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Mr_love_monkey
08-06-2005, 10:41
First up, no, it's not a race thread, it's something far more exciting.... it's about washing....
When you are sorting your washing, when does an item stop being white, and become coloured? - how much 'other' colour does a white item have to have to make it coloured - I find it very hard to decide, so information would be useful.....
The wife says " only fully white items are classed has whites, anything with colours in could run".
First up, no, it's not a race thread, it's something far more exciting.... it's about washing....
When you are sorting your washing, when does an item stop being white, and become coloured? <snip>
Usually after the first washing :)
My gf actually does the washing (I fold it), so I'm not bothered. When I used to do the washing, I had coloured and black washing. No white...
Mr_love_monkey
08-06-2005, 10:52
The wife says " only fully white items are classed has whites, anything with colours in could run".
but what if you have a t-shirt that is white, with a black trim - surely if you wash that with the coloured items, they'll run into the white?
it's very confusing...
I think I might just start wearing plain white (or black) t-shirts from now on
One of life's great mysteries, is this. Along with how the washing machine is actually made to operate, of course ... :D
dilli-theclaw
08-06-2005, 10:54
You're supposed to SPLIT them :Yikes::Yikes::Yikes:;):D
Chimaera
08-06-2005, 10:58
Well I sometimes put very pale items in with the whites - but only if its on a cool wash. If it's a hotter one then it's whites only - anything else will run! You can try Colour Run Remover (http://www.dylon.co.uk/household/LINGERIE.htm) to repair the damage or Colour Run Preventer (http://www.dylon.co.uk/household/LINGERIE.htm) if you think there's going to be a problem. :)
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but what if you have a t-shirt that is white, with a black trim - surely if you wash that with the coloured items, they'll run into the white?
it's very confusing...
I think I might just start wearing plain white (or black) t-shirts from now on
No need Mr l_m - the Colour Run Preventer should sort that. Or wash it on a cool temperature - that should prevent any accidents!
Yeah I put pale items with whites too.
Anything slightly darker and it goes in the colours wash.
Mr_love_monkey
08-06-2005, 11:04
well, the majority of clothing we own all seems to be 40 degress 'easy care' - so colour runs shouldn't happen too often.... it's just one of the many exciting things I've been wondering about just recently...
Hi.
Well, here is one for you...........
If you don't mix whites with coloured's so that the colours don't run........
Then you shouldn't mix coloured's with coloured's in case they run...............
So, you must have to do 1 washing for whites, 1 for red, 1 for black and so on.
Does that make sense? I don't do the washing at our house.......
Dave Stones
08-06-2005, 11:28
you are all paranoid, just like my housemates... if you don't know that your clothes are colourfast after several washes at 40C, you have problems... they practically have heart attacks when they see me throwing my white socks/t shirts etc in with my black towels, and so forth.... they don't seem to understand that coloursonly run for the first couple of washes, when there is still "spare dye"...
so in short, in my experience, wash your new clothes twice on their own at 40/50c to get rid of the spare colour, then they will be fine to throw in with everything ;)
saves using 2 scoops of washing powder too :)
MetaWraith
08-06-2005, 11:30
You're supposed to SPLIT them :Yikes::Yikes::Yikes:;):D
and stitch them back together afterwards presumably. ;)
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you are all paranoid, just like my housemates... if you don't know that your clothes are colourfast after several washes at 40C, you have problems... they practically have heart attacks when they see me throwing my white socks/t shirts etc in with my black towels, and so forth.... they don't seem to understand that coloursonly run for the first couple of washes, when there is still "spare dye"...
so in short, in my experience, wash your new clothes twice on their own at 40/50c to get rid of the spare colour, then they will be fine to throw in with everything ;)
saves using 2 scoops of washing powder too :)
There speaks a true student
Dave Stones
08-06-2005, 11:30
hey, cheek... washing powder is damn expensive!:erm:
I wash everything at 40 anyway, saves running and does a miniscule amount for the environment, so I can feel good when I get in my car and drive to the supermarket for vegetables flown in by air from Africa.
