Mumsnet Talk

I mainly was at 30 as worried about clothes fading but was wondering if is better to wash at 40?

mainly 40 with 60 for towels and bedding

Mainly 30, but towels and bedding at 60. Occasionally I put all the whites through at 90.

Mainly 40, bedding/whites 50. Only use 30 for delicates/my 20 min programme for one or two items.

40 for everyday clothes, 60 for bedding/towels/soiled clothing/nappies.

Mainly 40, occasionally 50 for some more soiled clothes that can take that temp, and the occasional blast at 60 for some whites.

Mainly 40. Bedding and towels at 60. Woollens and delicates at 30.

Yes mainly 40. 50 for bedding/towels/whites.

40 for most hinge, 60 for bedding and towels, and 30 for leotards and lunch boxes, oh and washable shoes.

Ahem, I don't wash the hinges, I wash THINGS!!

40 mainly. I am a stinky person and 30 left clothes with armpit smells but 40 doesn't

Do you find your clothes fading quickly at 40?

I use powder for colours for dark clothes and bio stuff for everything else

I thought fading was down to cheap the wrong sort if detergent rather than temperature?

Lightly-soiled stuff on cold. 60 for bedding and towels. 40 + bicarb for dirty cottons.

mainly 40 as I find 30 often not good enough for stains/smells.
bedding/towels at 60.

I think the tumble dryer causes fading rather than the temperature it's washed at.

40 as that's the lowest my washing machine does

40° for most stuff, but 60° for towels and bedding. I would only really use 30° for delicates, a few times a year.

40 for most and 60 for towels

40 for dark clothes, 60 for towels, bedding and light/white clothes. I used to always use low temperatures and ended up with a stinky washing machine.

Washing machines need a high temperature wash now and again to keep them smelling fresh.

40 for everyday.

Use 60 for whites, 95 for towels and bedding

My father works in hospitals and said the lowest temp any germs are killed would be 60 degrees ( which prob means the snot 3 year old wiped on my top is probably still germy!)

30 for most things. 60 for towels. 40 for bedding. Use vanish with dirty clothes.

40 mostly
60 - towels and bedding
30 - wools and delicates
90 - maintenance wash when I remember every month

I use persil non- bio powder tabs and liquid and don't use a tumble dryer. Does using the wrong detergent really fade clothes? I thought non-bio would be more gentler on clothes?