Is there anything really wrong with mixing your whites and darks when doing laundry?

Answer 1

Yes, sometimes the dark colors run and smear on the whites.
Apart from this, I usually use hot water to wash the whites where as cold cycles to wash the darks. That way, I can get whiter whites and save some money on energy bills on the darks. I also use different detergents for the two.
Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I have never (over a 40 year period) washed the colours and white separately.
In the beginning I made the mistake of washing with warm or even hottish water and occasionally found the whites had turned a tie-dye pink!
Since then I have always used a washing powder that will wash with cold water, thus saving discolouration and electricity and time!!
If I have a new dark cotton from India I will wash that by hand until no more colour leaks out of it.
It makes sense.

Answer 3

Your whites will be dingy and your dark colors will fade. Plus, you need to watch items that leave a lot of lint. If you wash a white towel, you'll have white lint all over your dark shirt/pants. The same vice versa. I wash whites with detergent that has bleach in warm or hot water for a longer duration. I wash dark colors using detergent for dark colors in warm or cool water in the delicate cycle. It makes a big difference.

Answer 4

It depends; if you don't care that eventually all your light colored clothes will have a gray tint to them, and that your whites will no longer be white but dingy, then there is no problem with throwing everything in together! And if your tighty-whities should end up a nice rosy pink because of a red shirt you threw in with them, well, go for it!
On the other hand, if you care about your appearance and you want your clothes to look like the color that they came in, then separate lights from darks AND bleachable whites from the lights.
So, your choice! : )

Answer 5

You will wind up with dark spots of fading on your light clothes where the dark ones rest on them. The lint factor on the dark clothes is great. You will be spending a lot of time getting the white lint off of the dark clothes. Oh yes, remember to always wash everything inside out..that way if you do get a fading stain it is on the inside of the clothing and won't show!

Answer 6

I wash my whites and darks together in cold water, i have never had problems and have been doing this since i can remember. It will make the whites look not so white..but this does not bother me. If it were a really expensive shirt of pair of pants i would wash seperatly.

Answer 7

Pending on the material and water temperature your dark clothes can 'bleed' onto the whites. Ive always washed everything together in cold water and have had no problem so far. Whites are still white. Just becaure what you throw in the washer.

Answer 8

in the beginning separate your laundry in accordance to colour. Whites, lighting fixtures, and darks. Then be certain what length load you're washing. Do you have lots or a sprint. Set the dial on the washer in accordance to the dimensions of the pile of clothing, turn the washer on then upload cleansing soap, the quantity of cleansing soap would properly be desperate via examining the label. placed your outfits in final so which you will no longer have detergent stains. That approximately sums it up. solid luck! you could no longer have any issues and no I doubt if water or something will bypass out, that happens in video clips!

Answer 9

Yes it is wrong to mix your colours, what if you put a pair of jeans in with your whites, they won't be white anymore...

You can now buy these sheets for your washing machine, I think they are called colour catchers (or something like that) Apparantley they trap colours so they don't run into each other.. So there you go....

Answer 10

As long as the clothes are color fast then yes If you wash them on a 30-40ºc wash they should be fine, save energy this way