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QuestionHow do you sort colors for laundry?Susan Stocker runs and owns Susan’s Green Cleaning, the #1 Green Cleaning Company in Seattle. She is well known in the region for outstanding customer service protocols — winning the 2017 Better Business Torch Award for Ethics & Integrity —and her energetic support of green cleaning practices.Always wash like colors with like. You should also wash cold-water-only fabrics separately from hot water loads, or the garments may shrink or fade.
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QuestionWhat colors can you wash together?Susan Stocker runs and owns Susan’s Green Cleaning, the #1 Green Cleaning Company in Seattle. She is well known in the region for outstanding customer service protocols — winning the 2017 Better Business Torch Award for Ethics & Integrity —and her energetic support of green cleaning practices.When you're separating your laundry, your dark clothes should go in the wash together, whites go in a wash alone, and light colors go together.
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QuestionDoes separating laundry matter?Susan Stocker runs and owns Susan’s Green Cleaning, the #1 Green Cleaning Company in Seattle. She is well known in the region for outstanding customer service protocols — winning the 2017 Better Business Torch Award for Ethics & Integrity —and her energetic support of green cleaning practices.Yes, it matters big time! If you don't, the colors could bleed. For instance, if you wash a brand new black shirt with your daisy-white bed sheets, your sheets are going to turn a dirty gray.
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QuestionDo I add bleach with light colors?Community AnswerNo. You should only add bleach to a completely white load. If you add bleach to a load with any colors, then it will ruin them.
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QuestionWhen washing delicate items such as bras, do I need to separate light colors from dark colors?Community AnswerGenerally, delicates do not color bleed, so it's not necessary to separate them.
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QuestionI have a top that is white on one side and has light colors on the other. Which pile should I sort it into?Community AnswerChoose either lights or delicates, since putting it with the whites would risk the colors bleeding onto the other clothes.
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QuestionHow do I wash a sweater that is black and white?Community AnswerWash it with similar fabrics and worry less about which color category it goes with. Avoid washing it with anything pink, orange, red or purple (they tend to bleed the most) and it also shouldn't go in a load of all whites, either (bleach will ruin the black in the shirt). Alternatively, you could consider hand washing it if it's the only item you have of that fabric.
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QuestionShould a 50% black striped and 50% white striped item go into the dark, light or white load?Community AnswerTry to wash it with like colors. However avoid washing it in whites. The black will most likely bleed onto the white and ruin your clothing.
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QuestionShould underwear be washed separately from my other laundry?Community AnswerYes and no. Women's delicates are best placed in lingerie bags and thrown in with like colors. If you don't want to buy a lingerie bag (or you are washing men's undies), then you can just throw them in with like colors and fabrics. Take them out and hang dry, especially for lace and mesh fabrics. You can make a whole load of delicates or clothes that you would usually only hang dry to make remembering easier.
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