S/O Laundry

TheGriffs

Do you sort? Am I the only one who has enough red, pink, and orange clothes to have them be their own load once a week?? I can't imagine just throwing them in with everything else. 

I do whites (mostly undershirts, socks, and underwear), lights, darks (though I usually divide this up into jeans and other darks), reds, towels, and sheets. And I use the shout color catch sheets.

Am I the only one? 

Andrewsgal

I sort; lights, darks and reds. Towels and linens are on their own too.

Arnegard

I do a lights, darks (red goes there) and whites. 

Cherryblossoms07

I sort - colors, whites, and towels

AimeeL85

I do our red/orange separately, too....sometimes with purple thrown in there.  I don't do the load every week, but probably every 2.  I don't know if I need to or not, but better safe than sorry.

I also usually separate darks into blue, and then black/brown....just because we seem to have SO many blue clothes that they can be their own load every week.  I include jeans in it.

My white loads are sometimes all whites, or sometimes a mix of white/very light.  I never bleach anything because I don't really understand when to use and when to not use bleach lol.

kaydee77

I do darks and colors.  Towels and sheets are separate as well.  Usually, we only have one or two items that are white, which isn't worth doing a separate load, so they get tossed in with something else.

vintagejjane

Just colors and whites. I throw towels in the with the colors as needed.

laurenb89

i do lights (includes whites) darks (reds and oranges there) jeans, towels, linens

I usually stay on top of the laundry so it would take over a week for me to be able to do a full load if I seperated it out by reds/oranges and darks, and whites from lights. I couldnt stand the thought of not doing laundry for a week (but hey it might be nice) lol

sbevmc09

Hav=Fath:

I just throw it all in together, since we wash on warm/cold we have never had a color bleeding issue. 

This.

lucylea

I over-sort, but its what works for me.  I have a load of jeans, darks, lights, whites, and reds (includes orange and pink).  I also do a separate load for towels each week and then bedding every other week (one load for the kids and one load for us).  

joyfullyfound

I do diapers, whites, towel, bed linens, and then split the darks into the two loads that go best together.... like, if there are a lot of reds and pinks, they get their own load, or a lot of jeans, etc. 

TheGriffs

lucylea:

I over-sort, but its what works for me.  I have a load of jeans, darks, lights, whites, and reds (includes orange and pink).  I also do a separate load for towels each week and then bedding every other week (one load for the kids and one load for us).  

This is exactly what I do. I'm glad that I'm not the only one! I just wonder if I am doing too much work? 

nosoup4u

We do brights, darks, whites/lights and towels/bedding. Brights and darks get washed together sometimes, too.

shibby00

Whites get bleached, darks and brights go together, khaki and other lights go together, sheets, towels, and DD's clothes. I feel like I'm always doing laundry.

shorty6788

I sort for sure!  And it irks me when hubby wants to help start the laundry and sorts it wrong, but I just let it go (at least he's helping, right?).  Anyways, my loads: whites, darks, lights, heavy materials (pants, jeans, etc.), delicates, sheets, towels, and baby clothes.  I, also, do certain linens and whatnot once a month.  I have a whole schedule I try to stick to (same with cleaning).  I know it sounds anal, but being a SAHM, its my job to run the house, and I take pride in my home. 

jenniann87

I sort ours lights/whites, darks/reds and towels/linens.

khill86

I do whites (washed with a detergent with bleach), lights, brights (will throw in with darks if it's only a couple items, but I usually have enough for a load), dark casual, dark work/nicer clothes, towels, bed linens, blankets (from the living room, they usually have dog hair on them so I don't wash with anything else). I wash with cold water. I wash DS's laundry separately with a free and clear detergent, but don't separate his things.

I only do laundry on weekends and always have. I usually get it all done Saturday. I love having all the clothes clean at once to start the week. I also love folding DS's laundry.

I'm sure I'm doing more work than I have to, but each load is a full load so I don't really care. When I was younger, my mom never separated the laundry and my whites were always so dingy or delicate things would get ruined, so I think I over compensate.