White, Light and Dark

I don’t do this and just put a colour catcher sheet in with the wash..

I do it sometimes but the only 'whites' I have now are sheets so sometimes if there isn't much I throw everything in on 30 degrees. If the tea towels go greysish I buy some more.

Mazgg I sort my washing into darks, colours, light colours, whites.

Dusters/cleaning cloths/floor wipe heads get washed separately, as do towels and bedding.

Just how I am…

Yes - whites go in at the highest temperature. Light colours and darks separated as well as delicates and wool etc. all at the appropriate temperature. So at the moment the towels and flannels are being washed at 60c - they are coloured and 60c because it is the minimum needed to kill off bugs.

It keeps them all bright as well.

I do sort of sort it. But in a different way. I wash things which dry easily in the porch, undies, fleecy things. But wash the towels, linen etc. on days when I can hang them outside.
It's pouring with rain today so I've just done porch wash.
It faces south, and there is a small radiator in there too.

I too use colour catchers,they are amazing.

I still sort and factor in temperature as well as type and colour! So, it’s lights, darks, towels, bedding, delicates! The thing is, I do DDs laundry, so mine just goes in with hers.

Never used colour catchers , thanks timetogo, will definitely try them now.

Yes I do this. Colour catchers ruined a washing machine for me. Engineer warned me not to use anymore!

I don’t have much that is white other than bedding, and wash that separately. The rest is washed together unless it’s particularly dirty /muddy. I don’t have, but will try colour catchers.
I wash everything on 40 apart from 30 for delicates. The machine has to be full before washing and it’s used about twice a week. Ditto dishwasher bath. Bath 2x pw yet our water bill is up again to nearly £800.

I sort into lights and darks - never, ever wash both together either.
If I use a colour catcher I always put it into a mess laundry bag - stops it getting into the workings of the washing machine.

Oh 😧 how do colour catchers damage machines poppy?

I still sort mine Mazgg. I also keep fluffy things like towels separate.

I sort my washing and that keeps the whites white and the colours as they should be. I wash everything at 30 degrees as the washing powder/liquid kills the bugs and if I feel something needs extra sanitising I add laundry sanitiser (only for items that have been exposed to vomit etc.) I use detergent suitable for colours for the coloured wash and suitable for whites for the whites.

Poppyred

Yes I do this. Colour catchers ruined a washing machine for me. Engineer warned me not to use anymore!

In what way did it ruin it, Poppyred?

I sort everything, Mazgg

It's never occurred to me not to.

I know one DD does the same

Blossoming

I still sort mine Mazgg. I also keep fluffy things like towels separate.

Towels get fathered up and washed together.
Except for any white ones!

Gathered not fathered

I found this…

I’m rather glad I’ve never used a colour catcher then.

I use colour catchers and shall continue to do so, I would think it unusual for them to get under the door seal and into the pump, the same as any small item.

MandL

Poppyred

Yes I do this. Colour catchers ruined a washing machine for me. Engineer warned me not to use anymore!

In what way did it ruin it, Poppyred?

Sorry to jump into a question directed at Poppyred.......we used a colour catcher some months ago and forgot that it was in the wash load. Didn't think about it when unloading the laundry but some days later the washer wouldn't pump out the water. We investigated by checking the impeller filter and there we found the colour catcher sheet, screwed up and trapped in the impeller. That's why we now put them into a mesh laundry bag.

Yes I do this. All my bedding, towels etc are white and they go in together. Next load, shirts, pants etc and last darks. Trousers, socks. I usually hand wash knitted garments and then gently spin in washing machine. My mother did it this way and now my DD does. My DiL bungs it all in together and then wonders why her washing looks grey.

I have had soo many accidents turning things grey and pink that I now separate and separate.