If they're a bit dirtier so what? I dress in black every day anyway and BBPrince gets yoghurt down anything clean within seconds anyway. So I just seperate light from dark - pale blue or yellow gets thrown in with whites.
What about black and white striped socks?
Chimaera
08-06-2005, 12:09
Ah - now I thought I read somewhere that you should do a really hot wash every now and again - otherwise the pipes get clogged up with all the undissloved powder/liquid in the machine?
Where's our resident washing machine wizard iadom then? ;)
gary_580
08-06-2005, 12:10
you are all paranoid, just like my housemates... if you don't know that your clothes are colourfast after several washes at 40C, you have problems... they practically have heart attacks when they see me throwing my white socks/t shirts etc in with my black towels, and so forth.... they don't seem to understand that coloursonly run for the first couple of washes, when there is still "spare dye"...
so in short, in my experience, wash your new clothes twice on their own at 40/50c to get rid of the spare colour, then they will be fine to throw in with everything ;)
saves using 2 scoops of washing powder too :)
Would you take advice about coloured vs whites washing from a guy with blue hair!"! :Yikes:
I never have enough whites for a white only wash. I do pale colours (tonally anything paler than a standard yellow( :dozey: this colour)) and whites with bio tablets and dark colours with colour tablets. That way I don't end up with grey blacks or pink reds, and the whites stay bright (can't stand dingy whites or not black blacks):Yikes:. White t-shirts with dark trim I do in a light wash, Dark t-shirts with a white trim I do in a dark wash (the white has survivied so far).
The way I class it, is that no real clothes are whites. They always have some colour or pattern. Therfore you split it into lights and darks. You only do this to stop the colours running, so it is largely irrelevent now unless the clothes are brand new. Virtually all clothes are already colur-sealed now anyway. Normally you'd wash the lighter clothes at higher than darks, as heat can damage the colour. I just do lights and darks at the same low temp anyway (30/40). A hot wash can shrink your clothes.
Whites are really towels, tea/dish towels and sheets. Wash those as high as you can, say 70, for hygene reasons. Kill those germs, bed bugs, etc.
orangebird
08-06-2005, 12:48
Hi.
Well, here is one for you...........
If you don't mix whites with coloured's so that the colours don't run........
Then you shouldn't mix coloured's with coloured's in case they run...............
So, you must have to do 1 washing for whites, 1 for red, 1 for black and so on.
Does that make sense? I don't do the washing at our house.......
Evidently... ;) :angel:
Dark colours at 30, light colours at 40, whites at 60. :tu:
SMHarman
08-06-2005, 12:54
In our house we do a
light wash including white, grey, pale blue etc.
A red wash (as we have hot pink towels and red Ts etc get thrown in with that
A denim wash
A dark wash
A wool wash
That normally clears the laundry basket out. The white towels and dishtowels if there are enough get their own "60 degree intensive stain"* wash.
*any Bosch owner will know this setting.
Also once in a while (about every 6 months I suppose I will run the machine empty on a full 90 degree cycle. I also put calgon in most wash loads and dilute the fabric conditioner rather than put it in concentrated (pour the 750 ml concentrate into an old 3l bottle and top up with water.)
Does Incog need to create a most inane thread award?
When you are sorting your washing,
Sorry, what is this "sorting your washing" business?
Bung it all in on a 40 degree wash and go and do something more interesting :D
Mr_love_monkey
08-06-2005, 13:28
Sorry, what is this "sorting your washing" business?
Bung it all in on a 40 degree wash and go and do something more interesting :D
Yeah, but don't you just wear large amounts of black leather outfits???? :p: :D
I use the magic basket in the bathroom - put anything in there is it magically gets washed, ironed, and returned to your clothes draws. :D
MovedGoalPosts
08-06-2005, 14:37
I use the magic basket in the bathroom - put anything in there is it magically gets washed, ironed, and returned to your clothes draws. :D
I go one better, no magic basket - just the nearest convenient piece of floor :sleep:
Sorry, what is this "sorting your washing" business?
