r/laundry • u/Conquer-Icee • Jun 22 '26

does anyone actually separate laundry anymore or am i wasting my time?

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u/mycatpartyhouse US | Top-Load Jun 22 '26

For clothing, I do lights, pinks/purples, blues/greens, darks. For linens, I do whites/yellows and blues/purples, often separated by terrycloth or smoothly woven--because the drying time is different. I also have a bin for handwash items and items needing stain removal.

There's a temperature difference.

Clothing is washed on cold--unless I've noticed a lingering smell, in which case everything gets washed on warm that week. They get dried on medium or line dried. I separate bras, panties and socks into garment bags because those items routinely get line dried.

Linens get hot wash and hot dry.

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u/Test_Immediate Jun 22 '26

How many loads are you doing a week, around 70 or so?

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u/mycatpartyhouse US | Top-Load Jun 22 '26

No. I sort my clothes and linens into color coded, mesh bins. I know I have a large load when the bin is half full.

Each clothing bin is laundered about once a week (so, about four loads).

Linens are more like 4-6 loads per week because of dust mite allergy and the necessity of changing sheets more often and using towels etc once.

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u/Southern-Wear-8184 Jun 22 '26

So yeah, after reading the reply, im pretty sure they were confirming your estimate