Wash habits: how full is your full load?

[chachp]

 

<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">My approach is more like that in Reply #79.  I have hanging hampers on the wall in my laundry room.  When one is full, I do a load.  One of these full fills my washer to about ¾ full in my Miele W1 washer.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">Each load gets about 20ML of detergent.  Either Miele Ultraphase or liquid products from a place I really like.  That’s a good amount of detergent for our soft water.</span>

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<span style="font-family: 'American Typewriter', serif;">This seems to be a good mix for the two of us that don’t generate a huge amount of laundry and the fact that with mechanically softened water I have to be careful how much detergent I use.</span>

 

[mark_wpduet]

Wow I love that spacious pretty laundry room... what's in those bottles on the shelf?

 

[chachp]

Thank you Mark.

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Those are laundry products.  I use different formulations for each type of clothing.  Yeah I'm a little psycho when it comes to laundry (and the kitchen ).  The rest of the house can crumble around me.  LOL.</span> 

 

[qsd-dan]

I'm guessing the "Casual" bin is warm wash?

I wash towels and whites together but they're done at 160F with oxy bleach and a 3 hour soak period so there's no worry about cross contamination.

 

[chachp]

Casual is basically All Other:

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">When I was making the labels I didn't know what to make the fourth one.  For whatever reason "All Other" didn't come to mind so I took it from my Pinterest inspiration room which labeled the fourth as Casual.  For us that is anything that doesn't go in the other three or something that needs special handling like pre treating, hang dry, those kinds of things.  Putting them in that bin reminds me I need to do something else with those things.</span>

 

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<li><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica;">I do white T-Shirts and Underwear with a one hour soak and the Extra White cycle which is 140. I add an extra rinse.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Colors I do the Baby Clothes cycle which is 140 and I add an extra rinse.  Someone here turned me on to the Baby Clothes cycle and it is amazing.  Everything comes out so soft with no Fabric Softener.  Not sure what it does but there is a real difference.  If they are really dirty I will set the soil level to Heavy and add a soak for an hour or so.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Towels - Colored towels I do on the towels cycle with an extra rinse.  Can't remember what temp that is.  It's running right now so I can't check.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Wash cloths, dish towels, rags, etc. all get done on the Sanitary cycle which is think is 167 on this machine.  And of course, an extra rinse.  I'm hoping the once a week Sanitary keeps the innards nice and clean.  The washer has never prompted me to run a cleaning cycle but I do run one every few months anyway.  </span></li>
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[qsd-dan]

You wash colors at 140F?

 

[chachp]

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">Yes.  I do very few things in Cool water. </span>

 

[jerrod_six]

I also use the baby clothes cycle for many of my loads but usually run it at 120F, although I have done a few in load with that cycle at 140F, which worked very well. I am curious about your dosing of Ultraphase at 20ml with soft water. Is that 20ml a combination of ultraphase 1 and ultraphase 2 or is that just the dose for ultraphase 1?

 

[gelaundry4ever]

my wash habits

I wash everything on the normal cottons cycle with the temperatures being the only variable depending on what I'm washing. Hot for whites, warm for lights, and cold for darks. All of my clothes, if not most of them, are sturdy cottons.

 

[chachp]

Jerrod

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">I just looked at the settings and it looks like I have them both set at 15ML.  I guess the machine determines which one gets dispensed and when.  I get really good results with these settings.  </span>

 

<span style="font-family: helvetica;">As I read some of these posts it sounds like some are surprised that I wash my colors at 140F.  I'm curious to know why.  They come out really well and I don't notice any fading.  I've been doing them that way because the first time I used the Baby Clothes cycle it was set at 140F and I can still remember how soft the clothes felt when they came out with no fabric softener.  I guess there is no reason why I couldn't set it at 120F I just never have.</span>

 

[jerrod_six]

Ralph

If you have been using 140F and that works for you I would go for it. I used 120F for most loads on my previous Miele machine so continue to use that on the W1. I do use lower temps for gym clothes, poly items, and good dark clothes but only as low as 85F. The only temp you get to use with Extra white is 140F but I have also used it with colors just by selecting "color" under Twin Dos. The machine doesn't care, it uses the temperature but dispenses as if it is for colors.

 

[DADoES]

 
AquaSmart sheets load yesterday ... queen fitted, queen flat, seven pillow cases, six shirts, and a microfiber throw.  3 tbsp STPP, 3 tbsp borax, 2 oz. Persil ProClean 2in1.

 

[johnbee]

My Miele W3035

This is the full load per Miele tech in Europe.
“Load the drum and make sure you have enough space for a palm of your hand once you push the clothes down”

This is what 4 different Miele techs told my grandma , Mom, sister and me when we all got our washers.

Here’s a video of my Miele with a quite lard load of towels and sheets

 

[DADoES]

 
Darks/casuals last week:  8 cargo shorts, 1 bath towel, 2 hand towels, 1 pr socks, 10 underwear/briefs, 3 boxers, 3 shirts.

 

[ryner1988]

Regular load of clothes this morning

This is in a 3.2 CU FT Whirlpool direct drive washer set on the highest water level.

Two pairs of leggings (the thicker type that are more like pants, not the sheer panty hose type)

Two pairs of fuzzy fleecy pajama pants

One night gown

Two tank tops

Two pairs of track/athletic pants

One pair of men's blue jeans

Eight regular shirts

Six pairs of socks

Eight pairs of underwear

One zip-up hooded sweatshirt