Just seeing if anyone else is kinda weird with laundry like me:

-socks and underwear are washed inside-out
-jiu jitsu wear is washed separately
-regular gym wear is washed with regular clothes
-washcloths and towels are washed together, separate from clothing

Am I the only weirdo who does this?

No.

Never fabric softener unless washing instructions call for it.

Everything gets a double rinse.

*You are perfectly normal.

Mostly all my clothes get washed together. Cotton, nylon, work, gym, socks, underwear. All together. I will try to pull out wool socks before they go in the dryer and let them hang dry.

Towels with towels and sometimes sheets.

I will throw it all together depending on what and how much I have.

Your not alone, but I'm not with you on this one. I played Mr. Mom with 3 kids and a working wife when not on shift. The machine got stuffed, added some detergent, and pushed start. When done all of it, didn't care about girly under garments, other delicate, into dryer, high heat, and repeat. Wife and I are empty nesters now, smaller load, I will pull out her bras now, but everything goes together. Except when bleach is needed.

When the dirty clothes pile gets bigger than the clean clothes pile it's time to do a load of laundry.

I just sort by how it'll end up in dryer so I can use the autodry settings without cooking something

synthetic fiber underwear, shirts, shorts, etc

button up shirts and dockers

cotton shirts, shorts, pants, and black socks

white socks and white wash cloths

towels

bedding

reds - to be fair, I haven't bought anything new red in a while (i.e. old enough where it won't tranfer colors) and probably should combine with above

Socks and skivvies together and not turned inside out. Who has time for that?

Towels, washcloths together.

T-Shirts and other shirts.

Jeans.

Colors matter not. They all get tossed in together and washed in hot water.

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Originally posted by Edmond:
Just seeing if anyone else is kinda weird with laundry like me:

-socks and underwear are washed inside-out
-jiu jitsu wear is washed separately
-regular gym wear is washed with regular clothes
-washcloths and towels are washed together, separate from clothing

Am I the only weirdo who does this?

Please don't call my wife a weirdo!

I only separate by bleach vs color-safe bleach.

Otherwise, I wash everything together using hot water.

I usually turn socks inside out per Darn Tough recommendation but not obsessive about it.

Well, I don't go quite THAT far (and I'm the Laundry Bitch in this house) but:

Sheets separately because warm vs. hot water and no softener sheet in the dryer. Also because done on Monday. Hung out on the "solar powered dryer" weather permitting.

Towels/washcloths (both bath and kitchen) separately because warm vs. hot and no softener.

Everything else in one batch, hot water, softener sheet in the dryer.

Exception to everything else: Really REALLY nasty pants/shirts from me working on stuff. Done on "heavy soil" cycle, sometimes twice.

Rarely ever use bleach, ALWAYS use Arm & Hammer sensitive/perfume free detergent.

Washer and Dryer both Speed Queens with little or no "automation". Set the dial, turn the sumbitch on, walk away.

The procedures are complicated but entirely necessary. Darks in warm water with Pods or powdered detergent. Whites in cold water with liquid detergent and bleach. Shirts are turned inside out, and nothing is dried on high heat.

My wife taught me years ago that is something goes in the wash inside out I’d get it back inside out. I put stuff in the basket and it appears in my dresser and closet.

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Originally posted by konata88:

I wash everything together using hot water.

That is not good for your clothes and will wear and fade them out way faster than normal. I use cold water for everything but whites like underwear and undershirts which get washed in hot.

I separate whites from colors and always use an oxyclean pod with whites. I do my white sheets separately too.

Sometimes I will turn my socks inside out.

Lesson learned: Never use the 'Normal' setting on the washer as it uses minimal water and doesn't really rinse out the soap.

Pile em all together then sort by
Pants
Shirts
Everything else goes into the shirt or pants pile w/e is smaller

Whites get done with the white towels
So only 3 loads a week

The teen sometimes mixes his into ours otherwise he does his own laundry

Soap goes in first then clothes. Adjust water to height and it’s always cold water

Gun cleaning gadgets like Bore Snakes, old toothbrushes, blue cotton shop cloths, etc., go in one of those mesh lingerie bags, and might be included with the rest of the extremely soiled yard work clothing.


[Captain Obvious] Verify none of your wife's bra or panties are in the bag[/Captain Obvious]
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Any T shirts or others with printing or embroidered badges get turned inside out to preserve them.

Yardwork clothing with beggarweed seeds, Spanish Needles, fire ants, tree ants, Brazilian Pepper seeds, ground wasps, etc. get the extra long presoak, hot temperature and double rinse settings, which seems to lessen the problem of them showing up in every subsequent washload.

I usually have three separate washes:
White & light colors, along with underwear go into Warm wash.
All other colors go into Cold wash.
All bedding and towels go into a separate Warm wash.

If there's unique items like heavily soiled, delicates or outdoor gear, they get their own wash.

I put everything together warm wash, cold rinse.

I would only separate if something is new, bright color, likely to bleed color, or something is excessively dirty, oil & such.

It works for me.