[Blindtlk] Washing, How to Avoid Colours in Clothes Running in The Washing Machine

[Sean Paul]

Never heard that called the college method, but, yes, remembering back to 
those days. I can see where that'd fit. I call that the batchler method & 
even though I'm married now & have been for years. I do all the laundry 
round here & for the most part still use that method.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie J." <julielj at neb.rr.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 07:25
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Washing,How to Avoid Colours in Clothes Running in 
The Washing Machine


> Plain white vinegar will help a lot to keep colors from bleeding.  Soak a 
> new garment in vinegar for a few hours or overnight before washing.  Some 
> of the new dye may still come out, so it's important to wash with like 
> colors. Red seems to be the worst for bleeding into other colors.  I wash 
> new red clothes with other reds if I have enough or dark jeans or towels 
> if I don't. My towels are navy blue, so if the red colors them it won't be 
> noticeable.
>
> I don't buy a lot of new clothes, so mostly I use the college dormitory 
> method of washing...I cram everything into the washer together, jeans, 
> socks, colored shirts and wash it all on regular warm water wash and cold 
> rinse.  99% of the time this method works just fine.  I'm not a fancy 
> person though.  I don't have a bunch of delicates or clothes that can't go 
> in the dryer.  I'm careful with new clothes for a few washes and then 
> after that I go with the easiest method. I used to do separate loads for 
> jeans, colors, whites etc.  I will do that now if I'm going to bleach the 
> whites or something, but honestly I haven't noticed any difference between 
> separating everything and the college method.  At least not for clothes 
> that I've had for a while.
>
> If I know I've spilled something on the item I treat it with a stain 
> removal product and wash as usual.  After it comes out of the wash I'll 
> ask a sighted person to make sure the stain came out before wearing.
>
> HTH
> Julie
>
>
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