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AIBU not to rewash laundry after it gets rained on?

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JohnnyFedora · 05/06/2026 16:24

I don't bother rewashing laundry that's got caught in the rain and then dried again.... Life's too short... Yes I'm lazy.

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Yetone · 06/06/2026 08:50

I like my washing being rained on. It gets another rinse with much softer water than comes out of our taps

concertinacornflake · 06/06/2026 08:39

UniquePinkSwan · 06/06/2026 08:29

Hanging it out anyway is minging so rain isn’t going to make it any worse

Hanging washing out in sun is hygienic, what has made you think it isn't?

MyThreeWords · 06/06/2026 08:39

Never ever heard of anyone rewashing rained-on washing! Why would you? ?

Civilsociety · 06/06/2026 08:37

This has never even occurred to me and I live in a city.

RedTagAlan · 06/06/2026 08:36

MrsMoastyToasty · 05/06/2026 16:56

Rain water is probably softer than out tap water so I would leave it out for an extra rinse.

Technically rain water is distilled. Apart from the pollution in the air it might pick up on the way down.

So yup. I agree with you, leave it out.

Unless there has been a dry spell. Cos then the air will be loaded with pollution.

Where I live the pollution can be very bad. And the rain water can be filthy. But if it has been raining a while the rain water is clean.

TheFairyCaravan · 06/06/2026 08:32

UniquePinkSwan · 06/06/2026 08:29

Hanging it out anyway is minging so rain isn’t going to make it any worse

Wtaf? Why?

I don’t if it’s been caught in a shower. As long as it’s dried fully afterwards, before it’s put away, it doesn’t smell.

Bigtrapeze · 06/06/2026 08:31

I had never considered rewashing clothes that got wet on the line. Mine sometimes stays out for days until it's dry. Surely the domestic water supply comes from rain. Equally if clothes get wet while I am wearing them in the rain I don't rewash them but let them dry. Seems a waste of natural resources to re-wash to me.

oncemoreuntothebeachdearfriends · 06/06/2026 08:30

UniquePinkSwan · 06/06/2026 08:29

Hanging it out anyway is minging so rain isn’t going to make it any worse

Why do you think so?

UniquePinkSwan · 06/06/2026 08:29

Hanging it out anyway is minging so rain isn’t going to make it any worse

TheRealMagic · 06/06/2026 08:29

But then I quite often - gasp - hang my washing out at night, which means it will inevitably getting dewy in the morning and then dry, so if I rewashed then I'd never actually get any washing dry!

TheRealMagic · 06/06/2026 08:28

Absolutely not, I just consider it to have had a little extra rinse

Gypsywomanx · 06/06/2026 08:27

Yes of course!

Chrsantehdnfn · 06/06/2026 08:26

FruAashild · 05/06/2026 16:56

How long were they outside for? I've never had an issue with washing that has been showered on.

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Me neither

ShetlandishMum · 06/06/2026 08:26

Couldn't bother less.

NattyRedFinch · 06/06/2026 08:25

FruAashild · 05/06/2026 16:56

How long were they outside for? I've never had an issue with washing that has been showered on.

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After they had been rained on once. I didn’t leave them out for days or anything!

TeaPot496 · 05/06/2026 18:09

I'd say yanbu but for all the saharan dust that's been in the blood rain here recently

muddyford · 05/06/2026 18:04

Unless it's all speckled with pollution I wouldn't bother. Our air is clean but I might respin if it's really soggy.

Myswweetchild · 05/06/2026 17:13

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 05/06/2026 17:03

I washed it again once after it had been on the line for five weeks and on the garden path for a further week and a half.

#standards.

🤣🤣🤣 - love it

NoCommentingFromNowOn · 05/06/2026 17:03

I washed it again once after it had been on the line for five weeks and on the garden path for a further week and a half.

#standards.

Myswweetchild · 05/06/2026 17:00

Oh, god, it's a No from me
But one of my greatest pleasures is watching my washing dry
I'd do it again 🤣

nutbrownhare15 · 05/06/2026 16:57

Why would you?

MrsMoastyToasty · 05/06/2026 16:56

Rain water is probably softer than out tap water so I would leave it out for an extra rinse.

FruAashild · 05/06/2026 16:56

NattyRedFinch · 05/06/2026 16:55

I did that once with my bed sheets and they stank. Never again.

How long were they outside for? I've never had an issue with washing that has been showered on.

NattyRedFinch · 05/06/2026 16:55

I did that once with my bed sheets and they stank. Never again.

Whosthetabbynow · 05/06/2026 16:47

Nah, sod that. I’d leave it.

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