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So we should be washing our pants at 60 degrees.

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BenWillbondsPants · 15/07/2019 12:23

This morning cleaning expert says our pants should be washed at 60 degrees. How does that work then? If you've to wash the rest of your gear (apart from towels etc which I wouldn't wash with ma pants anyway) at a lower temp, are we just supposed to save up 50 pairs of dirty pants until you have a full load of dirty knickers? It's all very confusing you know ...

OP posts:
Medicaltextbook · 15/07/2019 13:50

I do 30 and mixed load because I live alone, so if I waited to get the “right” colour and temperature I’d run out of clothes pretty soon. Towels and sheets are separate and higher, otherwise all in.

avalanching · 15/07/2019 13:50

The only time I wash something on 60 is if we've had a stomach bug or similar in the house.

IntoValhalla · 15/07/2019 13:54

Hang them out in the sun to help get rid of bacteria

Shock SACRILEGE!!!! Shock
My dear Nana nearly dropped dead when she came to my house and saw my washing out on the line!
“Good grief Valhalla!! Hanging your stalls out for all and sundry to gawp at Shock”

Grin
dudsville · 15/07/2019 13:54

I wonder what Stella McCarthy says about pants. She says jeans should never be washed ambe bras only infrequently.

None of myclothes get moe than a30 degree wash. I very healthy.

IntoValhalla · 15/07/2019 13:55

Fuck sake Hmm
I meant “smalls” not “stalls”
Blush

JennaOfEluria · 15/07/2019 13:56

The only time the 60 or 90 degree wash is used in our house is if D&V has paid a visit. Then I'm germ blasting to try and reduce chances of it spreading. I concede that a kettle of water would do the same level of blasting but when you're dealing with bedding and anything else caught up in the maelstrom then the washing machine becomes the most practical solution.

Otherwise I'm quite content that our hygiene as a family means 40 degree or less is perfectly sufficient. None of us suffer with illness/immune system issues.

Original poster
BenWillbondsPants · 15/07/2019 13:57

Well, apparently, the bacteria from your fanjo or todger will get on your tea towels if you wash them together, then on your coffee cup. The 'expert' was most insistent about this.

I have a lot of them so that I can put on a full load every 3 weeks or so.. Does this not mean you have stacks of dirty pants festering away somewhere in your house?

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CitadelsofScience · 15/07/2019 13:59

Our small are currently blowing about in the breeze. God what will my neighbours think Grin

And shock, horror, pegged next to pants are the dishcloths, THAT WENT IN THE SAME LOAD.

I'm a terrible dirty old bag...

poisonivybee · 15/07/2019 14:00

The only thing I really didn't want mixed with the regular washing was a cloth that'd been used to clean the toilet (we wash everything at 40°C with non-bio). I didn't put it in there. But didn't re-wash everything, just freaked out a little and got on with my life. So far, not dead/ill.

The other thing that really grossed me out was when I stayed with my ex's mum and she'd fill the whole machine, then put it on a 30°C quick wash, including my ex's socks. Grim. I'm pretty sure she used non-bio too. Some stuff came back not totally clean (including underwear). But I got on with it without vomiting and tried to re-wash some clothes when I got back.

Seperating stuff and washing at 60°C sounds ridiculous. What a waste of space/energy. Also, how many towels/knickers do people have?!

Although, I admit I did wash some baby clothes at 60°C and it ruined the clothes... can't remember why I did it, maybe they were covered in poo or something or I was tired and paranoid about germs. They were lovely babygrows from M&S and most of the other clothes were secondhand and not particularly nice (typical baby pink/blue colours or white).

tadpole39 · 15/07/2019 14:01

AND she said pyjamas don’t need washing as much as bras cos clean sheets keep them clean! They are practically pants in terms of touching “moist “ areas!!!!

BaronessBomburst · 15/07/2019 14:06

Well you could cut out the tea towel and the coffee cup and go straight to oral sex. Grin
#GoDownAndThinkOThePlanet

ineedanotherholiday · 15/07/2019 14:13

I wash with towels at 60

Rachelover40 · 15/07/2019 14:18

No, wash them by hand every day unless you're doing a machine wash in which case they can go in. Certainly don't save up used underwear.

Not everything needs a 60 deg wash, that's ridiculous. However it's a programme I use more than any other so it figures that sometimes my smalls go into that.

Jinglejanglefish · 15/07/2019 14:19

Well, apparently, the bacteria from your fanjo or todger will get on your tea towels if you wash them together, then on your coffee cup

And then what? We all drop dead? I don't think my fanjo is a biohazard.

MrsMigginsLovelyBaps · 15/07/2019 14:29

I always rinse underwear and socks and trousers before washing

What? How? Why?

ThereWillBeAdequateFood · 15/07/2019 14:30

Well, apparently, the bacteria from your fanjo or todger will get on your tea towels if you wash them together, then on your coffee cup. The 'expert' was most insistent about this

Obviously this “expert” is no fan of oral sex (sorry to lower the tone). But what a load of tripe.

groundanchochillipowder · 15/07/2019 14:32

The 'expert' can come and pay my power bill then. Fuck that, it all goes in at 40.

Inamechangedjustforthis · 15/07/2019 14:34

I always rinse underwear and socks and trousers before washing

Good lord.

Everything in my house goes in at 30. No one has dysentery.

Hotterthanahotthing · 15/07/2019 14:41

I use the quick wash a lot as I rarely do much to make them dirty,bit of vanish for stains and non bio for everything.

PuppyMonkey · 15/07/2019 14:41

I use that Dettol laundry cleanser stuff, kills 99.9 per cent of bacteria and you can wash everything as low as 30, including towels and bedding.

Imanamechangeninja · 15/07/2019 14:49

My pants contain Lycra. You should never put Lycra in a hot wash. The only way pants could be washed on 60 is if they are 100% cotton and they can’t be 100% because even old fashioned pants have elastic in them.

That woman spoke a lot of tripe. If I only washed my pjs once a week they’d be minging. And yes, microscopic particles of excreta might touch your tea towels if you wash them with pants but they will be rinsed away very efficiently.

Gingerkittykat · 15/07/2019 15:01

Bras get washed everyday in hot weather, a mix of underboob sweat and the occasional bit of armpit sweat makes them icky, otherwise they can last for ages.

I've started putting normal stuff on a quick wash of 30 mins. If it is just everyday stuff and not actually grimy it has been just as clean.

LondonJax · 15/07/2019 15:01

Nearly all of our clothes get washed at 40 degrees plus. I don't wash at 30 degrees because I don't think the clothes are clean at that temperature.

And towels and sheets get washed at 70 degrees. They don't get washed every day like clothes so any thing 'bug like' festers on them as far as I'm concerned so they get a very hot wash.

Likethebattle · 15/07/2019 15:06

We do our washing at the weekend and the first items to go in are towels, pants and socks on 40c with a capful of zoflora to kill germs. Weather permitting they are hung outside to dry. Had my bedding out earlier and it dried in 3 hours.

Rumboogie · 15/07/2019 15:06

Towels, flannels at 95 here. Bedding at 60, whites and pants at 60, everything else at 40.
TBH I doubt the washer actually reaches the stated temps.