Laundry Tips

This morning I noticed something that made me shriek. I found a giant bleach spot on my green, 800-count, sateen, sheets. I love these sheets. I waited for months for them to go on sale. Now they are ruined!

After cursing my roommates for using bleach and not cleaning the washer properly afterwards, I went online to see how I could have prevented this from happening.

Turns out, my bleached sheets are my fault.

This happened because either I overloaded the washer or, more likely, I put the detergent in last, instead of first.

So, to help prevent this from happening to you, here are some helpful tips to prevent bleach-stained clothes and linens.

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-First, run the water. Then add the detergent and let it dissolve in the water. Then add the clothes you wish to wash. This prevents the detergent from sitting too long on your clothes and consequently bleaching them out.

-Make sure there is no leftover bleach in the machine. The above instructions will ensure any leftover bleach will not hurt your clothes.

-Use slightly less soap than recommended. Detergent is concentrated and will work well even when you use a little less, providing your clothes are not completely filthy.

-Do not overload the washer.

-Make sure the clothes are loose in the machine. They should fill half of the washer when wet.
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I hope this helps you as it is helping me! In the meantime, I need to find a new set of sheets.

Note: For those of you who might be looking at this blog for ideas for Christmas presents for me, I need a darkish green (not hunter green!) set for a double bed. The green color in the above image is fairly close. I wouldn’t mind another set of sateen sheets, but a nice flannel set would be lovely as well!