'СТИРАЮТ' only clothes that you wear, for example shirts and dresses. - This shirt needs WASHING. – Эту рубашку нужно ПОСТИРАТЬ. 'МОЮТ' all other things like cars, animals, hands, cutleries, body and stuff like that. - I WASHED and went to bed. – Я ПОМЫЛСЯ и пошёл спать. If someone 'ЧИСТИТ' something, during this he uses a brush. - Don't forget to BRUSH your teeth. – Не забудь ПОЧИСТИТЬ зубы.

Стирать only refers to the laundry in this sense = to do the laundry Мыть means to wash. It can be anything from your hands to your car, or your dishes, the same as in English basically. Also Стирать can mean to erase, but this is completely different, because when it's used in this sense it is conjugated differently. Он постирает - он сотрёт (future 3rd person singular) Они стёрли - они выстрирали (past 3rd person plural) Сотри с доски - постирай бельё (imperative singular)

Стирать - много воды. Мыть - мало воды:-)

Стирать means to wash something made of cloth, fabric, such as shirts, towels, bedsheets etc. Стирать also means to rub out something, for example, to erase a word from a blackboard or to mop the sweat from one's brow. Мыть means to wash something with a lot of water. If you wash something made of cloth with a lot of water, then both words are good, but стирать is more natural.

1. Стирать - два перевода имеет а) To wash clothes - стирать одежду. б) to remove a dust - стирать(убирать/уничтожать) пыль Обычно говорят - стирать бельё, одежду; пыль, надпись. 2. Мыть - to wash, to clear, to clean. Обычно говорят - мыть посуду, мебель, пол, стол, руки....