What does laundry day look like for you?

[ptcruiser51]

Sudsman!

If that's you in the photo, why aren't you wearing GLOVES? Eeeeeeeeew!

I have a three-section nylon "carrying hamper" since I have to cross the street to the laundry room. As I fill it during the week it's automatically sorted - whites, darks, towels (dish and bath) and sheets. Three loads all ready to go! 1/2 cup Oxydol liquid in the whites and sheets, along with 2 scoops STPP in each, hot water. 3/4 cup Oxydol for the darks. warm water. Everything gets hung on hangers or drying rack except sox, pants, sheets and towels, otherwise the blast-furnace coin-op dryers will ruin them. I love to iron so I don't care about wrinkles. I don't usually need a lot of pre-treating; if something is nasty I do an overnite soak in Oxy-Clean.

From time to time I'll grind up a load of my car-drying towels, to which I usually add two pairs of my sneakers. Put the sneex on the dashboard of my VW on a sunny day=nice 'n' white again!

I can never thank Launderess and Jeff G. enough for introducing me to the wonders of STPP!

 

[favorit]

no washing day

I usually run a load as soon as I have the right amount of laundry for it

Anyway yesterday I came back home after 2 weeks away 4 work, so I ran several loads (I had even some laundry left before leaving)

1st load : 2 pairs flip flop + 1 pair hiking shoes + 1 pair water shoes + some rags = perma press 50°C with liquid detergent and clothes disinfectant

2nd load : camping tent ... cow-birds were flying in the nearby :-(( I washed both inner and outer layers togheter on "delicates 30°C" with prewash (podwered delicate detergent)

3rd load : coloured (red,black,green,dark blue) sheets, towels, briefs on perma press 60°C with liquid for darks and clothes desenfectant.

4th load : pastel coloured sheets and a dark blue sleeve / white chest T-shirt. Perma press 50°C - didn't want so much blueing ;-) - normal liquid detergent

5th load : whites (some kitchen and bath towels and a bathgown) eco boilwash 75°C with powdered detergent and some oxybleach

6th load : shirts, short sleeved dress shirts and trousers = perma press 40°C with higher water level . Darks liquid and some desenfectant (so shirts will not smell when I'll sweat)

now this load is ready, the line is waiting 4 me :-((

 

[sudsman]

ptcrusier51

No I am not in the photo , That is one of my washmen, Why should gloves be worn on clean shake out? In 40 years as a Certified Laundry Manager that is the 1st I have ever heard of that. I ASSURE you, YOU would NOT want me to post a pic of the soiled work here. Or perhaps you would?

 

[sudsman]

PS

In soiled sorting not only does he wear gloves but face mask, hair cover, barrier gown and shoe covers. You have not a clue as to what will touch your body or fall on your feet. When over full carts are bought in not uncommon for heavy soiled surgery, or ER linen to fall on you head or your feet. I can assure you ER is far worse than surgey work,

 

[appnut]

Well I'm not going to post any of pictures of my laundry loads (and I"m doing laundry right now) because some prissy queen or two (see the disturbia thread) might have comments about my kitchen floor not being spotless or that it's 25 year old vynil.

 

[sudsman]

RIGHT ON BOB!!!!!!

Oh, the art of good country living.. Is NOT appreicated anymore. esp. here!

 

[ptcruiser51]

Whew!

Thanx, Sudsman! I didn't realize the photo was clean laundry, though now that I look it is indeed!

My sister works in an IVF lab and once shared an elevator with the not-on-premises laundry man riding "up" for a pickup. She asked why he was dressed as for hazmat and he said, "Believe me, lady, I am!"

 

[appnut]

Thank you Lee!! WOOF!!!

 

[sudsman]

ptcrusier

thank you for not taking my comments the wrong way, I did not mean them ugly at all just informative.. This is my pic.. wish I was as young and the washman again...

 

[appnut]

Lee, you're adoreable. No need to hide yourself!!

 

[jamiel]

Let's see...usually 3 1/2 loads a week.

1 load is white cottons (Brian's white cotton T-shirts...he wears at least 2 a day), socks, white underwear, towels every other week). Hot water, Foca, double rinse (we don't even meet our water billing minimum, so scr** that...) Half a cap of softener. Hang socks and underwear, tumble towels/T-shirts. Bleach every couple months.

1 load is colored synthetics (UnderArmour, gym wear, underwear, work slacks) and (more) delicate polo shirts (lighter colors/drip dry type) BTW, I really like Under Armour, but Nike Dry polo shirts are far better than UA polo shirts (which have too much Spandex/cling and snag too easily).
Foca/Tide hot/warm water and no softener, hang most to dry (work slacks go into the dryer)

1 1/2 loads of colored cottons (cargo shorts, boxer briefs, sturdy polo shirts, colored T-shirts, etc) per week. Foca/hot (we keep our waterheater very cool)/softener/dryer for most
loads)

About every 3 weeks a small white synthetic load (my Underarmour T-shirts, compression shorts, etc) hung up to dry

I had to break B. of the habit of using cold water on everything. When he moved in, everything smelled. Now, only when we find a box of rags which haven't been washed since he moved in or something like that does that smell emerge.

