How do you do your laundry? What do you use?

I break up colors and white's.

Black/blue's go together

red/orange together

yellow/grey together

white


I use regular liquid laundry detergent like purex added while the water is filling, I don't put clothes in until the washer is filled. Sometime's I add some white vinegar to the load to thoroughly clean the clothes of any softners detergents might have in them. The vinegar rinses out and you'll never smell it, great for bringing back the absorbancy of your bath towels. Softeners actually block your fabrics absorbancy. I use bleach with my white's but never measure, just do the "ok that's enough"

I do laundryh:

 

darks cold

darks warm

lights cold

lights warm

whites

liquid tide i add to the basket first. then beging running water. i don't add clothes until the bottom is covered in water and detergent concentrate is diluted somewhat (this prevents those big stains you'd see in your jeans and such under blacklight).

color-safe bleach with the darks and lights, chlorine bleach with the whites. sometimes if i'm washing clothes that have grease in them i will add VERY small amount of simple green so the grease will drain out instead of reabsorbing.

dryer sheet.

 

whites - warm

anything else - cold

http://wsuc.cortland.edu/softener.mp4 - little movie some kids in my class made, found it entertaining.. at least the part where hes screaming at the kid, the running around part is corny

 

darks (outer wear) - cold
darks (under wear) - cold
whites (outer wear) - warm
whites (under wear) - warm

 

i put dark colors together and wash them cold
light colors together and wash cold
whites together and wash warm

 

i also follow garment care instructions

 

use liquid tide with bleach clean breeze scent..whites hot/cold setting.. separate lights and darks both done in cold/cold.. add fabric softner same scent to the dispenser only in winter time..my towels r white and sheets a light beige so they go together in hot/cold add bleach when needed.. dry separately. dryer sheets for the sheets.. start water add soap after it fills the bottom some then add clothes..havent tried the vinagar but i heard that it does work..

 

ok i guess im the only one who throws all the shit in at once?

 

No. Since I own very few articles of white clothing, I just stick mine in all together; warm wash with cold rinse.

 

I separate into lights and darks.
Anything new enough to bleed gets a wash cycle to itself.
(Although, that's a rare occurence.)

The washers & dryers at the apt are fairly ancient, but they get the job done nicely. I pre-treat stains with Shout! Gel and use Costco's liquid Tide equivalent.

As far as water temps, RTFT. h: