Should undies and tea cloths be washed together?

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I think not, DH, normally very particular...just chucks them all in together as a whites wash on 40.

Oh - I forgot. I do DH's *proper) handkerchiefs separately. Soak them first in bleach and bio detergent, and wash them in a little net bag on their own in the machine. I know it's wasteful, but I can't bear mucus/snot. It's infinitely more disgusting than the occasional skiddie.

This thread is hilarious. I think when I wash my stuff, everything together, it comes out from the washing machine clean. I've never given a thought as to whether it had microscopic poo or snot particles and even if it did I wouldn't care because I know nothing would happen to me and it wouldn't matter

I must be gross then. Even chucked cloth pads in with a wash before....😑

Cloth pads? What,for periods?

Jeez. I wash everything together (sorted by colour only) and at 30 with non-bio detergent because it's better for the environment. Except towels which I was together at 60.

I might wash DS's very muddy rugby kit separately & a at a higher temperature occasionally too..

No-one is my family of 4 (2 teenagers) has ever been ill due to my laundry practices.

Do the obsessive laundry sorters have day jobs too?

Just wondering.

Yes, I work full time.

Yep. Periods. I wash my trousers etc in with them. They do get rinsed...but it's no big deal. Well not to me

Just wondering, someone mentioned not using tea towels as it is more hygienic to air dry which I also do, but how do you dry fruit & veg, or do you leave it dirty and eat the germs and bugs, or air dry that too?

I wash fruit and either dry on a piece of kitchen roll, clean and pressed tea towel or don’t dry (strawberries etc).

I use kitchen roll for drying fruit/veg

I use kitchen roll too. Or eat it wet.

Gosh. How do people have the time, energy, and even memory, to stick to all these rules?

And what is the point of fabric conditioner? (Genuine question)

It smells nice and makes the clothes feel softer

I never wash fruit. Or vegetables. Still alive.

Oh OK. Thanks dementedpixie.

I don’t particularly like the synthetic smell of washing powder or most cleaning products, so probably not for me then. I also quite like the crisp crunchy feel of clean clothes and bedding (is that odd?)

I wonder if it’s possible to buy odourless washing stuff?

I can only use certain laundry detergents and can't use fabric softener as I'm allergic to the perfume.

Someone asked about drying fruit and veg: I don't. I just shake the excess water off and eat or use it wet. I probably don't wash it properly either because all I do is give it a quick rinse under the tap.

I never wash fruit and veg.

Using kitchen roll is such a waste.

I do towels and bedding on 60
I do tea towels and dishcloths on 60 or 95 with dettox and tumble dry on hot
Underwear - cotton- on 60 with dettox
Whites on 40 or 60 if need brightening
Everything else on 30

Towels, tea towels, bathmats, flannels and dish cloths together at eco 90 (cycle takes 4 hours)
Bedding at 60.
Clothes at 40, coloureds, and whites/lights in different loads.
Fabric softener is the devils sperm.
DP just chucks everything in randomly. I can’t watch.

@SeptimusQuench & @ILoveMyDressingGown

Surcare fabric conditioner is fragrance-free, as are the laundry powder, laundry liquid and washing-up liquid.

nope not died yet and all our lives weve had them all in together.sometimes even a quickwash on 30!

I wash anything and everything together at a 40 degree quick wash.

The only thing I take care to separate is my expensive Blackmilk clothes which get the handwash setting. Everything else takes its chances!

Lord people are weird.