Um, quick question...

[trust]

Mom.

[Super_X]

In my apartment, it's $2 to wash and $2 to dry.

If you get "cold water" detergent, or you just don't care how bright your whites look, just wash them all together in cold or warm (but not hot) water.

I always wash everything together, personally.

I wash every thing together, too. But I use the setting "warm cold."

[Hitmen]

I always wash everything together, personally.

Me too, but the only thing I own that's white are socks :|

[Super_X]

I always wash everything together, personally.

Me too, but the only thing I own that's white are socks :|

Your underwear is stained yellow? <3

[Rule]

It's good to wash sheets, pillowcases, etc, in hot water - it effectively kills dustmites, etc, if you have allergies.  You'd also want to wash towels in hot water, regardless of their colour.

[Joe]

I always wash everything together, personally.

Me too, but the only thing I own that's white are socks :|

Your underwear is stained yellow? <3

Personally, I wear Fruit of the Loom underwear which is different colours, not white.

It's good to wash sheets, pillowcases, etc, in hot water - it effectively kills dustmites, etc, if you have allergies.  You'd also want to wash towels in hot water, regardless of their colour.

I worry for those who care what color their towels are.

[iago]

I always wash everything together, personally.

Me too, but the only thing I own that's white are socks :|

I have white socks and t-shirts, that's it. Nobody sees my white t-shirts, and I normally wear black socks anyways, so life's good!

I worry for those who care what color their towels are.

My dad and stepmom got me a pile of pink towels from a second-hand store. I put them at the back of my closet and don't use them. Is it bad that I care about those colours?

[Super_X]

I always wash everything together, personally.

Me too, but the only thing I own that's white are socks :|

Your underwear is stained yellow? <3

Personally, I wear Fruit of the Loom underwear which is different colours, not white.

It's good to wash sheets, pillowcases, etc, in hot water - it effectively kills dustmites, etc, if you have allergies.  You'd also want to wash towels in hot water, regardless of their colour.

I worry for those who care what color their towels are.

You lack conviction.

[Ergot]

My dad and stepmom got me a pile of pink towels from a second-hand store. I put them at the back of my closet and don't use them. Is it bad that I care about those colours?

Are you sure it's about the color? Or maybe it's the image that someone else's balls have been on them while you're wiping your face ?

[iago]

Do you share towels with your family?

... yeah.

[Rule]

Hehe...  Incidentally, washing coloured clothes in hot water will keep them cleaner and have very little effect on their colour.  They will fade slightly more quickly, but you could wash coloured clothes once a week in hot water for a year and barely be able tell the difference.  Usually preserving the exact intensity of colour on a towel isn't a priority, so there is essentially no drawback to washing in hot water, and a lot of benefits... Ergot's image comes to mind

[iago]

I'm told that colours will run more in hot water. But maybe that's just craziness?

I use the cold water detergent anyways, which, according to their commercials, works just as well at hot water. *shrug*

[Rule]

I'm told that colours will run more in hot water. But maybe that's just craziness?

I use the cold water detergent anyways, which, according to their commercials, works just as well at hot water. *shrug*

It is rare for them to run, but they will fade slightly more in hot water.  When I started doing laundry I was lazy and OCD about my clothes being clean, so I just washed everything in hot water, and after 9-10 years, they have held up pretty well.  (And yes, I started doing domestic stuff at a reasonably young age).

Cold water doesn't work as well as hot water, especially if you have allergies.  But yeah, it's probably better to wash coloured clothes (shirts in particular) in cold/warm water.  Pants that you wear on the bus, etc, would probably do best in hot water (regardless of their colour).  Whites will look best if you wash them in the hottest setting available and add a *small* amount of bleach.  Bedclothes should always be washed in hot water.
 

[Super_X]

I'm told that colours will run more in hot water. But maybe that's just craziness?

I use the cold water detergent anyways, which, according to their commercials, works just as well at hot water. *shrug*

Well, hot water makes the left over  dye from making the shirt bleed more, but after that's all out of the clothes, it'll make no difference.