We've got a water softener, but I'm a big phosphate user (bring White King back from our trips to Palm Springs or Calgon from Canada). Nothing's better, milder or more appropriate than a complex sodium phosphate for cleaning laundry soils.

 

[revvinkevin]

No dirty laundry photos here!

(LOL)

I do laundry every weekend, either Saturday or Sunday, depending on what else is going on. My father also lives with me and since I started my "collection" about 7 months ago now, I've been doing his laundry too.

For MY laundry I usually do 3 loads one week and 4 the next. My father used to do his own laundry, all in one load in the modern FL machine, but it was admittedly a lot for one load. I tried to tell him that but he would always do his washing when I was at work. Once I started doing his laundry for him, I initially sorted into 2 loads, but recently went to 3 smaller loads because I'm now washing things every week he would rarely wash before.

The load break down for my stuff:
1. Sheets (warm)
2. Dark colors (cold)
3. Colors / light colors (warm)
4. (the 2nd week) Whites. (usually hot or warm/hot)
I occasionally do another load of random stuff as well.

And the load break down for my fathers stuff (now):
1. Sheets / light fabrics (warm)
2. Towels / jeans, etc. (warm)
3. Whites (hot)

On a personal note here. A friend from the site here in my area told me he uses a towel only once and it goes in the laundry. While yes everyone has their one preference about towels, for me it's just not practical, efficient or eco friendly and I just can't do that! My towels get changed out or washed once a week.

 

[iheartmaytag]

I usually do at least a load a day. Many times more. Then on weekends I strip the beds and that is another three to seven loads depending upon if I do matress covers, spreads and comforters. I have to take the comforters to the laundry to use the big machines.

 

[appnut]

Here's how mine breaks down

Sheets (1 set each week) hot-regardlesss of color
Towels when 8 or so sets are accumulated (hot)
work shirts every 10-15 work days-warm
slacks (1 dark and 1 kakhi colored) about once every 3 or 4 weeks (wear each twice)
whites (shorts, t-shirts, and sox) about every 3 weeks -cold prewash with Biz and hot wash of liquid Tide HE with Bleach & OxiClean
Blanket washed once a month as well as mattress padAll loads have Snuggle put in them.

Seems like te last two, if not 3 Sundays, I"ve ended up doing 4-6 loads each week, go figure.

 

[appnut]

Added to the above, shorts worn on weekends when running errands (they go in with the two respective slacks loads. golf shirts (polo) and t-shirts ashed when accumulated 10-15 total.

 

[scott55405]

Bob, your f/l sure did a nice job on your dining area sheers that time. I will have to come back to visit when they're ready to be done again, to help take them down, wash and rehang them. We had such fun on that visit.

I have two baskets I keep, one is for towels, whites and etc, the other is shirts, socks and misc. I do about 3 loads a week but almost never all at once. For some reason I'm more a "washday" person when I'm not doing coinop, except when I go to a laundromat (once in a while if I have a lot or want to do the big bed pieces). There's a nice one nearby with Speed Queen frontloaders.

 

[toggleswitch2]

I do a really full darks load once a week. Whites once a week and towels as the mood strikes.

But then again, I'm in the partner's home Friday night Saturday and Sunday, so I am treated to having a portion of my laundry done FOR me, and being line-dried.

It is the best-smelling sandpaper on Earth! LOL (ducks and runs).

 

[paulc]

I sort my washing into the following loads:

1. White towels, tea towels and cleaning cloths.

2. Light coloured towels and light coloured sheets.

3. White clothes

4. Light coloured clothes

5. Dark clothes

6. Jeans

7. Delicate items such as jumpers.

I don't have a "laundry day", my machine is on every day with what ever I have a full load of....machines capacity is 6kg ( roughly 13lb ) for cotton cycle, 3kg for synthetics or mixed fabrics, 2kg for delicates. Towels and sheets are washed on cotton cycle. Light colured clothing on minimum iron cycle, Jeans if really dirty got on cotton cycle if not then the "Denim" wash and the darks get washed on the "Darks garments" cycle. Persil non bio powder for whites and light coloured towels and Persil Small and Mighty non bio for everything else plus Comfort Pure softener.

 

[aquarius1984]

Whites Lights Darks Woollies Delicates,

Have a wide variety of things weekly,

So far since I cleared the basket on Saturday this lot has appeared in a part week.

 

[aquarius1984]

So its in with a load of whites being the largest load accrued and first full load.

Monday evening 19:44 and the first load of the new week is in.

Est finishing time on 95*C White Cotton cycle is 22.15

Onto the line at 7.30 if the weather permits or hung inside on a clothesmaid.