when seperating laundry, what are the groups (such as white and colors)?

Answer 1

I put all my whites together, light colored clothes together,then my darks.I always do towels separately because of lint getting on the clothes, especially the darks.

Answer 2

Apart from colours you need to separate any garments that need a cool wash, a short wash, a short spin etc.

Usually woollens and silks need more delicate washing. Only wash woollens with woollens and always separate dark colours from light.

Not all cottons can take a hot wash - check the labels.

Only ever wash whites with other whites.

Wash black clothes together using special fabric cleaner for dark clothes to help preserve the blackness.

Some artificial fibres like viscose cannot take long spins so make sure you check the instructions on your favourite items.

If the garment says dry clean only and it is cotton or some other fibre you think is washable, follow the instructions and have it dry cleaned. Sometimes the thread used in constructing a garment is not the same fibre as the actual garment. Shrinkage in one or the other will make it go out of shape when washed in water.

Answer 3

Obviously, everyone has their own system. I had a roommate who separated her loads into two groups: whites and everything else. Actually, sometimes she didn't separate the whites either, and it never seemed to bother her. So I guess the answer to your question depends on how picky you are.

Me, I guess I like everything just so. I have these categories:

white underwear
colored underwear
whites
blues
greens
reds/yellows
blacks
blankets and sheets
dish towels, tablecloths, and napkins
hand wash darks
hand wash brights
hand wash whites

The underwear I do separately for hygiene purposes, in hot water wash. The blankets and sheets I also wash in hot water to kill dust mites. The dish towels, tablecloths, and napkins are washed in hot water to sanitize them. The rest of the laundry is washed in warm water, except sometimes I'll use the hot water cycle for whites. Also, the "hand wash" categories are done on a special "hand wash" cycle on my washer in cold water. When I don't have enough to separate them out, I'll put the blues, greens and even occasionally blacks in a load together.

If you want minimal division (like if you don't have all that much laundry to do anyway), I would suggest to just separate darks, whites, and bright colors.

Answer 4

This is what i do:

Whites

Lights

Darks

Towels

Sheets

Dishrags/kitchen towels

Baby clothes (her laundry is still being washed in baby detergent)

and on top of that....i always wash my husband and son's whites separately from each other because it makes it much easier when it is time to sort and fold socks...my son is 11 and his socks are almost as big as my husbands...so to avoid confusion i just wash them separately.

Answer 5

I seperate my laundry as follows.. .socks, underwear (hot water cycle), linens/towels (hot water cycle), lights and darks turned inside out..(cold/cold cycle) I also have a pile for gentle cycle and delicates.. (warm/cold) Good luck

Answer 6

I do mine like this:
whites
lights
darks
multicolored lights
multicolored darks
but most people just do "whites, lights, darks"

Answer 7

I separate them into conservative, moderate and liberal piles. I was having too many arguments in the dryer!!!!

Answer 8

when i do the washing i have whites, lights and darks but i also wash all my towels together and my beddin together