Bung it all in on a 40 degree wash and go and do something more interesting :D
I thought your clothing required polishing, or treating with dubbin, rather than washing in Bold? :D
greencreeper
08-06-2005, 15:15
Shirts all go in together - 40 degree wash
Trousers - bit tricky. I have to set the washer going, wait for it to fill slightly, then add the dosing ball, slosh it about, then add the trousers. If I don't do this, the trousers have strange patches on them. I use a 30 degree wool setting
My best t-shirts and tops go in at 30 degrees, mixed coloureds setting
Socks, undies, old t-shirts, and nightware - 40 degree wash
Whites and creams - 40 degree wash (sometimes 50 degrees)
Bedding, including duvets and pillows - 60 degree wash
Towels, including tea towels and dishcloths - 90 degree wash (good for the washer too)
Rugs - 40 degree wool wash
Anything else I wash according to my judgement, so synthetics would go in at 40 degree synthetic cycle, or cooler if it/they might shrink
I have a cream and black top - goes in with rest of my best tops. It's a question of judgement.
Yellow dusters - I've slipped up there :disturbd:
Bung it all in on a 40 degree wash and go and do something more interesting :D
Yeah, but don't you just wear large amounts of black leather outfits???? :p: :D
:Yikes:
No, no, NO!!! Leather needs *specialist* cleaning!! It doesn't go anywhere *near* a washing machine :eek:
allieyoung666
08-06-2005, 18:34
I have one of those colour catcher sheets they do the biz as I do not have the time to sort out. Youll be amazed on how much colour it does catch!
Theodoric
08-06-2005, 18:40
It's all in the dye. If it's undyed and grey with age, then it's still white. :)
greencreeper
08-06-2005, 19:33
Whites go grey because you wash them at too cool a temperature and without enough liquid/powder.
allieyoung666
08-06-2005, 19:33
Not if you put one of these colour catcher sheets in!
Whites go grey because you wash them at too cool a temperature and without enough liquid/powder.
The can go yellow if washed too hot as well.
I just throw it all in, i only wash jeans seperately because they probably will run. But no advice can be taken form me, i have shrunk several things, and im not sure how, i think they were hand wash only. But then so are most bras and i stick them in the wash all the time and nothing happens.
Most dark coloured t-shrts and shirts dont run in the wash, but jeans do, its all a mystery really. The best thing to do, is get someone else to do it! ;)
greencreeper
08-06-2005, 22:28
I can see we have a few modern women on the forum :D
Be careful with bras - can cause terrible damage to a washer if the wires come out. Not that I know about bras - I've just heard they have wires and can damage washers. Seems odd to me to put wire in a bra - could have someone's eye out.
Things tend to come out smaller if you either wash them too hot, or use a wash cycle that has too much agitation (sloshing around). You'll notice that the wool cycle spends more time doing nothing than sloshing around.
Raistlin
08-06-2005, 22:31
A couple of tips:
Wash your jeans inside out, they retain their colour better that way. Ironing them inside out helps as well.
Pay attention to the care label in your clothes, it's there for a reason.
Was whites with whites.
Don't do what I did this evening. I washed my black work trousers with a new yellow duster. Now I have black work trousers with a nice coating of yellow fluff!
A couple of tips:
Wash your jeans inside out, they retain their colour better that way. Ironing them inside out helps as well.You iron your jeans??? :Yikes: ;) :)
Raistlin
08-06-2005, 22:38
You iron your jeans??? :Yikes: ;) :)
Yep, stops me looking all creased.
