Between loading your soiled clothing in the laundry basket and tossing it in the washing machine lies one essential practice: sorting. Although it's easy to brush off this process during prep, it ...

Doing your own laundry is already time-consuming and stressful enough. But if you’re living in a large household, you’re multiplying that chore by five. Between sorting everyone’s clothes, running ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the most tedious laundry day tasks is sorting clothes into individual piles so that they can be washed in separate loads according to ...

So long, dingy whites and faded darks! Here's how to separate laundry so your clothes come out of the wash clean and bright. Mary Gagliardi, a laundry scientist at Clorox, agrees that even though ...

When you first learned to do your own laundry, you were likely taught to wash colors, whites, and perhaps even lights separately from one another. The tactic makes sense to prevent darker pigments ...

Sort laundry by color (lights vs. darks) to avoid dye transfer. Separate loads of laundry by fabric, weight, and care labels. Prep clothes by turning them inside out, zipping zippers, and using mesh ...