Darks, whites or lights?
So. I wore a white and navy striped shirt yesterday. When I went to put in in the laundry basket I was once again torn – dark basket, white basket or colors? I mean I’ve only been doing laundry for close to 50 years. You’d think I would have resolved this by now!
So. It occurred to me that I should ask all you brilliant bloggers what you do.
So. What do you do?
Since we wash every thing in warm , we do undies in one load, Tee Shirts and knits in one and Button up or dress shirts in another. So colors don’t matter to us.
Angel, Kirby, and Nan
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm
If it is mostly white, it goes with the lights. If it is mostly navy, it goes in with the dark clothes. And I almost always wash with cold water.
Good luck. Big hugs…
Sandy B
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:20 pm
It would be in my dark pile. I would wash with cold water. Okay, that’s what I do. It’s been working.
Have a terrific day.
Comedy Plus
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Okay Barb, I’m with you…. ahhhh, white or darks? I think I’ve put that sort of combo in both piles at some point or another. Maybe close your eyes and point to a pile, the one you’re pointing at wins that day!
Happy Day! Brenda
Brenda @ It's A Beautiful Life
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 9:30 pm
I wash in cold water with Tide Coldwater liquid detergent, so I’ll put it in either pile, as long as the colored pile doesn’t have any red stuff in it.
Travis
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I have several loads — towels only, jeans only, whites, meds, and darks…
Lois Grebowski
Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:22 pm
We have lots of shirts and T-shirts that have white stripes or backgrounds so we put them in the mixed whites basket. The real puzzle is then do we further separate the pink and white stripes from the royal and white stripes.
Kari
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:55 am
Amanda has a black-and-white striped shirt that I have this same dilemma with and sometimes it goes in with one batch and sometimes it goes in with the other. How’s that for a non-definitive answer!?!
Linda
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:58 am
I usually toss those things in a load all by themselves.
Lori and Cory
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:22 am
hehe I do the “load all by themselves too”. Thank goodness Lori does also as I was a bit embarrassed to say at first
hehe
V-V
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 5:39 am
Yep ~ I’ve pondered the same problem. What do I do? Wash with care (especially the first time) and never put tht item in with anything light in colour that I wouldn’t want spoiled! It’s a dilemma.
Author
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:05 am
We tend to do towels together, sheets together and then everything else together. Jeans get a special wash by themselves the first time, and then they have to share the wash with everybody else.
Never had a problem with any colours running or whites getting ruined yet.
Poppy Q
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 6:43 am
I would put it in with the light colors, use a Shout Color Catcher, and wash in cold. Catches any stray colors that might bleed into the wash water.
Kim
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 8:04 am
Wash with cold and it won’t matter. That’s my motto. The only clothes I was in warm are hubby’s grubby, greasy work clothes. The rest is cold water and right into the dryer. Makes life so much easier!
Lisa
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 9:32 am
Mine would go in whichever load I had more space
Lights or darks… Probably not the whites just in case the navy would bleed…
Ivanhoe
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 12:27 pm
In with the darks. Actually I’ve just realised that I don’t separate out colours. So that’s no help at all.
Tracey
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I usually ignore mine and go make something crafty. It cuts down on the stress of decision making.
jennifer
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 1:13 pm
I use Shout “Color Catchers” and they mean you can wash anything with any color and it all gets clean. It grabs any color from the water…
ramblingwoods
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I usually put something like that with light colored towels. I know it sounds weird but I sort by lights/whites, dark blues/browns/blacks, reds/pinks, then towels/linens/iffy’s. It’s insane the amount of laundry we do over here with pre-teen girl!
Heidi
Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:20 pm