ok i know that it sounds really pitiful that i dont know how, but its true!! what should i do?? whats the whole deal with warm and cold water and light and dark colors?? ahhh.
please dont criticize...i really do need help!
2007-12-08 12:01:46 · 4 answers · asked by jamie 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Cleaning & Laundry
Don't wash colored clothes and whites together in warm/hot water because the dye from the colored clothes will stain the white clothes. So make sure you do two separate washes, one for whites, one for colors. Some people even do a separate wash for dark/black clothes. You can use warm or cold water for either wash..
This might help:
http://www.wikihow.com/Wash-Your-Clothes
I learned from this website, it's directed to a male audience lol, but it has some good tips:
http://askmen.com/fashion/how_to/9_how_to.html
2007-12-08 12:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Colors bleed and run (its the dye)...and turns whites the color that they are. For example if you wash red socks with white tshirts, you will end up with a pink tshirt. So separate dark colors from the light colors. Hot/warm water for light colors and warm/cold for dark colors. And don't use too much soap. Buy "color safe" detergent to protect the color of dark clothes from fading
2007-12-08 20:56:34 · answer #2 · answered by kingsley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make 4 piles. One is your towels and wash cloths washed on warm with Soap (I don't recommend fabric softener, it doesn't absorb the water off your body as good. The second is white wash, socks, t-shirts, etc. Wash these in warm water with soap, fabric softener in dispenser and Oxiclean, (great for getting clothes a little cleaner. Great stuff). Third is your colored wash like jeans colored t-shirts colored underwear etc. NOT BLACK clothes. Wash the colored was in cold water, soap and fabric softener. Forth, black, brown and red cloths in cold water with soap and fabric softener.
This is how I do it. I have 4 rectangle washbaskets in my basement and I separate the dirty wash as it gets dirty. One towels, one whites, one colors and one black etc. When the basket is full, (not overflowing) I know its a load of wash that needs to be done. It works great.
2007-12-08 21:58:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Separate the colored clothes like jeans and shirts from the whites like towel and sheets(you can also put white clothes in too)..Wash the colored clothes in cold or warm water and the whites in hot water.
2007-12-08 20:07:16 · answer #4 · answered by tidbit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