If you’re washing older clothing and aren’t using bleach, you’re fine.
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FrostKing@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I have literally never separated my clothes, and I’ve never had anything get messed up.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 2 months ago
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Aside from new clothes bleeding dye, there’s definitely a difference in whites, even if you can only see it in comparison to other whites.
Actually, I think at that point it’s the dryer, scattering fine colored lint across the white shirts, making them appear duller, greyer
Thorry84@feddit.nl 2 months ago
New stuff should definitely be washed on it’s own a couple of times, before being mixed in. New stuff can easily give off enough color to make a white shirt pink for example when washed with a red thing.
Just because you’ve been lucky or maybe have a lot of same colors where it doesn’t matter doesn’t mean it’s a general rule to go by.
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Doesn’t that only happen in nim-cold water washes?
Thorry84@feddit.nl 2 months ago
No? Why would it only happen in non-cold water?
When the clothes are first colored they use too much dye, because using too little ruins a batch of clothes whilst using too much is only bad for the environment but good for making money. The surplus of due can’t adhere to the fabric, so the first couple of times you wear/use and or wash the clothes the extra dye comes off.
I had a dark green bed sheets give off blue dye onto my white matrass cover. I didn’t wash the together, but the extra dye still came off in use. Obviously water will help the dye become mobile a lot, but it isn’t necessary. I’m not sure if the temperature has any effect at all.
otp@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’ve only heard of/experienced colour bleeding in warm/hot water washes. I (thankfully) haven’t experienced colour bleeding with cold water washes.