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Mrs Bonk

2006-05-30, 7:21 am

Last evening I had the pleasure of going to one of 'our' pub quizzes where
know-alls sit discussing possible answers to obscure questions. I had the
unbelievable good fortune of being asked to identify a circle with a red X
on an item of clothing.
As a long standing member of alt.home.cleaning I was able to provide the
answer immediately for my little group of contestants, it was of course " Do
not dry clean "
Surprisingly I was the only person in my local pub to get the correct
answer.
Does anyone look at the labels and sort before doing their weekly wash or is
it a question of putting it all in together and hoping for the best?

Nan

2006-05-30, 9:21 am

On Tue, 30 May 2006 10:56:13 +0100, "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com>
wrote:

>Last evening I had the pleasure of going to one of 'our' pub quizzes where
>know-alls sit discussing possible answers to obscure questions. I had the
>unbelievable good fortune of being asked to identify a circle with a red X
>on an item of clothing.
>As a long standing member of alt.home.cleaning I was able to provide the
>answer immediately for my little group of contestants, it was of course " Do
>not dry clean "

Good for you :-)

>Surprisingly I was the only person in my local pub to get the correct
>answer.
>Does anyone look at the labels and sort before doing their weekly wash or is
>it a question of putting it all in together and hoping for the best?

I always buy easy-to-care-for fabrics when I clothes shop. I steer
clear of anything that needs to be dry-cleaned, or would require the
effort of special care.

When I sort laundry, I sort according to color for the most part.
Darks with darks, lights with lights, reds/pinks/oranges together.
My dh's work clothes get one load, as I wash those separately from our
clothing. He gets quite dirty at his job.
Towels and bedding get mixed together if one or the other isn't a big
enough load.

Nan

0tterbot

2006-06-01, 1:21 am

"Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com> wrote in message
news:4e2j61F1cu81bU1@individual.net...
> Last evening I had the pleasure of going to one of 'our' pub quizzes where
> know-alls sit discussing possible answers to obscure questions. I had the
> unbelievable good fortune of being asked to identify a circle with a red X
> on an item of clothing.
> As a long standing member of alt.home.cleaning I was able to provide the
> answer immediately for my little group of contestants, it was of course "
> Do not dry clean "
> Surprisingly I was the only person in my local pub to get the correct
> answer.

well i'm sure we know what that says about _them_! <g>

> Does anyone look at the labels and sort before doing their weekly wash or
> is it a question of putting it all in together and hoping for the best?

no. i look at the labels before i buy something & decide on the spot - if
it's handwash only, i think twice anyway. everything else is standard stuff
which i sort by colour, not any other factor (i have machine washables &
handwashables, & that's it.)

anyone familiar with labels, (well, certainly in australia), will know
labels lie - they're not worth the "information" they provide except in
terms of fabric content. they say ridiculous things such as dryclean only
for a cotton tshirt, or not to be tumble-dried for a well-constructed 100%
cotton item, things like that. most of it's just pointless to "follow"
accurately, so i don't bother - i know they don't mean it ;-).
kylie

julisue@gmail.com

2006-06-01, 11:21 am

Growing up, my mom would always wash "dry clean only" with the regular
wash. It came out a bit wrinkly at times but a bit of warm iron didn't
hurt anything. Then again, we didn't have a lot of dry clean only
clothes. I hear too many accidents happening at the dry cleaners to
want to take my precious and expen$ive hard-to-find clothes there. I
have a pair of really nice dry clean only white pants with a stain. I
simply washed it out with soap and water, and put a warm iron on it.
Looks the same before the stain.

Mrs Bonk

2006-06-03, 3:21 pm

0tterbot wrote:
> "Mrs Bonk" <arse@cuteyspamout.com> wrote in message
> news:4e2j61F1cu81bU1@individual.net...
>
> no. i look at the labels before i buy something & decide on the spot - if
> it's handwash only, i think twice anyway. everything else is standard
> stuff which i sort by colour, not any other factor (i have machine
> washables & handwashables, & that's it.)

sometimes one has no choice, work uniform, school uniform, Brownie and Bob a
Jobbers, Bridesmaids dresses and so forth. Given a choice I would pick a
machine washable item but it is not always possible to do so.

>
> anyone familiar with labels, (well, certainly in australia), will know
> labels lie - they're not worth the "information" they provide except in
> terms of fabric content. they say ridiculous things such as dryclean only
> for a cotton tshirt, or not to be tumble-dried for a well-constructed 100%
> cotton item, things like that. most of it's just pointless to "follow"
> accurately, so i don't bother - i know they don't mean it ;-).

This may well be the case but some items are extremely expensive and can be
ruined by incorrect washing which also voids any guarantee. No good taking
an item back to the store if it's out of shape and streaked if the
temperature wasn't correct. I rarely take back items anyway but did once and
came away quite red faced after being told in no uncertain terms that I had
used the wrong wash.

Mrs Bonk

2006-06-03, 3:21 pm

julisue@gmail.com wrote:
> Growing up, my mom would always wash "dry clean only" with the regular
> wash. It came out a bit wrinkly at times but a bit of warm iron didn't
> hurt anything. Then again, we didn't have a lot of dry clean only
> clothes. I hear too many accidents happening at the dry cleaners to
> want to take my precious and expen$ive hard-to-find clothes there. I
> have a pair of really nice dry clean only white pants with a stain. I
> simply washed it out with soap and water, and put a warm iron on it.
> Looks the same before the stain.

Personally I wouldn't touch underwear that had a dry clean label as I like
to soak my smalls for a while before hand washing but each to their own.

Dee Randall

2006-06-25, 9:25 am

> When I sort laundry, I sort according to color for the most part.
> Darks with darks, lights with lights, reds/pinks/oranges together.
> My dh's work clothes get one load, as I wash those separately from our
> clothing. He gets quite dirty at his job.
> Towels and bedding get mixed together if one or the other isn't a big
> enough load.
>
> Nan
>

I sort into two different loads that are bleach loads:
Underwear separate from kitchen towels.
Dee

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