A little late. With modern detergents and dyes, separating colors from whites is no longer an issue. Unfortunately, eventually getting them into a washing machine is the challenge for many of us.
When I was in college (and I lived at home with parents) I had the dirty pile on the floor and the clean pile on my dresser and once a week I washed the floor pile and put it all on the dresser.
My MIL was a full time housewife. Husband threw his laundry in a hole in the bottom of the hall linen closet and it reappeared in his drawers and closet clean. He has always claimed that the laundry fairies did this and I am not completely sure if he was joking or not as he was surprised when I showed him the laundry sorter in their basement that the laundry fell into.
When we got married it took me years to train husband that it was okay to throw his socks and underwear on the floor and then put it in the laundry bag in the hall closet (our basement down 2 floors so can’t throw in a hole). Worst of all, lately I am too lazy to throw laundry in same and throw it on the floor in front of my closet and every few days move it to the laundry bag.
Meant to metion – I sort our laundry by type and weight of items. I wash colors and whites together – have never had anything run. I will wash dark colors – the first time – in a load of just whites (underpants) to see if they run and they never seem to.
However, I do wash the whites (shirts, neckcloths, shifts, handkerchiefs, and caps) that we wear for (1770s) reenacting separate from the color clothing as they are all cotton/linen and the colors are more likely to run than our regular clothes.
Templo S.U.D. almost 5 years ago
lucky for me, I have a whites hamper and a colors hamper
momofalex7 almost 5 years ago
It’s a start.
texasbob almost 5 years ago
You’re supposed to separate them?
Michael G. almost 5 years ago
Where are the pinks, Einstein? :-p
Sir Ruddy Blighter almost 5 years ago
You can’t have the whites and the colors together; I learned that while visiting the Southern U.S.
Er…the laundromats in the Southern U.S., that is…
Cameron1988 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Well, Baldo’s, room looks more cleaner than, Jeremy Duncan’s, room
MermaidStitcher almost 5 years ago
Once again I see different colors in the pile. But he wears red and white shirts with blue jeans.
timbob2313 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Teenagers. Boys or girls, the older they get the messier their rooms look
ron almost 5 years ago
A little late. With modern detergents and dyes, separating colors from whites is no longer an issue. Unfortunately, eventually getting them into a washing machine is the challenge for many of us.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 5 years ago
I wash them all in cold water.
debra4life almost 5 years ago
And guess who’s old enough to do his own laundry.
mafastore almost 5 years ago
Works for me.
When I was in college (and I lived at home with parents) I had the dirty pile on the floor and the clean pile on my dresser and once a week I washed the floor pile and put it all on the dresser.
My MIL was a full time housewife. Husband threw his laundry in a hole in the bottom of the hall linen closet and it reappeared in his drawers and closet clean. He has always claimed that the laundry fairies did this and I am not completely sure if he was joking or not as he was surprised when I showed him the laundry sorter in their basement that the laundry fell into.
When we got married it took me years to train husband that it was okay to throw his socks and underwear on the floor and then put it in the laundry bag in the hall closet (our basement down 2 floors so can’t throw in a hole). Worst of all, lately I am too lazy to throw laundry in same and throw it on the floor in front of my closet and every few days move it to the laundry bag.
mafastore almost 5 years ago
Meant to metion – I sort our laundry by type and weight of items. I wash colors and whites together – have never had anything run. I will wash dark colors – the first time – in a load of just whites (underpants) to see if they run and they never seem to.
However, I do wash the whites (shirts, neckcloths, shifts, handkerchiefs, and caps) that we wear for (1770s) reenacting separate from the color clothing as they are all cotton/linen and the colors are more likely to run than our regular clothes.