To get second hand washing machine for hubbys work clothes?

Honestly it’s ridiculous just buy one of those HUGE thick laundry bags I linked to and put your DH work stuff in that every time, clean your machine and enjoy all your laundry being a lot cleaner!

I certainly don't have room for 2 washing machines,there's not even room in my kitchen for one,it's in the conservatory so is the freezer. my dks had white school shirts, and white socks.my nurses uniforms were light coloured. Lights, whites washed first. DH overalls were light grey, they went in last. I never had any issues. I found washing powder was the way to go,it's also the cheapest option. I have already put how much the tax relief on home washing is....it's a pittance!

@Highlighta I have a mini twin tub on my motorhome, it’s brilliant and the spinner seems better than on my far more expensive Bosch. It was only £70. Can fit in 4 t.shirts, so only small

I have the same problem as my son is a mechanic. Thankfully he is moving into his own house soon so will be taking his filthy clothes with him.

I think having a second machine is a great idea. At the moment his dirty stuff gets washed first followed by dark sweatshirts, jeans etc. Then it’s coloured towels and bedding followed by light colours and finally whites. Every so often I run a maintenance wash with nothing in the machine.

Cant wait till he moves!

@mrscotton If this is applicable to him, it's easy enough to fill in: https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/uniforms-work-clothing-and-tools

And floor mats/rugs.

We have them at Morrisons but wouldn’t use them for overalls as it’s inconsiderate for the people after you
and wouldn’t put my good clothes in them as there notorious for people using them for horse rugs

Where I live the twin tub is still a popular option.

And many of the older generation do not want to know about automatics, many say they just don't clean as well. Which makes sense really as with the old TT you get to choose how long it washes for. And it gets moved around with the drain pipe going into the sink. Usually always had a nice cloth over when not being used 😀

I also wanted to suggest it, but then realised they probably are not even available in the UK these days.

Back in the days of twin tub it was using a hose from the tap and ensuring the waste hose didn’t leap out of the sink as it emptied!

Why don't you just hand wash the 4 white shirts. Just put it in a bowl of soapy water in the evening. Just leave it soaking and rinse out a bit later on.

If you really do just want a 2nd machine, then ignore this 😀

You can get huge laundry bags to prevent pet hair on your machine they would work on his clothes.

This sort of thing, check the size before you buy and much cheaper elsewhere

https://christiesdirect.com/powair-pet-hair-laundry-bag.html?utm_source=google&utm_campaign=nb_shop_uk_na_na_na_all&utm_medium=cpc&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21854430882&gbraid=0AAAAADs7hmaBYmkdvK61B5kNsHHHDWVrc&gclid=Cj0KCQjwh4TVBhCWARIsAG0czmp2fLpNyCmmyhIZXO2JJdxUVDxpuf3N3Rbd0taIY37C_lARBdhJVasaAkjJEALw_wcB

We've had two washing machines for years, one in the kitchen for "nice" stuff and one in the integrated garage for work/gardening clothes, DH's car washing cloths/rags - basically anything that may be oily/greasy etc.

We decided to do it after spending a couple of years going through our house when we moved in, i.e. redecorating every room, lots of DIY, lots of sanding/filling/silicon etc., and with DH washing and polishing our cars every week, and saw just how filfthy our brand new washing machine had become in just a couple of years, constantly needing to be wiped/cleaned around the drum and seal etc., and noticing "marks" on our white bedding, dresses, white shirts, etc.

The one in the kitchen we use for "best" is a good brand with full range of options, large drum, etc., whereas the one in the garage is a cheap brand with very limited options and cost about a third of the price.

We barely have to clean the kitchen one, but the garage one gets filthy after just a few washes, so I probably wipe/clean the garage one more often even though it's only used less than a quarter the amount of times as the main kitchen one.

We have industrial sized washing machines in three local supermarket car parks.

Sorry if I'm being dim but have you tried cleaning the rubber? I admit I bought some stuff to clean ours but never got around to using it so can't advise how effective that would be.

The other suggestion would be to carry on using your existing machine for most things/darks and get a small camping type machine just for the white shirts since it sounds like small loads and you'd know the machine itself would not have tainted rubber.

Fair, oil and muck is rank , dh has a cleaner job now but when we were washing overalls I was forever cleaning the machine.

Be fine you might struggle occasionally in winter if there a very hard frost
we had this type of setup in plastic cabinet we got from wickes in garden

connected to outside tap when we had extension built

I know it is a bit indulgent, but can you put your sons shirts to be washed at a dry cleaners. Timpsons in morrisons do them and they are usually ready same day but definitely the next,

If you've space do it. We have one larger capacity machine and I wash football kit, tough mudder wear, pet beds and dont have a problem but I run the machine clean cycle after every challenging load. A seperate machine would be better.

Standard Tax relief is £60, per annum. Nurses, midwives £125.

We moved our washing machine into the garage. Is yours attached to the house? It was quite simple to run water to it, if so

You do have to make sure the waste water goes into the correct drainage, though.

A plumber could do it for you, if you're not DIY friendly.