Share with Fairy Non Bio your tips and tricks for mixing colours and fabrics. £300 voucher to be won! NOW CLOSED

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The rules on laundry and what to do with mixing colours and fabrics can sometimes get a bit confusing with different people saying different things. Therefore Fairy Non Bio would like to know what your tips and tricks are when it comes to mixing colours and fabrics?

Here’s what Fairy Non Bio have to say: “Everyone’s got their own way of doing things. We design our products so that you can get the most out of every load but would love to know how you divide and conquer your washing and what you use for it!”

Do you find that once colours have been washed once you can mix them with the lighter colours? Are there certain fabrics that you know can be easily washed together? Or have you figured out a laundry system that means your dark colours no longer bleed into lighter clothes? Maybe you’ve had a laundry disaster that forced you to change how you did things?

Whatever your tips are, share them on the thread below and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

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I'm quite a stickler for not mixing colours. So there's usually a dark wash, a light wash (yellows, pinks, pastels) then a whites (I might sneak a pale yellow shirt in there if I'm feeling particularly brave). Once something has been through the wash about 70 times it might be allowed into the next wash group .

Doesn't always work though; the week before my son started school I hadn't noticed there was a green top in the drum and washed all his brand new shirts and polo tops in with it so he's spent the first two terms at school wearing very slightly green shirts .

I use colour catchers! I hardly ever buy whites because they always go grey whatever i do! I do divide darks and pales though

I never mix whites and colours as I find that even when at a lower temp and washed before, there is still a risk they will run. I am more relaxed about synthetic fabrics though and nylons such as tights as I find those fabrics tend not to run.

Like others, all my washes are on cold, (the temp from the cold tap, so probably about 15) ) and I never have colours bleed noticeably. I have mistakenly put a brand new red school jumper in with all the white polo shirts and not one went pink! (We do have very hard water here, not sure if that affects the process). I am usually cautious with new items that are brightly coloured and they're washed away from whites til they've faded. Then they might be allowed to go in the mixed wash.

We use half a colour catcher in most washes. Always separate whites bit everything else goes in together.

I just separate darks and lights. I do usually wash new jeans and any very dark or bright brand new item in their own though for the first couple of washes.