Will color-catching sheets keep me from having to sort my laundry?

With several color-catching sheets on the market promising to prevent dye transfers when washing your laundry, does this mean we can stop sorting laundry beforehand? 

Having to sort clothing along with checking the label of each item being washed is the most time-consuming part of the laundry chore. Wouldn’t it be amazing to shorten your laundry routine by skipping the sorting altogether? 

We think so, but how do color-catching sheets work?

Color-catching sheets are made to absorb and trap loose dyes in your wash water, helping to preserve the original coloring of your clothes while protecting them against color bleeds. The little pieces of cloth are specially formulated to grab any bleeding dyes in the wash water to help keep them from being redeposited onto other clothing. 

Companies like Shout and Carbona promise to make your life easier by reducing your sorting time and save you money by allowing you to wash all your clothing at once. Many customers swear by the products, but there are those who say otherwise, including Consumer Reports, which recommends continuing to sort your clothes. 

A 24-count box, which should last 12-24 washes depending on the size of the loads, costs $5. So, it may not be worth the extra expense if the color-catching sheets aren’t collecting enough dye.  

While the idea of being able to wash light-colored clothing with darks is a good one, it’s not 100% guaranteed. You may have great luck with color-catching sheets for several months but then become disappointed as you pull a brand-new shirt from the washing machine and find it’s ruined with dye stains. 

If you’re wanting to try color-catching sheets yourself, try tossing a sheet into similar-colored clothes that have been previously sorted to see the results; this will let you test them before putting lights and darks together, possibly causing an issue. If washing your clothes with color-catching sheets seems too risky, then you may want to skip the idea altogether and stick to the conventional way of cleaning your clothes. 

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