Doing your laundry..., HOWWW?? Options

[x_far_x]

Ok, so I'm in college now and everytime I do my laundry it comes out dirtier than they were before. So..how do you do it? What colors do you separate. I read online that you separate the whites from the colors, but what about dark colors? Do they consider it as "colors"? There's also some water thing, where you go with the warm and the cold, aaaahhh! When do you use bleach and stuff? When I lived with my parents, and I just spilled sauce on my pants, I have to go and soak that in water and detergant before washing it. Does that really work? Oy..yeah lots of questions, but I'm need of help..lol. Ok thanks a lot cb-ers, love ya guys!

Oh and sorry if somebody already posted this...thanks again!

Love,

-FaR

[MeowGurl]

we usually have 5 different loads:

whites - warm water with bleach... some washing machines vary where to put in the bleach. some have little compartments for it, others don't. if it doesn't, then put the bleach in with the soap and do NOT add the clothes until it starts spinning.

colors (green, pink, light blue, etc.) - warm water, no bleach

dark colors - cold water, no bleach

jeans - cold or cold/warm (some washing machines allow you to choose a different temperature for the wash and rinse cycle. if yours doesn't, just use cold water for this load). also don't use bleach

delicates - warm or cold, doesn't matter. no bleach


sooo basically, that's how you separate the clothes and only use bleach for the whites.

hope that helps you! trust me on this, my mom makes me do the laundry every week >___>