12/07/2024 19:34

I wash everything together. Knickers, tea towels, t-shirts, jeans ....At 40 degrees.
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