Laundry - how many different loads do you sort it all into?

chrissy59

i have everything into one basket then hubbys work clothes together and then darks and lights separately. all washed on a 40 wash.
towels teatowels go in together at 60 wash and bedding
goes in on its own at 40 wash

i couldn't wash towels or teatowels with anything else

FluffityBunny

Lights
Darks
Reds

All done at 40c unless it's one of my organic cotton dip dyed items of clothing then it's just put on a cool rinse with a bit of washing powder

basil92

Mine all goes in the same wash

Unless I've bought a new pair of jeans or other dark dyed item (very rare), then I'll separate the wash into light/dark colours.

ETA: only wear my clothes for one day before washing, towels max 2 days use, 100% Egyptian cotton, white bed sheets washed weekly, admittedly alone, as they fill the washer.....

*gets (unwashed) coat*...:p

twiglet98

Lights and darks at 40.
Bedding, towels and tea towels at 60.
Not enough white clothes to need a separate white wash. I have white cotton bedding but no white towels. The bedding will be a machine load, all the towels are bright or dark and go in a separate wash.
Just me and youngest (adult) daughter, and she does far more washloads than I do.

Floss

All goes into 1 basket for 2 adults, but have 2 spare bedrooms with towels that are regularly occupied.

Whites (40 deg wash), lights, brights, darks (all on 30), coloured towels (40), white towels, white & ivory bedding (60).

System

Let me think...

Whites @ 60

Darks @ 60

Towels @ 60

Cool coloureds @ 40

Cool whites @ 40

My bras @ unheated 15 minute quick wash

Hubby's work clothes @ 60 intensive

I make that 7

Footpather

Just two baskets:

1. Whites and lights

2. Coloureds and darks.

Cautious with new coloureds and jeans but that doesn't happen often!

MallyGirl

Bedsheets & towels (all white) 60 C
White clothes 40 C
Darks (Jeans/clothes) 40 C
'Chino' wash which is middling colours, sports kit and bedding 40 C
I have 3 separate baskets so we can see which one needs doing next.

madnotstupid

If I have a small colours and a small delicate (coloured) I often wash them all as delicate then give the non-delicate stuff an extra spin. I also sometimes combine a lights and whites. Otherwise -

sheets 60°C
towels / dishtowels / cleaning cloths 60°C
whites 40° + scoop of oxi type cleaner
colours 40°
delicates (mainly jumpers in winter) 30° / 40° with delicates detergent

occasionally seperate darks if there's a new pair of jeans, or if I've managed to gather enough clothes for two loads

Sayschezza

Whites @60 includes all towels/bed linen
Mediums @40
Darks @40
Anything that should be hand washed gets put into the machine with some fabric softener and put on a last rinse and spin cycle only.
Both of us are retired so nothing is dirty.

Because all towels and most bed linen is white as are most of the clothes I wear in summer and oh tees I do at least 2 loads of whites a week but normally only 1 each of mediums and darks. The stuff I should hand wash I do as and when. I iron everything and always have even when the family were little.