To think DH should know you don’t wash dirty bed linen at 30 degrees?

Mumsnet is renowned for it’s obsessive hygiene. Anyone not conforming is “nose blind” and definitely smells, because posters can smell you on the tube if you didn’t shower 5 minutes ago/haven’t washed your bra/haven’t changed your sheets in a week/use towels more than once...

😂😂😂😂
...or commit the heinous crime of wearing a scented panty liner!!

*I daren’t ask how often you all change the beds?

Actually, that doesn’t really matter*

On mumsnet it definitely does, judging by the millions of judgy threads...

I think we’re probably due one soon. How often do you wash sheets/towels/bedding/person/hair/do you wear pants to bed threads must be pretty much weekly.

Mumsnet is renowned for it’s obsessive hygiene. Anyone not conforming is “nose blind” and definitely smells, because posters can smell you on the tube if you didn’t shower 5 minutes ago/haven’t washed your bra/haven’t changed your sheets in a week/use towels more than once...

I daren’t ask how often you all change the beds?

Actually, that doesn’t really matter and would depend whether you wear pyjamas or not. However, considering your DH’s sweaty head, it might be best to get several extra pillowcases for him and change them frequently.

most washing machines (in europe) are not connected to hot water. they have an inbuilt heating element.

The cold fill only is a relatively recent thing. The older ones filled with hot and cold, though they also had a heating element. One of my old machines had a setting where it didn’t heat the water further which I used for delicates but I’ve no idea what the actual temperature would have been.

There’s no need to boil wash anything.

I've never asked my dh about washing temperatures in my life

Killing all bacteria is a really dangerous aim - it’s essential stuff for our healthy lives. We wash everything with non bio powder at 30-45 degrees except one wash a week at 60 to maintain the pipes in the machine. We put bedding or towels in for that wash.

Unfortunately common sense isn't that common, OP!

I wash my bed linen at 60 degrees. I cannot use biological detergents, they cause an allergic reaction and I get a horrible red rash. If I was to sleep on sheets washed with biological detergent I'd be very sorry the next day.

It’s nothing to do with common sense. You do not need to use a biological detergent. I saw a TV program at the beginning of lockdown as mentioned upthread, where they tested the germ-killing properties of washing and they found that water temperature made little or no difference but non-biological killed more germs than biological!

Whaaat ! I hope you didn't break lockdown rules just to wash your clothes?

It counts as exercise and you can take one fellow washerwoman as long as you wash 2 metres apart!

Good grief, what is this obsession in the UK with washing temperatures? A lot of people here wash in cold water, everything still seems to get clean.

Well I take mine down to the river with a rock..

Exactly, and the water’s stone cold!

Crikey. I must be a minger.

Everything is washed in cold. I use grey water safe products only.

What are you concerned will happen with a 30 degree was? I was almost everything in 40 degrees. All clean, nothing smells, no stains, no one ill

Ahh but this is mumsnet where people who say they don’t smell are just nose blind, and of course they stink if they don’t shower 3 times a day and boil wash towels and sheets after every use.

I wash ours at 30 or 40 if I've spilt coffee on it. Still alive.

And killing germs is important if there's been an illness (I'd always wash at 60+ for all.sheets and towels if anyone has felt unwell, and had a miserable fortnight of boil washes when one of mine had worms), or as above if people have dust mite issues. But for the rest of us, there's enough evidence now that over-cleaning is also unhelpful.

I put a load of washing on at 60 after my DD had a D and V bug once. Including my skinny jeans. The first wear after that was pretty traumatic

the washing machine isn’t even connected to the hot tap & my sheets are fine

most washing machines (in europe) are not connected to hot water. they have an inbuilt heating element.

Although the full quote from that persil link

A good temperature for washing towels and sheets is 40 degrees, but a 60 degree wash will be better at killing germs

Maybe you’re using the wrong washing powder/liquid.

Am a sweaty sleeper & only ever wash on cold - the washing machine isn’t even connected to the hot tap & my sheets are fine!

Got period blood out of the sheet on a cold wash after a napisan soak too

If your sheets still smell after washing them then that seems like a BO problem & wold suggest bathing at night to keep the sheets clean.

Also who doesn’t have a second set? That sounds stressful & have lived in a van up until recently. Spare sheets are a must have.

I'm not sure why people are still going on about germs when several people have said they wash at 60 to kill dust mites.

[quote AnitaB888]Persil says towels & sheets should be washed at 40 deg

www.persil.com/uk/laundry/laundry-tips/washing-tips/temperature-use-wash-clothes-towels.html[/quote]
Agree! But none of that matters because many MNers would rather go with what their mums said, back in a time when detergents were far less effective, and because they are super weird about germs...

@GreenLilliesAndViolets only if you look in the mirror if you do. Which bacteria are you trying to kill? Unless you have syphilis or norovirus or something there really is no need.

Either do the washing yourself or accept your husband does it differently