How to do laundry..lol?

Question

mmkay well my mom left for europe for 3 weeks

and my step-dad is either at work or too drunk to remember his name

soo i need to know how to do laundry xD

i need to know how to sort colors and how to use the washer

please help i seriously need clean clothes lmfao don't make me carry it to a laundry matt!!!! loll

Answer 1

I checked the other answers and they are all good.  Good with those.

Answer 2

Ok. Well sort by color group.

Reds[you can add pink]

Blue

Orange[depending on how many you have I have quite a bit]

Black

White[you can add the tan]

And do jeans in their own load[last since they take longest to dry]

Panties and bras separate [they wash in hot/cold cycle]

Then you just put them in the wash, depending on what type of soap. I would say 1/2 a cup if liquid or full cup if powerd stuff.

Make sure your items of clothing are about 8 inches [for my washer]below the acutal end of the wash machine since the water adds to the amount in there.

Set it on normal cycle, with the water set to warm/cold. or you can do cold/cold. and there you go.

Well after they are done you got the dryer part and you just put them in and turn the normal cycle on.

There you go.

Answer 3

Just seperate the colors and the whites, wash towels seperately or if they are white throw them with the whites you might want to add alittle bleach not too much or use some arm and hammer baking soda (that makes your whites white)

Colors use cold water and whites use hot ( Just make sure nothing that you do want will shrink) And when you dry your clothes make sure you fold them while warm b/c if you wait they will get very wrinklely and then you will have another chore to do (ironing).  Just fold what needs to be folding and put away in their place and whatever needs to be hung do so and put away. I hope I helped some what good luck and have fun (turn on the radio and dance while you work so you can get really into it before you know it you are done). Mom will be so proud of you. P.S. If you do not have a washer and dryer I hate to say this but you would have to carry all this to the laundry mat, to make it easy make sure you seperate everything before you go and don't forget the detergent and bleach (baking soda for the whites). Bring your ipod with you it will get kind of boring just waiting for the clothes.

Answer 4

I went in the US army at 18 and we had to wash our own clothes and I just stood there looking like a dummy because I didn't know how either....I could shoot expert, throw grenades like a champ but that blasted wash machine had me stumped....I checked out your other answerer's...they are good ones go with them.

Answer 5

All whites should be seperate - hot water

Light colors go together - Cold Water

Darks such as Black,Blue,Dark Brown are to be wash in sepeartly - Cold water

Blanket/Towels - Warm Water

Answer 6

I'm certainly no expert with this, but I think I can help you out a little bit.

Sort your colors into Whites, Lights, and Darks. Whites would be (duh) white--T-shirts, socks, whatever. Lights would be more pastel-ish colors. Darks would be bright and dark colors--hot pink, royal blue, black. Get the idea?

So once you've divvied everything up you can start a load. NEVER use hot water. It'll shrink your stuff and it's not all that good for your clothes even if they don't shrink. Tell the washing machine what temp you want (probably cold-cold or warm-cold, check the labels), how big your load is (if it's just your laundry, probably small), and set the dial to delicate or regular or whatever and push it in or pull it out, depending on your model. It should start to fill the washer. While it's filling up, dump in a cup of detergent or however much the detergent says to use. Start loading your clothes in the washer, and make sure you put them evenly around the post in the middle so it doesn't get all offkilter.

Once you've loaded up your clothes, close the lid and let the machine do all the hard work. Once it's stopped transfer everything to the dryer, turn the dial to whatever seems best suited to the load you're doing and push it in. MAKE SURE the filter is clean before you do this. On my dryer the filter is on the top of the dryer, far right corner. On my old dryer, it was inside the door. Find it, peel the lint off the screen using your fingers, and slide it back in its slot.

Don't use bleach. It could be a disaster, and it's nicer on your clothes if you don't.

Hope this helps, and if you get stuck, call your mom; she'll probably be glad that you're taking on responsibility. If not, hopefully she'll be glad that you asked for help instead of accidently flooding the house. ;-)

Answer 7

sort your wash by colors.. for example:  1. whites this is clothes solid whites and towels. 2. light colored clothes this would be white clothes with designs and pinks and lite blues and yellows andsuch.  3. reds. this is all clothes red and dark pink or purple.  4.. jeans everything not lite colored jeans are what goes in this pile. 5. towels, all dish towels bath towels, wash clothes, go in this pile. 6. sheets all the bed linens in this pile.  7. dark clothes. this is blacks and grays and dark blue clothing.  

wash all these clothes in cold water except, towels and whites and sheets, they need to be washed in warm to hot water... also make sure u set the washer on the correct wash setting for example small loads, medium loads and large loads... use anywhere from 1/4 cup of detergent for small loads to a 1 cup for large loads...

never mix whites with any colors or it will bleed into the fabric. this is how i do wash and i wash 2 times a week usually.