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Separators reckons we can tell. Can we?

Test us!

No picture, but DD's school has a white PE top. Shall we just say that I could tell exactly who separated their whites and who didn't at sports day!

I can't post a picture because we don't have this issue, due to not owning any white clothing 🤣

Everything we own is either black, leopard/animal print (me), or galaxy print (DS). Amazing at not showing any stains at all.

This is one method!

Unfortunately much of my son's PE kit is white!

I gave up on separating out white school tops once I had a child in white shirts with red sweatshirts, one in yellow shirts with grey sweatshirts, and one in light blue with royal. Chuck 'em all in, I say, and let happen what will.

I'm not in the habit of photographing my laundry. Plus I don't really give much of a crap anyway.

I don't separate except if someone has just got something new and dark from Primark, when I find that colour run is an issue for the first dozen washes.

Otherwise, everything mixed and on 40⁰.

My son is a great believer in color catchers.
His t shirts are definitely grey when viewed next to my husbands work shirts and my aging bras.

It's not so much that we think you can't tell, and more that we don't care whether you can tell (and are quite surprised that you're even thinking about it, tbh).

DD1 has a pair of red pants that likes to hide in white washes and make everything pink, they even stained some light blue jeans during a darks wash 😱. I'm not going to buy DS a new PE t-shirt just because his current one isn't pristine white, he's got 2 weeks left of primary school. I absolutely know you can tell the difference, I can as well (as a lights and darks separator), but I don't care.

Can't imagine why anyone would wear manky whites. Just buy Napisan.

Don't buy whites unless you absolutely have to. Problem solved.

Same, I gave up on white clothing years ago, so no issues whatsoever!

Can’t see the point of purposefully giving myself another job to do.

who cares?

You can always tell.

But I care, so I separate my whites. If someone doesn’t care, therefore doesn’t separate, I couldn’t care less what their whites look like. I don’t have to wear them.

Isn't the point that we don't care rather than I think you can't tell? I only have white school shirts for my 5 year old and they are fine, not grey, more off white 😂 good enough.

I've had to lower my standards as a single mum working full time that just tries to get through the day and don't care enough to increase washing loads.

People who care about their appearance.

The premise of your thread is flawed because those of us who can't be bothered to separate our whites also can't be bothered to get off our backsides, walk to the wardrobe, take a photo and post it.

😂

How is it a test if only non separators post? Surely everyone is just going to say "eugh manky grey" no matter what they look like?

I separate mine and they still come out grey, so you can't always tell. Not that I give a shiny shit about those judging other people's washing. I'd assume they don't have much of a life.

I separate my whites and they still look shit!

The only whites here are the kids school shirts. I always separate them, I'm not going to send my kids into school in off white looking shirts.

Some kids at dc school have very very discolored white polo's. I'm far too fussy even a bit off white I wouldn't let them wear.

Dcs at different schools so we have
White polo's
Blue polo's
Red jumpers
Navy cardigans
Black trousers
Navy skirts
Yellow pe tops
White pe tops

It's no effort to wash separately

Surely this is market research for Persil or something, no?

I have 4 different wash types. Whites, wool + bras, me and DH, kids pale clothes. We have loads of white clothes. I'm a bit anal about keeping them nice

My whites all have baked bean stains down them. Even when I separate them and use whitener in each wash.