Always cold water for everything. Separate colors from any whites you want to stay white. Check known stains as you take them out, and rewash any that remain before you dry those items. Anything new gets one wash by itself unless you love the color so much you want your entire wardrobe to be that shade.
I put things to laundry by their vibes (e.g. - stronger or more delicate materials get appropriate wash modes) and only pay attention on labels to whether stuff could be ironed - learned hard way with one of my favourite jackets. 😢
18 Comments
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 46 pts · 112d
I'd say guilty but I do it without shame.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 112d
For real. No pansy ass clothes or dishes in my house. Not machine washable? We'll see. You're about to find out your limits.
Elshender@sh.itjust.works · 34 pts · 112d
"This shirt is dry clean only... which means it's dirty." -Mitch Hedberg
fatalicus@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 112d
Hand wash only you say?
No problem, I'll turn the program wheel on my laundry machine past the hand wash program on the way to the same eco program I use for everything else.
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 111d
Absolutely this, except for me it's the mixed load program.
darthsundhaft@piefed.social · 12 pts · 112d
Glad I'm not the only one who does not GAF. I do always have a thing about drying on low heat but that's just me.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 112d
Always cold water for everything. Separate colors from any whites you want to stay white. Check known stains as you take them out, and rewash any that remain before you dry those items. Anything new gets one wash by itself unless you love the color so much you want your entire wardrobe to be that shade.
Quokka@quokk.au · 14 pts · 112d
Never done any of that, can’t say I’ve ever had any issues.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 112d
Same but my whites look like Soviet concrete
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 112d
So, you never wash in cold?
Hot water (and warm bc it contains hot) carries more contaminants and wastes energy and sets protein stains
But hey, do as you will, it's your wash.
Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 111d
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 111d
Most people use too much detergent
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 112d
The same with the dishwasher with a few exceptions. Welcome home new storage containers, good luck.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 112d
Yep, maybe top rack if I'm feeling kind. But might as well discover any problems right away.
ivan@piefed.social · 6 pts · 112d
I put things to laundry by their vibes (e.g. - stronger or more delicate materials get appropriate wash modes) and only pay attention on labels to whether stuff could be ironed - learned hard way with one of my favourite jackets. 😢
i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 112d
Reminds me a lot of the energy from https://lemmy.world/post/44725430
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 112d
I wash whites separately, that's the extent of my coddling.
toynbee@piefed.social · 4 pts · 112d
This is nearly identical to a very old Dilbert comic.
echodot@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 112d
Generally speaking you are right but Kashmir wool will shrink if you put it in the washer so don't risk it.