What laundry rules do you follow or ignore? Share with Fairy Non Bio for a chance to win a £300 voucher! NOW CLOSED

[JustineBMumsnet]

With laundry stacked high and always increasing, it can be tempting to break even the most basic of laundry rules in order to keep on top of the task. Fairy Non Bio would like to hear about the rules you implement (or ignore!) when you’re doing the laundry.

Here’s what Fairy has to say: “We want to know what’s important to you. Have you found a way to save time? A way to get the best stain removal? A way to keep clothes huggably soft? Or even just a way to not lose matching socks! We would love to hear your tricks of the trade.”

What’s your perspective on laundry rules? Either way, Fairy Non Bio wants to know. Do you obey temperature regulations or simply stick everything in at 40? Perhaps you’re the kind of person who avoids overfilling and never fails to air-dry fine fabrics. Or, maybe you fill the machine to the brim and adopt a one size fits all approach to drying that would make manufacturers weep. Whatever they may be, divulge your laundry indiscretions.

Share the rules that you follow and those you ignore 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).

Thanks and good luck

MNHQ

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Separate whites from coloured

I tend to put most things in a 40 degree wash with Fairy non-bio. I do a separate wash for white towels and sheets. I have a bag for dedicates but they usually go in the standard wash. I have a large bag all the dog stuff goes in that's supposed to prevent the hair getting out, I use bio powder for those loads. The main rules I follow are whether items can be tumble dried or not.

my main rule is separating lights and darks

Eventually the dry clean only rule gets broken due to the blooming cost, its extortionate. Everything else its a mixed wash and they take their chances.

Never seperate anything wash everything at 40 , Never had a problem with clothes running, I do handwash some delicates but that's it..oh and I only Iron when really needed.

I do light and darks separately, but sometimes put dry clean items in a handwash setting if the item isn't precious.

I am definitely guilty of trying to fit as much into the washing machine as humanly possible, it seems to wash ok though.

I don't handwash items which say handwash - I put them in a mesh bag and put them on a cool handwash in the machine instead.

everything goes on a 30 wash, easier the better for me

Lights and darks ALWAYS get washed separately

I wash my work clothes on a 60 to keep them clean. Most other things on a 40 and always try to do full loads. I'm really bad at ignoring the delicates and hand wash rule. The exception is jumpers, I always wash them separately and carefully. Xx

I separate whites and colours but, otherwise, don't follow many laundry rules

I separate the colours, blacks and the whites.

I ignore the dry clean only ones .. most items can be hand washed safely and dried on the line

we split whites, darks, lights and brights, wools that's all I tend to do.

I'm pretty terrible at following laundry rules. Separate whites & darks/similar colour wash is the only thing I tend to stick to. Oh and the 'quick wash' function is likely the most pressed button on the machine!

Buy a wash bag for the dogs blankets, stops hairs sticking to everything else or clogging up the machine.

I wash the 'dry clean only' curtains etc on a cool delicate wash, using fairy non bio and eveything has always been ok so far

I always separate whites, dark and light colours. I normally wash colours at 40 degrees and whites at 60. I handwash delicate woollens and silks.

I always wash at 40 temp., white and colours i wash separetly.

I try to buy a lot of white clothes, because it can be bleached. I can pre treat them and than I can wash them. Some of the food is just not coming out of the textiles with washing. I also use fabric conditioner to get out most of the chemicals from the clothes and leave a light fragrance.

Disaster? Nowadays my daughter puts wipes to the washing basket and during washing they do not stay in one piece and need to wash again.

I do dark and whites separately, at 30 degree. If there is dirty white school's, football's socks, I am soaking it in about 40 degree water before the wash. Seemed to work. I am putting some cloths in separate washing bags not to get bubbled up.

Pillowcases for delicates/underwear etc have been a recent revelation. It means that things don't get snagged by other items, saves them from snagging etc and has generally saved me a fortune in tights etc!

I keep whites separate from everything else, but I wash 30C clothes at 40C to make sure they're clean

I throw everything in together - I know i'm a complete heathen but sometimes it really is just easier!

I've only ever had a couple of accidents, where DH has had some lovely shirts turn a light green or pinkish

I do separate any whites that have started turning a bit grey and throw them in with some vanish - I always use Fairy non-bio as myself and my family has very sensitive skin, and it very rarely turns whites grey in the first place - it is the first thing i recommend to new mums!