Not bothering to separate colours

[Trunkybum]

I’m just read a reply on another thread where someone mentioned OP should pick similar shades of colour for her child’s clothing so she can wash them all together.
Cant you just wash it all together anyway? I literally bung everything into the machine, including really light stuff and it’s all fine. If I’ve got something dark I’m washing for the first few times lll shove a colour catcher in (yes I’m aware they are the produce of satan). I might keep white stuff separate if it’s really lovely, but white towels are fair game and I hardly have any white clothing.

really who can be arsed with doing so many separate washes? BTW, we’re not talking about high end, delicate garments. Poster was talking about Primark clothes and most of our wardrobe is Next or supermarkets.

i do mixed colours and whites. But it can take 5-6 weeks to have enough to put a white wash on as we don't wear white much at all.

I'm not separating lights and darks, I'm too busy working and having fun, i don't want to extend how long it takes to do chores.

We're a family of five so a separated wash is still big enough for a full load. I do tend to separate out colours and whites, only because I have a couple of red/pink items that stubbornly bleed.

School uniforms I used to be really vigilant about - until I discovered colour catchers and now they all get bunged in together. I just have to be careful because they seem to quite often get sucked into the outlet pipe which is a pain to sort out.

I'm perplexed at people's whites going grey, never had that happen. Maybe you need to buy higher quality detergent.

I separate into whites + lights and dark + brights but only if there is enough in total for 2 loads.

I am careful about separating but there are usually only two of us to wash for now and no baby whites or endless school shirts so the occasional white garment might have to wait a few weeks until there are enough sundry white items to go in together.

No need for the sarcasm. Most people I know have white sheets, which is why I asked.

I am aware that other colours exist.

I'm not separating lights and darks, I'm too busy working and having fun

Clearly, my life is not as exciting and fun filled as yours

I do:
Whites
Lights (cream and beige)
Darks
Yellows
Red/pinks
Green/blues

I'm aware this is overkill 🫣 we have multiple coloured school uniform that runs and several football kits

I do 3 lots. Whites/lights, darks, and everything else.

DD works in healthcare, and her tunics are white, but they are all now a dingy grey.

I wash all my whites separately, and usually do a separate load for jeans or black things, and then wash other coloured things together but on a cool wash so that colours don't run. I wash almost every day so it's not an issue doing lots of separate loads.

I never used to until my spendy t-shirts went a bit grey!! Not its darks and mids on a 30 and whites on a 40 with a Dr Beckman white sachet, far cheaper than replacing them!

I separate everything but my husband doesn't, and he does a much washing as I do. Luckily nothing had run yet except my sons red neckerchief he wears to catering college

I own no white clothing (bar undies) as white makes me look ill. I wear bright colours and throw everything in the same cycle.

With my bedding, I put the sheet and top pillowcases in one wash and every fortnight I wash the above and the duvet cover and bottom pillowcases which are all similar colours.

God no, definitely not spending my time separating laundry. I don't wear a lot of white however.

Can I ask why you care what others do? I seperate into whites, colours and dark when it comes to my children’s clothes. I just do light and dark with mine but I’m not really bothered what other people do. It doesn’t impact me at all

I don't separate colours but I also don't own anything white that isn't socks, lol.

Lights, darks and red/pink here, yes we have enough red and pink stuff to make its own wash. And these are sub divided into things that can be spun at 1200 and things that can only be spun at 800.

And clothes have fabric conditioner but towels don't so obviously they are separate.

Also branded washing powder because otherwise I can hear my Mum's voice in my head saying own brand just isn't as good and will make all my clothes look grubby!

I separate - it’s not onerous at all as we have stacking laundry baskets, so it’s already sorted - just wash a basket load as it gets full.

We can’t afford to ruin and replace clothes/ towels/ bedding,so take care of them . .

I bung everything in together but then me and DH only have a handful of white T-shirts. I don’t think we even own enough white clothing for them to be a separate load!

Just typed a longish message which I lost . Thanks for the tip re net bags for the colour catchers . Our washing machine regularly blocks with them - but the model has a way of cleaning out the filter .

Colour catcher and separate washes here as often leave an item in the washing machine by mistake . Lots of washing due mostly to DC3 .

Not a fan of greige school shirts and also dyed a whole wash greyish / blue whilst on holiday which we then had to wear .

I separate whites coloured and darks.
I hate to see grey looking whites

I separate everything. DD's clothes are mostly pinks and light colours so I do hers together.
School uniform for all 3 goes on one wash.
White items on another wash.
Darker colours for the boys on another.
DH's and my black/dark go together.
My light colours go in one.

I have an Ikea Kallax unit with separate boxes to put all the dirty washing in and when the box is full I wash it.

What's wrong with colour catchers??

I just put all clothes in together. Towels and bedding separate as they are done at a higher temp. Clothes all done at 30.
Only time I separate things is the first time I wash something and even then I often put it in with underwear that I'm not worried about if the colour runs

I separate everything. Can spot the people who don't a mile off. Dingy whites & light/bright clothing. Can also spot people who wash coloured clothes in persil non bio - it fades red/blue/green school jumpers terribly