I'm playing off-the-grid. Whenever I have my Sims do their laundry in the washtub and hang it on the clothesline it's always filthy. Do the laundry additives not work? I have not played off the grid before....so I'm used to the washing machine and dryer. Adding a rose to the washing machine always made my Sims laundry pristine or at least good. I tried adding the laundry additive to the washtub.....filthy laundry. Are there different additives for the washtub versus the washing machine? Anyone else experiencing dirty laundry regardless of what you try to do?

I have a Sim that's been living off the grid since well before the update. Build up your Sim's fitness level a little, they will do a better job at washing. And of course, always replace the water and add flowers. My Sim's laundry is always clean or pristine. And now that we have the option to gather water, I no longer get the brackish water moodlet for any of the appliances in my house. If I do, it just means I need to gather more water.

Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol haha

"Sha2520032003;c-17554398" wrote:Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol hahaYou can put the wishing well, if you have it, on your lot.

if your clothes dont come out fully clean you sometimes need to take them out, put the clothes on the ground, replace the water and rinse them again before hanging them up. You dont need to rerun the full action though cuz it usually only takes less than half the time to get pristine as it did to do the first round of wash. It depends on how much and how dirty your laiundry is I think.

"Sha2520032003;c-17554398" wrote:Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol hahaI'm wishing for that too. A heads up before I'm about to run out would great at the very least. I've just started having her gather water every couple days. I don't have eco living, so she's in Willow Creek, and there's fishing spots pretty close by. I do wish I had a well though. Edit: I forgot about the well from Romantic garden. I just bought the pack recently.

Laundry Always Filthy using Washtub??

13 Replies

crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
I think off the grid lots have brackish water. You probably need to find a cleaner source of water.
NationalPokedex
6 years ago
If you use gathered water, do you still get the moodlet?
Tomatplante
6 years ago
I had the same situation, but when I started gathering water the clothes came out of the tub as 'used'. Still never clean, but not filthy.
Meka3211
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Thanks everyone! I may see if the washer and dryer works off the grid, with having excess energy stored. My sink works and it's not off the grid. I'm loving playing the off the grid, but these dirty clothes is just so annoying haha.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
I have a Sim that's been living off the grid since well before the update.

Build up your Sim's fitness level a little, they will do a better job at washing. And of course, always replace the water and add flowers. My Sim's laundry is always clean or pristine.
And now that we have the option to gather water, I no longer get the brackish water moodlet for any of the appliances in my house. If I do, it just means I need to gather more water.
Meka3211
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol haha
crocobaura
Legend
6 years ago
"Sha2520032003;c-17554398" wrote:
Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol haha

You can put the wishing well, if you have it, on your lot.
atreya33
Legend
6 years ago
"Sha2520032003;c-17554398" wrote:
Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol haha

You can collect water on your own lot if you really want to. Since your sim lives in Port promise you can use the dew collector that came with the pack. If you want your sim to actually collect it themselves you can use the wishing well from the romantic garden stuff pack, like @crocobaura suggested. But you can also use the pond from get Famous (the one you can fill with koi or sharks) or the base game fishing pond (the one you see in the oasis spring Park, you need the show hidden objects cheat to find it in the catalog and place it on your lot)
aveniceglass
6 years ago
if your clothes dont come out fully clean you sometimes need to take them out, put the clothes on the ground, replace the water and rinse them again before hanging them up. You dont need to rerun the full action though cuz it usually only takes less than half the time to get pristine as it did to do the first round of wash. It depends on how much and how dirty your laiundry is I think.
LadyGray01
Seasoned Ace
6 years ago
"Sha2520032003;c-17554398" wrote:
Thanks for the insight @lisamwitt. I had my Sim gather water. Laundry came out normal....which is better than filthy. So maybe my Sim just needs to gather more water? There isn't anything to measure how much water the household needs.....as my Sim lives in Port Promise and I don't believe there's fishing there, so always having to travel to get water. Wish there was some kind of gauge so i could avoid the loading screens lol haha

I'm wishing for that too. A heads up before I'm about to run out would great at the very least. I've just started having her gather water every couple days. I don't have eco living, so she's in Willow Creek, and there's fishing spots pretty close by. I do wish I had a well though.

Edit: I forgot about the well from Romantic garden. I just bought the pack recently.