I will stress at this point (in a vain attempt to rescue my dignity and self respect) that I don't put creases down the front. I iron them flat, and only lightly enough to get the really bad cross-creases out.
greencreeper
08-06-2005, 22:41
Don't do what I did this evening. I washed my black work trousers with a new yellow duster. Now I have black work trousers with a nice coating of yellow fluff!
:rofl: Parcel tape ;)
As for ironing jeans, well someone has to :D You can usually avoid creases by giving a good tug on each leg once you've hung them up to dry. It straightens and flattens the legs.
I hope no one uses a dryer - the amount of electricity wasted :disturbd:
Dave Stones
08-06-2005, 22:44
Yep, stops me looking all creased.
I will stress at this point (in a vain attempt to rescue my dignity and self respect) that I don't put creases down the front. I iron them flat, and only lightly enough to get the really bad cross-creases out.
so you have creases down the side? :p:
personally i don't iron anything. leave it on a coat hanger/folded up under a load of other clothes for a day or two, and it magically becomes uncreased. My iron has been used less than 5 times in the past two years...
everything gets chucked in at 50C on my washer, that setting is called "multiple fabrics" or something along those lines... basically gets all the colour out, with no hassle. Occasionally, i throw all my socks in on a 90C wash cos they are starting to turn brown from all the floor dirt... :erm:
oh, and i tumble dry everything on high too. nothing has ever shrunk this way, unless by some strange freak of nature/genetic engineering/alien involvement i am shrinking proportionally with the clothing :disturbd:
Raistlin
08-06-2005, 22:47
I hope no one uses a dryer - the amount of electricity wasted :disturbd:
That would be me then.....
No other way to get anything dry in my flat. It doesn't get warm enough to dry anything.
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so you have creases down the side? :p:
No, I have seams down the sides.....
greencreeper
08-06-2005, 22:49
That would be me then.....
No other way to get anything dry in my flat. It doesn't get warm enough to dry anything.
Ah. My flat is cold and drafty also. I went mad with foam and draught seal but there's still a gale coming up from the cellar. I tend to have the gas fire on and the clothes on an airer (horse). Sometimes I move the airer to the bathroom - the afternoon sun can really heat the room some days.
My mum tells me the same things with bra wires cause lots of damage to the washing machine if they escape, but i just dont like to handwash things, the soap makes my skin all horrible on my hands. :Yikes:
You know I didnt know there was so much to learn about washing machines. :)
We dont have a dryer, but sometimes in the winter i wish we did, I put clothes in the wash and they might be dry maybe 3 days later, if its jeans, you might as well go and buy a new pair to wear while the others dry! :disturbd:
Dont suppose you can stretch shrunken clothes? It took me awhile to click that they had actually shrunk though, i thouht id just put on a lot of weight :p:
I dont iron either, i just try to fold things and dry them so they dont have creases in. I dont have time to mess around with irons and burning myself, lol, when i worked for a year before my a levels, i thought i should iron my work uniform, i burnt myself everytime, now if im desparate i normally ask my boyfriends mum to do it ;) Cheeky i know :rolleyes:
My mum tells me the same things with bra wires cause lots of damage to the washing machine if they escape, but i just dont like to handwash things, the soap makes my skin all horrible on my hands. :Yikes:
You can get little nets to put the bras in before they go in the washing machine. They're supposed to reduce the risk of potential damage to the washing machine.
(I know too much about bras :naughty: )
Dave Stones
08-06-2005, 23:37
That would be me then.....
No other way to get anything dry in my flat. It doesn't get warm enough to dry anything.
same here, i don't dare hang anything out in the back garden, the risk from thieves is too great in this area :erm:
No, I have seams down the sides.....
fancy name for creases ;)
greencreeper
09-06-2005, 00:51
You can get little nets to put the bras in before they go in the washing machine. They're supposed to reduce the risk of potential damage to the washing machine.
(I know too much about bras :naughty: )
An old pillow case is just as good. You can put anything in - those old trainers that frighten the dog, or a stuffed toy.
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