Washing a blue shirt with white cuffs and collar

Stercus Accidit

I have a blue shirt with white cuffs and collar, and I want to wash it without ruining the white parts.

Its a pastel blue shirt and I am worried the colour will run into the white parts, what is my best option to wash this type of shirt? They are fairly common now, colours with white so how do I keep the white actually white? Does it need to be washed in a special way at all?

Zeppi

throw in a color catcher sheet with the cloths

Stercus Accidit

Zeppi wrote: »

throw in a color catcher sheet with the cloths

Is it absolutely necessary with this type of shirt?

Dotcomdolly

If an item has white in it, the other colour *should* be colourfast, unless it's a cheap garment made with vegetable dyes (like stuff you'd but abroad in holiday resorts). You should be washing at 30-40c anyway so your shirt will be fine at that.
I wash my striped items in the light wash.

p.s my dad owned dry-cleaners & launderettes

Shazanne

The colour catcher is a great idea but also put in some Vanish whitener to keep the while bits white! The biggest problem you will have is that the collar will go a "dirty" white rather than the blue running into it. Might be a goof idea to handwash it if it is a "special" shirt!

OldGoat

A colour catcher in the wash is always useful for the occasional accident.
I hand wash my newest shirts for the first 2 or 3 washes then I wash the shirts on a 40 degree wash a few times. By that stage the white in not as white as it should be so I go for a hot wash to bring it back to life, then go back to 40 degree washes for the next few washes.
Seems to work well enough. I get two years wear at least from shirts and the it's the collers and cuffs that wear out before the colour fades.

Sugar Free

I'd echo the previous posters.

Use a colour catcher just in case and throw in a bit of vanish whitener for good measure.

That's what I do with any mixed white/colour shirts and contrast collars/cuffs and it works fine.

If it's a decent quality shirt you have nothing to worry about imo.

dingbat

I put my blue/white contrast collar shirts in with blue/white bengal or otherwise striped shirts. Never had any trouble.

Miaireland

Sorry to repeat but use colour catcher.

akila

I vote colour catcher too... Very handy!