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

[jennyjenny]

i've been doing laundry since middle school. it's really not that hard.

i throw everything in and then pour in a cup of liquid detergent. then i put it in the dryer and put 1-2 pieces of dryer sheets (bounce and snuggle smell the best, imo). then you take it out, fold/hang them, then you're done.

sometimes my jeans lose color, but then i just seperate dark colors from light colors. i use cold water the whole time, and since i hardly wear anything "delicate", i just use normal wash. my parents tell me not to use hot/warm water because it wastes gas/heat, but if you're not paying for it use warm/hot for darker ones, i think. i don't really think it matters. you should use woolite, for blacks blacker than black.