How do you wash your red clothing?

[Angelhalo]

I usually save them up and do a big load of reds in cold water.

 

[Liberty Belle]

Usually just throw them in with jeans. We don't really have much red.

 

[SookieStackhouse]

I do not own much red stuff in the way of clothes, but for what I do, I use cold water. I wash my red clothes with my purple towels.

 

[LaurenLC]

I seperate by color the best I can, but have you ever tried those color catcher sheets? They work REALLY well!

 

[Handbag Lady]

I will have to buy color-catcher sheets!

Thanks!

 

[mom2aandj]

I use a Shout Color Catcher sheet in every load of colors I do and haven't had any issues with the colors running onto each other. For me they are worth the $.

ITA! I find that a lot of the time I can tear them in 1/2 and they'll still catch any loose dye, and that makes them cheaper/last longer. You can also reuse them if they don't get saturated with dye the first use. I use them in every single load. They are worth every cent.

 

[Buckalew11]

I've used color catcher sheets for yrs.
Our town's college colors are Orange and Garnet. I usually have enough for a full load but when I don't--color catchers.

And a another hint if you do a load of laundry at WDW--taking color catcher sheets and also Purex detergent sheets and you can wash all kinds of clothing together. Mom and I did this last month at the Dolphin and it really made doing laundry quick and easy.

 

[scrapquitler]

I throw reds in with my 'dark' clothes. I know that some people do a separate red load, but I'm a little bit lazy (okay, more than a little) and just sorting dark and light is enough of a challenge for me.

 

[wdwiala]

Reds with red only. I solved the "full load" issue by buying red towels. Now, I always have some towels to round out a small load of reds.

I also own navy towels to go in with my blue jeans. See the pattern?

 

[3 MEN AND A BOAT]

I washed my red shirt with my socks, my wife threw my socks away, I took them back out.

she said, They make HER look bad? How do they make her look bad?

I'm the one wearing Pink Socks.

 

[golfgal]

Reds with red only. I solved the "full load" issue by buying red towels. Now, I always have some towels to round out a small load of reds.

I also own navy towels to go in with my blue jeans. See the pattern?

I'm a little picky when it comes to laundry and I don't wash towels with other clothing because I don't like the fuzz they leave behind on some things .

 

[marcyinPA]

I use a Shout Color Catcher sheet in every load of colors I do and haven't had any issues with the colors running onto each other. For me they are worth the $.

Me too! We don't have a lot of red clothing in this house, so not enough for a load, ever. I like the Color Catcher sheets a lot...they catch the blue/black from jeans and don't let the color run on dark clothing with light accents (like white stripes).

Worth every penny in my opinion!!

 

[marcyinPA]

I'm a little picky when it comes to laundry and I don't wash towels with other clothing because I don't like the fuzz they leave behind on some things .

I'm the same way...towels only get washed with towels (and maybe sheets...)

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

After a red has been washed once and has shown not to bleed, then I'll make a red/pink load. But really it depends. We have enough pinks in this house to do just pink loads. Sometimes, I just gamble as we don't have that many reds.

 

[ChillyWilleys]

I use a Shout Color Catcher sheet in every load of colors I do and haven't had any issues with the colors running onto each other. For me they are worth the $.

Me too! They are awesome!

 

[Sugardimples]

I wash the reds with the blacks and navys and other darks. My partner works at Target so I wash a lot of red shirts!