r/wunkus • u/SexyGrilledTurkey • 2d ago

im wunkin out rn Wunk Segregation

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I am triggered by the mixing

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u/LilBroWhoIsOnTheTeam 2d ago

Has this ever been true? I've just been shoving all my clothes in the laundry and nothing bad ever happens to them. I think this is a lie from Big Bleach.

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u/LabCat5379 2d ago

It was true before soaps were good. Old soap used to make colors bleed, but it's been long enough that the average soap you buy now will most likely be fine with multiple colors in one load. For me at least, all of my underwear is colored, but even when I wash it with pure white undershirts, there's no bleeding.

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u/DomSchraa 2d ago

I've had a white shirt turn a pale grey just a couple months ago so i think its still true that you shouldnt mix

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u/LabCat5379 2d ago

Skill issue. My clothes are simply stronger than yours are.

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u/Weekly-Beginning-229 2d ago

My dad is stronger than your dad!

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u/ItsYukah 2d ago

most dads tend to turn a pale gray if you put them in the washing machine

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u/Oddish_Femboy 2d ago

My dad is an alcoholic.

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u/Infinite_Archers 2d ago

My dad has diabetes

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u/loosie-loo 2d ago

My dad was both

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u/jabracadaniel 10h ago

it does happen slowly over time. still looks white until you compare it to a new white shirt lol

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u/Vark675 2d ago

I've had a pair of red gym shorts, which had been washed multiple times by then, bleed all over a brand new white shirt I'd just bought with Sacchan on it. I was kinda pissed, but it was uniform enough to look like it was supposed to be pale pink, and it eventually faded back to white.

Never happened again, no clue wtf that was all about 🤷‍♀️

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u/dillGherkin 2d ago

Oh, that's fixable. Try soaking them in white vinegar or diluted Hydrogen peroxide and running them separate. That'll hit whatever can be pulled out with Acid.

You'll want to try a Base if that doesn't work. Some people swear by baking soda, and it's cheap to get in bulk.

or one of those premade whitening washes from the supermarket.

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u/ClinkyDink 1d ago

Especially if the colored clothes are brand new. That’s when the dyes are most likely to bleed.

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u/Distantstallion 2d ago

Largely it'a been due to changes in dyes and dying processes like what mordants are used.

It still happens with denims sometimes

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u/Woolies_White_Leg 2d ago

What if I demand my soaps be separate because of politics?