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Tell Fairy Non Bio about your household laundry schedule - £300 voucher to be won NOW CLOSED

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JustineBGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 23-Jan-17 12:26:28

Fairy Non Bio would like to hear about the laundry schedule you have in your household. Are you very particular about washing your clothes and have a load for every colour imaginable, or do you just go for lights and darks? Maybe you have assigned days for certain washes - is Sunday sheets day and Tuesday for towels? Has your laundry schedule changed a lot as you’ve got older?

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So, whatever your household washing schedule, post it below for a chance to win a £300 voucher.

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GNHQ

Lupin Mon 06-Feb-17 19:04:27

There is only me at home most of the time. I have no specific schedule but machine wash when it's necessary. Bedding is done at 60 degrees about every 8 days - 6 - 7 in Summer when it's hot. Towels and tea towels, face cloths are done more often on a hot wash - every 3 or 4 or days. Otherwise when I have enough of my clothing - I separate it into piles according to dark/light, undies and delicates, and wash accordingly on the recommended wash cycle. I do machine wash certain jumpers but hand wash others according to the label instructions. Pure wool items I hand wash, but rinse using fabric softener, and spin in the machine. I sometimes machine rinse twice if it's a heavy pure wool sweater.
I use non bio liquid for clothes and bio liquid for bedding, towels, tea towels, face cloths, and do handwashing and machine washable jumpers and delicates in a gentle liquid designed for the purpose. I use fabric conditioner as a routine with nearly every wash.
I don't let washing build up into a large pile, but think of it in machine loads, although I don't overload.
Have noticed that with the advent of cold fill machines I have to use more pre treatment for staining. Concentrated laundry gel rubbed into a stain and then washed in the reglar way works for me and I've almost stopped using a proprietary stain remover.
My goodness - washing machines and modern laundry cleansers have been so liberating and flexible.

chrissy53438 Mon 06-Feb-17 22:14:48

don't let the basket get full! towels and bedlinen alternated every week

keshimonster1 Mon 06-Feb-17 22:40:08

My laundry schedule is to do a wash every couple of days when there are enough clothes to make a full load. I don't separate anything!

angiehoggett Mon 06-Feb-17 22:43:48

I wash my bedding at a higher degree wash to get rid of any bugs but apart fromt that I tend to seperate colours and do everything at a weekend. I never have time during the week.

greig23 Tue 07-Feb-17 11:03:40

dont really have a schedule, we just do it as and when needed

probably 3 times a week , and use whatever detergent and softener is the cheapest

jamielmdjs Tue 07-Feb-17 14:07:56

Coloured wash after work on a Friday. If Sarah puts it on it'll likely be a half load. If i put it on it'll be like a double load. Ok, i definitely overload it but if it fits...

Hung to dry in the house (winter) with regular rotating to speed up drying. White was set to finish late afternoon on a Saturday and hopefully there's enough stuff dry to create the space.

Sheets and towels only when the rest have dried so could be sunday, could be monday

LeastContented Tue 07-Feb-17 17:12:38

I do a couple of colours and whites washes a week. All towels and bed linen at 60C and everything else at 40C. The woollen and handwash cycles are used for jumpers, delicates. I only ever use non-bio because I have sensitive skin and add separate stain removers if needed.

Sappysar Tue 07-Feb-17 20:29:22

I do two clothes washes a week one whites one coloured and then a further two washes for towels and bed sheets.

Annie146 Tue 07-Feb-17 21:00:20

I launder every single day - lights one day, darks the next. Bedding is washed once a week, weather permitting...

boleyngirl Tue 07-Feb-17 21:24:58

I wash lights and darks separate, I average 7 loads a week and normally Wednesdays and Saturdays. Whites go on 50 degrees and darks go on 40 degrees, everything has a 1400 spin. All have gel tablets, fabric conditioner and a hard water tablet included.

chezvic Tue 07-Feb-17 21:33:12

Towels on Wednesday, bedlinen Friday, and the rest whenever it needs doing but normally at least three to four loads per week of whites/ colours/ darks. I do odd handwash settings at the weekend.

