Laundry Guide Help Needed

[Soulsearching]

The children are home from college and everything I taught them about doing laundry has gone out the window.

They are of the mind set that you can stuff the washer with as much clothes as you can and it really doesn't matter that the color and whites are together. Add a towel it doesn't matter. Put your dress clothes in it doesn't matter. I truly feel they need to learn this life lesson so that they will not be tossing their money out the window replacing clothes. Yet, learning this lesson is a very much needed, but I have the feeling it will cost me my washing machine!!!

I need help. I really need to post an easy Guide to doing laundry in my laundry room that they can follow when they are home. I say when they are home, because when they come home they usually work and have to dress nice for work and dress clothes need to be treated a lot differently. (I have a boy and a girl)

Anyone have an easy laundry guide that they post in their laundry room that my, what I use to think highly intelligent college students can follow easily.

Or help me create one!

 

[Soulsearching]

This is what I have so far.

Laundry Guide:

Separate: whites, colored, hand wash

Temperature: Cold Water (save energy, no shrinking)

Stains: Dab with detergent and let sit for a day

 

[gardengalB4]

The children are home from college and everything I taught them about doing laundry has gone out the window.

They are of the mind set that you can stuff the washer with as much clothes as you can and it really doesn't matter that the color and whites are together. Add a towel it doesn't matter. Put your dress clothes in it doesn't matter. I truly feel they need to learn this life lesson so that they will not be tossing their money out the window replacing clothes. Yet, learning this lesson is a very much needed, but I have the feeling it will cost me my washing machine!!!

I need help. I really need to post an easy Guide to doing laundry in my laundry room that they can follow when they are home. I say when they are home, because when they come home they usually work and have to dress nice for work and dress clothes need to be treated a lot differently. (I have a boy and a girl)

Anyone have an easy laundry guide that they post in their laundry room that my, what I use to think highly intelligent college students can follow easily.

Or help me create one!

Oh my!
My sentiments exactly!
What does happen to them when they go off to school?
My daughter was good at doing laundry years before she went off to school...now not so much!

 

[TheZenMaster]

Hey, this would be great. I'm almost 30 and totally worthless in regards to doing laundry and I'm always asking my wife to write things down for me so I can just have a quick reference guide. Hook a brother up!!!

 

[Soulsearching]

Okay, I have been working on this and since I have been doing it for years I know I may have forgotten something or can make it better. When you have to write it down it becomes difficult. Sort of like cooking, no recipe a pinch of this and a pinch of that, got my drift.

Here I go, please amend where you see fit, all help greatly appreciated:

A GUIDE TO DOING LAUNDRY

SEPARATE: Whites, Colored, Hand Wash

TEMPERATURE: Cold Water (save energy, no shrinking)

STAINS: Dab with detergent and let sit for a day



EXAMPLE LOADS


LOAD #1: Socks, Underwear, White T-shirts, may add two Towels

LOAD #2: Bed Sheets and Towels

LOAD #3: Jeans, Colored T-shirts, Light Weight Knit Shirts
LOAD #4: Sweat Shirts, Colored T- Shirts, Light Weight Knit Shirts
(these two loads can be mixed and matched, just don’t over fill machine, clothes will never come clean and will break my machine!!!)


LOAD #4: Dress pants only – Put in dryer for about 10 minutes and take out immediately and hang

LOAD #5: Dress shirts only – Put in dryer for about 10 minutes and take out immediately and hang

 

[arminnie]

I really really helps to have separate baskets. I have one for stuff that is dark or might fade and another for the rest. The sheets and towels go straight to the washer so I don't use a basket for them. When a basket is full I toss it in the washer. I remove anything delicate before I toss it in the drier. I fold stuff as I remove it from the drier.

I never use cold water or fabric softeners. Been doing this for decades. The only piece of clothing I ever ruined was an Irish wool sweater that my dad accidentally washed and dried (came out very small). My stuff lasts for years.