The labels on white striped clothes always helpfully say “ wash with similar colours“. Cracking the Laundry ConundrumĪs a family of stripe lovers (and The White Stripe lovers), one of the earliest problems that cropped up was the conundrum of how to wash white striped clothes to keep them looking good for as long as possible. This sounds simple enough, but, as with anything that sounds too simple, there are always sticking points that unexpectedly rear their heads. This meant vowing to always wash whites with whites, and darks with darks. With more white laundry to deal with than ever before, I realised my old dangerous ways wouldn’t cut it. I wanted to prolong the lifespan of our clothes as long as possible because of a) money and b) the environment. All of which kids are masters at. Yet manufacturers insist on making kids’ clothes, and especially baby clothes, white. Kids are surely the muckiest creatures known to man. Meanwhile white is like a magnet to all things dirt and food and poo related. They have so many white items of clothing, which I can never understand. Since having kids it’s a completely different story. What can I say? I liked to live dangerously. I hardly owned any white clothing, so I never felt that there was any point in doing separate loads. So the odd rogue white item that managed to sneak its way into my wardrobe got washed with the coloured stuff. I didn’t separate loads of washing by colour. Prior to having children I just bunged everything into the machine and hoped for the best. To the point that, whether I like it or not, laundry takes up more of my day and more of my brain than ever before. And no, it’s not because I’m a glutton for punishment. It’s just that since having kids I do so much more laundry. Laundry is something I have come to put more thought into in recent years. Stuck in a laundry conundrum? I’ve been there before – here’s exactly how to wash white-striped clothes without ruining them.
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