how much laundry to you all do

[kenmore1978]

temps for towels

It depends on how you feel about the colored towels fading. If fading doesn't bother you, then wash them in hot if you want.

 

[bpetersxx]

Thats what I do with towels and they do not fade

If the color process is cheap they will run even in cold water

 

[rickr]

water temps

I only have white towels/wash cloths,and I wash them in hot water with a bit of bleach in the last 5 minutes of the wash cycle. All other clothes I wash in warm water. I seldom wash,or rinse anything in cold water. I think it gums up the machines and the clothes to wash or rinse in cold water.They tried cold water detergents in the 1960's. They did not work even with phosphates. My colors are not faded,and the towels stay bright white. I always use the 15 minute wash cycle as well.

Rick

 

[golittlesport]

We do about 12 loads a week. There are three of us in the house. (And two dogs and a cat, but they don't generate much laundry.) My son and I work part time at a gym, so that makes for extra wash. I send all of our work dress shirts out to a laundry. It's amazing how the stuff piles up, but since I like to do laundry I don't mind.

 

[kenmore1978]

water temps

Jeans that call for washing in cold water are probably not pre-shrunk, so that's the reason for the directions to wash in cold water, as well as the fading problem.

I always rinse in cold, wash in whatever temp the care label dictates, or if there are stains, the appropriate temperature for treatment of the stain.

 

[angus]

Well, my sister and I share a house and between the two of us, we generate probably 10-12 loads per week. Because of her allergy to scented detergent, we have to do double the loads -= since I insist on a scented product.

Usually my loads consist of:

Towels and face cloths - clean ones are used daily on the advice of my dermatologist..

Whites (includes underwear, t shirts, athletic sox, some sheets

Work shirts -which can be nothing more than long sleeved sport shirts. These are laundered and wet starched at home and taken to a hand laundry for ironing. I actually like to iron, but haven't the time so.......

Jeans, cords and darks

Kitchen towels, place mats and napkins

Casual sox - most are mid weight wool and really need to be washed separately. This is one of those times I REALLY miss my mini basket

Finally, fugitives - you know...those one or two black or navy knit turtlenecks or golf shirts that simply cannot be washed with ANYTHING else

Most laundry gets done EARLY on Saturday morning. Seems like I get up earlier on Saturday so I can have a jump on the weekend Most weeknights I get home around 8:00 and since I get up at 5:00 and am out the door by 6:15, it is just a long day. Sometimes, I will do some towels at night just to keep up and get some quick therapy. Besides between the two of us, we will go through something like 16 bath towels in a week, plus hand towels and face cloths. So on Saturday, I like to get up around 4:30, have some coffee and start washing. No rushing to get out the door, etc... A very relaxing way to start the day.....

 

[westytoploader]

Hi Rich,

That brings up a question: how many Unimatic loads do you run each week?