Marking Laundry Bins

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Tracey

These are my laundry bins to help my family of 6 separate.

One I labeled "Whites"

Things to bleach

white socks
white washcloths

white T-shirts
white underwear

No reds!

Next one reads "Mediums"

light blue
light green
orange
pinks
yellows

No reds!

Last one says "Darks"

dark blue
blacks
Jeans
reds

By Tracey from Michigan

Laundry Bins marked with colors to avoid bleeding.

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By Firefly1985 (Guest Post)

July 18, 20060 found this helpful

I do the same thing. I have 7 in our home and it is much easier to lift a whole basket and dump it into the wash. You also know right away if you have enough to fill a washer load of that color.

Debbie Dzurilla
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July 19, 20060 found this helpful

That seems like a very good idea for larger families and where you want family members to sort their own dirty clothes. We are a family of 4 so I just sort into piles on wash day.

By Lynda (Guest Post)

August 5, 20060 found this helpful

I don't have good luck washing reds, pinks, oranges
with blues, so I wait until I have at least a "small" load of them and wash them separately from blues

and greens, otherwise I get something like "olive" or
"burple", as the grandkids call it,
if there is a single NEW item that slips past me.
Some sale cotton items bleed colors like mad, as do
some of the "older " garments the kids like to pull from the spare closets/boxes and wear as they become "cool" within their generational fads. Those fabrics are NOT reliably color-fast, believe me. Be careful and on the safe side.
Good luck and God bless.

twetybsweet

March 27, 20150 found this helpful

Where did you find the bins?

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