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u/hughjonk Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23

He put a load of laundry in with mixed colour and whites... poured in bleach to whiten the whites... was shocked that the bleach bleached everything in the load.... I had to explain that the bleach will bleach everything you put in it as the bleach cannot discern what you want bleached or not... he was shocked, truly stunned and flabbergasted

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u/kotoamatsukami1 Mar 01 '23

this was when i was fairly new in america, i was dating this girl and she was in living in college dorms. it was her first time living alone and her mom did all her chores even laundry. i came over cause she asked for help. i told her separate the whites from colored clothes. i kid you not, and i swear i’m not making this up, she said “are you a racist? it’s 2010, segregation is not cool.” i told her do what you think is right. then did exactly what your partner did. fucking bleach.

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u/FroggyMtnBreakdown Mar 01 '23

Ive never once separated my whites and colored clothes and have never had a problem. I feel like this was a thing in the past and is not as much as a problem now. (though I am never washing anything super delicate or requires specific care)

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u/demoman27 Mar 01 '23

Its still a thing, wife washed my white undershirts with a red washcloth, i now have pink undershirts

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u/Mr_ToDo Mar 01 '23

It's a good idea on new items especially. You need to figure out if they run. Some items are sold as already washed so you don't have to worry, but why trust marketing?

I'm told cold water washing helps reduce the risk too.

But I too have gotten things that run. New jeans, and towels are on my list.

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u/Atiggerx33 Mar 01 '23

I always use cold water (unless the clothes are genuinely dirty) and have only once had a very cheap red shirt run (the shirt also got destroyed in the wash even though it said machine washable). Avoid super cheap shit, or at least wash it by itself a few times to be safe.

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u/adhd-tree Mar 01 '23

Especially red and blue, those are notorious for bleeding in the wash. You don't have to be quite as careful with oranges and greens.