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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?

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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?

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After a few bad experiences i general have three washes:

1. whites
2. reds
3. everything else

Its more laborious, but it works for me.

Low temperatures and separating coloured items for their first wash to just see if they do run at all.

Separate laundry baskets for whites and colours

I'll keep things separate if I have enough for a decent wash, but if not I just wash things on a low temp. The only things I do keep separate are jeans which I know run, so always make sure to do those on a dark wash. And I do towels and bedding separately on a 60 wash

Lower temperature for less colour 'bleeding'.

Unless its white or something new, wash it all together.

Don't mix colours with whites

I've found fleece doesn't run, so I'll happily throw coloured fleece wipes and baby clothes in on a hot wash with whites.

i generally bung everything in and hope for the best except white school shirts

Use lower temperatures where possible .

I don't really have any tips - anything that is dark or light is separated and colours it varies - really brights I do colours if they are not too bad I tend to pop them in with my darker towels.

I always use a low temperature for a mixed wash and never have any bother, obviously use a good quality washing powder.

I only mix darks/colours with white when they have been washed a few times

I put whites and lights on together at 40

40 degrees (tried 30 for a bit and didn’t work well enough). Do a dark wash and light wash - have enough of both to do separate loads. Occasional jumper wash. Nice and simple just need to keep on top of it.

I wash new dark items separately for the first time if I remember, then I put everything in together regardless of colour - my top tip is not to buy anything plain white in the first place

Firstly, I rarely worry about different fabrics as I don't tend to buy anything that needs special care.
I wash most things at a lower temperature unless especially in need of a deeper clean.
I split washing into lights (as opposed to whites) and darks and use the same laundry gel for both except with the lights I include a couple of tablespoons of bicarbonate of soda directly into the wash which helps keeps the whites brighter and whiter. It must work as my kids' polo shirts are always much whiter than those of their friends and the difference gets more noticeable as the school year wears on.

I only separate out my whites and delicates. Rest gets bunged in at 40°. Have not had any issues.

Once a dark coloured piece of clothing has been washed a few times I find it can then be thrown in with the whites as it no longer runs.

We always sort before loading the machine and wash most things on a cool wash.
I love my white bed linen so wash that on a higher tempered Türe and don’t mix coloureds in it at all.
Usually pale coloureds are alright to go in together on a cool wash.

I find that smooth cotton fabrics are much less likely to run.

Usually seperate whites & coloureds but sometimes do a mixed washing on a 30 degee setting

Low temperatures where possible, always wash new coloured clothes separately at first so initial colour has run. Whites separate and varied temps depending on stains/use.

I do darks and lights but make sure anything new gets washed on its own first i mix all my fabrics and just use an eco friendly 30 wash except for bedding and towels which I wash higher to kill any germs of bugs

I wash whites separately, but all other colours go in together. I've never had a problem with colours running.