Tmoyo Tue 07-Feb-17 21:53:53

Once a week, usually a Saturday morning I throw everything into the washing machine, because to be honest I have about 3 main outfits and loads of cheap undies so I don't do much laundry.

leanfun Wed 08-Feb-17 08:52:18

Well we have no set routine just was clothes when there's enough for a full wash after they have been sorted whites, light colours and dark. We use Fairy capsules since DH developed sensitive skin.

smoran37 Wed 08-Feb-17 08:52:44

I do a wash 3 times a week not on any specific days. The only key thing I do is make sure I wash bedding & towels together on a hot wash.

jazzitup Wed 08-Feb-17 09:35:14

With Fairy Nonbio washing days are a breeze.

thatbags Wed 08-Feb-17 10:48:20

'Twas on a Monday morning
When I beheld my darling,
She looked so neat and charming
In ev'ry high degree.
She looked so neat and nimble, O,
A-washing of her linen, O,
|: Dashing away with the smoothing iron, :|
She stole my heart away.

'Twas on a Tuesday morning
When I beheld my darling,
She looked so neat and charming
In ev'ry high degree.
She looked so neat and nimble, O,

A-hanging out her linen, O
|: Dashing away with the smoothing iron, :|
She stole my heart away.

'Twas on a Wednesday morning . .
A-starching of her linen . . . .
'Twas on a Thursday morning . . . .
A-ironing of her linen . . . .

'Twas on a Friday morning . . . .
A-folding of her linen . . . .

'Twas on a Saturday morning . . . .
A-airing of her linen . . . .

'Twas on a Sunday morning . . . .
A-wearing of her linen . . . .

dessa Wed 08-Feb-17 15:02:37

I love my laundry clean, as soon there's the washing pile I would do so. For me any day is good for washing and even better if I can dry outside. I would try to separate colours from whites, woollens on different programme, cottons - towels, bedding, socks, t-shirts at 60 or 40 depends on how heavily soiled. Occasionally I might wash some items by hands if required.
So there's no routine in me doing washing, if needs to be done I would be doing.

baconbap Wed 08-Feb-17 15:44:04

usually on a monday but often another day as well

emily13 Wed 08-Feb-17 15:46:38

No complicated regime. When there's enough for a load, it goes in the machine. Out on the line if it's fine or tumble dry it if it isn't, or if I can't be bothered to hang it out!

sofieellis Wed 08-Feb-17 16:18:00

I separate mine into darks, pastels and whites and do a wash most days. I wash 2-3 times a day when the family come to stay! I do the dark loads and pastel loads at 40 and the whites at 50. I use non-bio in every load and have done since my kids were babies (one has very sensitive skin). I also use Ace bleach or whatever it's called these days in my white wash.

I also do handwashing as and when I need to, for blouses with sequins on etc.

Jezzamk Wed 08-Feb-17 18:44:16

I tend to do it on Saturday or Sunday morning. The ironing gets put off as log as possible, usually meaning I am doing it late Sunday evening so that I will have an ironed shirt for work on Monday.
Don't think I will ever learn that it is better to do it as soon as it comes out of the dryer or off the line

mummyno4 Wed 08-Feb-17 18:52:22

I do washing everyday as we have a big family, I separate into lights, colours and darks. I also like the fact our washing machine has a quick wash setting as this comes in handy for little bits.

maria08k Wed 08-Feb-17 19:54:14

I seperate our lights and darks and wash using only Fairy as we all have sensitive skin

Blondie82 Wed 08-Feb-17 20:13:22

We always use Daz and I'm very particular when it comes to washing whites and darks, I do always manage to lose a sock on the way from the wash basket to the washer!

clareycat Wed 08-Feb-17 20:53:09

We have a wash for all the colours of the rainbow in our house. We seem to have a lot of red so we have a couple of red washes a week! I'm quite a sporadic washer i'll do 4-5 loads in one day then then nothing for a while until the basket starts overflowing and then back to washing again.