Doing the Laundry

laundry - this is an image of a basket of clothes.
United States
November 3, 2006 2:13am CST
Do you separate your whites from the darks? Or do you wash them all together? I always separate my whites and my darks.
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48 responses
3 Nov 06
I never used to seperate them at all and never had any problems whatsoever until one wash when I placed all the whites and darks in the washing machine and amongst the darks there was a blue towel. When I took the clothes out of the machine all the whites had turned either purple, blue or grey. I was so upset and my husband wasnt too impressed either as all his white work shirts were amongst the load. Since then I always do one white and one dark wash!
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Oh thats awful, that happened to me once too and I make sure I never do that again...even if I feel like being lazy and want to just wash everything together...lol. Thanks for your response :)
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@KimMaple (1195)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I always separate them
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• United States
3 Nov 06
I always separate my clothes too! Thanks for your response :)
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@loved1 (5328)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I separate blue jeans & black/navy items, red items, white items, pastels or bright colors, and towels. We generate about 10 loads a week easily so I am always doing laundry.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
That's a lot of laundry! I do a lot of loads too, I have 2 kids so I kind of have to they are always getting dirty...lol. Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
3 Nov 06
I usually seperate them out.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
3 Nov 06
I always separate them because I put bleach in my whites.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Me too! Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Wash together in cold water. If it is new and colored, I will wash it separately the first time.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
3 Nov 06
I use to separate them. But, I have gotten so lazy that I just wash them all together. I have a bad back and it hurts to keep bending and doing reptetive movements. God Bless
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Well thats too bad about your back i'm sorry to hear that. I know how you feel I have a bad back as well and it really stinks. Thanks for your response :)
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@shellyrios (1212)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I always separate all of mine. Whites, Blacks/Darks, colored clothes are all separated.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
I do too! Thanks for your response:)
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@nora05 (379)
• United States
3 Nov 06
laundry - image of a woman doing laundry, there is a laundry basket with clothes and detergent.
I always separate my whites and darks because I use bleach for my whites.
• United States
5 Nov 06
Then yes it would be a good idea to separate them if your using bleach...lol. Thanks for your response :)
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@tvnaresh (1581)
• India
3 Nov 06
Generally even we do seperate...other wise white cant sustain..haha
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• United States
3 Nov 06
LOl thanks for your response :)
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@missybal (4490)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I seperate them. My husband doesn't and he turned some of our whites all pink twice. I wanted to kill him.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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@fubugirl (912)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I separate from hangups, colores, towels and whites.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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@frog0726 (36)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I separate because I bleach my whites.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
Yeah then it's probably a good idea to separate them then..lol. Thanks for your response:)
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@rachelynn (428)
• United States
3 Nov 06
I usually separate them sometimes I don't have enough for a full load so I throw everything in together.
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• United States
3 Nov 06
laundry - a laundry image
Thanks for your response:)
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@happygal68 (3275)
• United States
5 Nov 06
I always separate mine. I don't want to take the chance my whites will all end up pink LOL.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
That happened to me once my whites weren't white anymore...lol. I was in a hurry one day and threw them in a lot together, what a big mistake that was...lol. So never again I always separate them! Thanks for your response :)
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@Thara26 (399)
• United States
5 Nov 06
i always seperate my clothes.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Me too! Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
5 Nov 06
South Park - South Park
I always seperate everything. Mainly because I wash towels in hot water and darks in cold water.
• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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@delina123 (2453)
• Canada
5 Nov 06
I put then altogether
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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• United States
5 Nov 06
I wash all colors together...unless I have something of color that I know will fade.
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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@juicemilk (2283)
• Australia
5 Nov 06
I only separate things when they are new, otherwise I just check everything in together. I've never had any problems! I usually wash towels separately though, otherwise they put fluff all through the clothes
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• United States
5 Nov 06
Thanks for your response :)
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