Help! All my whites are turning grey!

[squidipa]

I am so AN@L when it comes to washing. If DH is going to the washing, i separate the clothes into piles for him to wash. And i love bleach with my whites. I pour it in and they come up brilliantly.

ive just been downstairs separating the reds and blacks and lighter and colored and white clothes lol haha so if hubbie gets there before me he can see what i have done. My tea towels are dark red.

[Turkish Delight]

That's it. Knowing men, they just dump it ALL in together. eeeeeeeeeeeekkkk. I'd have a heart attack.

[Phteven]

TD, I'm even worse than you. I don't just sort into lights and darks I colour code. I'll do reds, pinks and oranges in one wash, blues and greens and greys in another and so on. I do seperate washes for jeans and other things with zippers.
When DH does the washing and chucks towels in with the clothes it takes all my will power to say nothing.

[Turkish Delight]

I wash my work clothes and DS's school uniform together,
DD's clothes separately.
I tend to wash DH's clothes separately too. I dunno why, but his just get done separately He's a man and his is more smellier probably.

i never wash our underwear with DD's. I believe she is too small and have hers washed separately. I never wash DH's underwear with mine or DS's either.

Okay we are both an@l.

[feeb]

Hehe girls you crack me up!!!!

I wash my clothes and DH together But DH work shirts seperatly (just cause a weeks worth take a full load) and then DS seperatly.

I then wash linen and towels sepeartly.

if we have new dark clothing I will wash seperatly to avoid running.

[AnyDream]

I'm so glad you posted this thread, I've been thinking of asking the same question. We got a new water efficient front loader and I've noticed my whites are oh so slowly turning grey. I believe it's the detergent, not the water temp. 40 degrees isn't very warm (we washed warmer in our old machine) and I sort my colours and whites so it's not that either. I'm thinking of adding some napisan or similar as a wash booster to see if that works.

[thepixie]

MD I have been adding Napisan to the wash, but I'm finding I have to soak everything overnight before washing just to keep it white!

[CrazyLady]

That's it. Knowing men, they just dump it ALL in together. eeeeeeeeeeeekkkk. I'd have a heart attack.

errrr, it's not only men

Saying that though i little one) own one white garment and i hand wash it. it's just too hazardous a colour for me to wear