Stupid Laundry Question........

[cindys732003]

how do you wash this shirt:

With lights or with darks? I'm guessing with lights, but I don't want the navy to cause problems with the other clothes.
I suck at laundry....I already ruined a burgundy shirt with offwhite sleeves.....they are a nice hue of pink now LOL!
TIA!

 

[Tracyfish]

I tend to have a white-whites load and then a load with things like this that have white in them, but also have colors.

 

[newfiemountiewife]

Wash it alone, if it is new, in COLD water. The cold will not run the colours, hot will. Wash it alone a couple of times, then I'd put it in with the darks. The key is the cold water.

ETA Benjamin had a red/white shirt similar to that, that's what I done, and had no issues with dyes running.

 

[meems]

I'd wash it with darks in cold water.

 

[cindys732003]

But if I wash it with darks, won't the the white become not as bright......ie grey it a little?

 

[meems]

But if I wash it with darks, won't the the white become not as bright......ie grey it a little?

ummm, i don't know . . . i haven't paid attention . . . is it white white?

 

[tracey]

Wash it alone, if it is new, in COLD water

Thats what I would do too....I have ruined many shirts just like that one before, usually red/white ones, so I started washing them alone in cold water. Seems like I had better results that way.
I have been tempted to try the Shout Color Catchers, to see how they work...esp. since I suck at laundry too! lol

 

[AmyM]

Just sling it all in there together is my theory Unless you have a brand new red shirt and hubby's underwear. Men don't like their boxers turned pink heeeheeeheeheeehehe

I am of no help. I suck at laundry too. Just had to comment with my method. When in doubt, wash it by itself first. Then after that sling it in there with everything else LOL

 

[ditzyscrap]

I've only had a problem ever with red - blue never seems to bleed. I've even washed brand new black jeans with whites without problems...

MOST of the time, shirts like that, the fibers have been pre-washed so they won't bleed.

But if you're in doubt, wash in cold water, that's what my mom always told me. LOL!

 

[scrapmonkey]

Wash with cold, but put Oxi-Clean powder in to brighten the whites (won't cause running).

 

[lizzyfizzy]

alone with cold water, is your safest bet.

or you could buy some shout color catchers and then it wouldn't matter. i have them and they work well. =)

 

[meems]

how does the tag say to wash the shirt?

 

[ZaCola3]

Ohhh I love those color catchers too! I use them in every load now because I switched to Tide ColdwaterFresh and I wash EVERYTHING-and I do mean EVERYTHING together. About once a month I throw a load of undies and socks in and bleach them to get the dingys out.
I loveeee Tide Coldwater and the Shout Colorcatcher, they save me a lot of sorting!

 

[Darcy Baldwin]

You can always soak it in a vinegar/water mixture and the vinegar helps set the color, too, just in case. But I doubt that this shirt is going to bleed at all.

 

[Leila]

Thats what I would do too....I have ruined many shirts just like that one before, usually red/white ones, so I started washing them alone in cold water. Seems like I had better results that way.
I have been tempted to try the Shout Color Catchers, to see how they work...esp. since I suck at laundry too! lol

Cold water, dark clothes, and Color Catchers! DH does the laundry in our home, he swears by those things. They do a dang good job too! He tossed some whites into the washer one day not realizing that Devin had tossed a brand new red t-shirt into the machine the night before. Not a drop of pink in any of the whites!! :thumbup: