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RJM62

RJM62

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When washing undergarments or bed linens that are not white, I find it best to wash them in hot water and detergent with no bleach, followed by a normal rinse; and then to run them through another entire wash and rinse cycle using cold water with no detergent and no bleach.

-Rich
 
Interesting, thanks for that.

I find about a quarter to half of a cup of bleach and a quarter cup of fabric softner plus detergent, washed in hot water works well for towels. I find the key is not to over bleach, a little goes a long way. Works for white and colored towels.
 
Bleach on undergarments can give you pain/rashes in places where it should never be experienced....... probably the reason for the second wash, quite brilliant actually.
 
I just wear 'em till they stand on their own, toss 'em and buy new ones.
 
EdFred said:
I just wear 'em till they stand on their own, toss 'em and buy new ones.
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Bachelor 101: when you can no longer step over the dirty clothes pile, the it's time to head to the laundry mat.
 
AggieMike88 said:
Bachelor 101: when you can no longer step over the dirty clothes pile, the it's time to head to the laundry mat.
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Yeah, that's one thing I fall outside the norm of. In my laundry room, I have a rack with 8 laundry baskets on it. One for lightweight colors, one for heavyweight colors, two for whites, one for socks and underwear, one for jeans, one for towels, and one for khakis and similar materials. There is no laundry pile. Clothes come off and immediately go into appropriate basket. (Or taken there the next morning.)

Makes laundry day easy. Actually it eliminates the need for a laundry day. There's no sorting necessary. Running low on one of the groups? Just dump the basket into the washing machine. Rarely do more than two of the groups sync up, so my laundry day is non-existent. Just ends up being a load here and there.
 
AggieMike88 said:
Bachelor 101: when you can no longer step over the dirty clothes pile, the it's time to head to the laundry mat.
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I recall from college that you make a pile of dirty laundry. When you run out of clean clothes, turn the pile over and wear them again. The pile was self-cleaning.
 
Just go commando then there is no need to concern ones self with the details of properly laundering undergarments...
 
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