honestly - do you wash bras by hand?

[bluefoxmug]

just got a couple of new ones.
label says handwash only.
I have never handwashed a bra before. mesh-bag and in with it all.

Hell no. Life's too short. Bung them in the washing machine. They are expensive because I am an H cup but handwashing isn't as hygienic.

I have a third laundry basket for items which I don't want to throw in with either whites or darks. It's mainly mixed coloured items that might run, delicate items like bras, & stained items that need a pre-soak. These all get put in the washing machine together on a cooler delicate setting.

Nope. I’m another mesh bag person here

Christ, last week we were on here talking about handwashing and using a salad spinner to wash bras.
Personally I used to throw mine in the machine until on of my cheap but tiny (32a) underwires came out and got caught in the other side of the drum but sticking up just enough to make a bloody racket. Have stopped wearing a bra since then.

Yes. At £70 a pop I handwash them. I only wear them once and I was the knickers in the machine. The knickers are in much worse shape than the bras. Once a week, 15 minute job.

All bracketing bras on 20 min quick wash,I disagrees them with other clothes .I find that I can't get the straps as clean brainwashing and honestly,life's too short.

@Crosswithlifeatm brainwashing

No. I have a general survival of the fittest laundry policy - clothes that don't make it through the washing machine/dryer were clearly not tough enough for my life.

squirrels you are my kinda woman.
I'm the same. if it can't go in the washer it's not worth having.

I used to work for Knickerbox back in the 1990s. All of their bras had handwash only on the labels - reason being that if the wire came out of bra it could wreck your washing machine and company did not want to stump up for customer's new machine.

wrt wire coming out - a mesh bag stops it wrecking the machine

No underwiring here - the devils engineering imo. Wash in machine, but natural drying.

wires are evil, I agree.
I take great care to chose bras without wires, which is difficult beyond a d cup.
no bra fitter was able to really explain what a wire actually does apart from poking.

I can only buy bras from Bravissimo so they're expensive but I've never handwashed any of them, or put them in a special bag. I just bung them in with the rest of the washing, usually on a 30/40 degree wash. They have always come out OK.

No. In the machine with everything else.

They last fine.

I'm just mourning on of my favourite bras. The wire came out 😭 but it was almost 5 years old!

Wires for me are more comfortable and give me better shape. I don't wear uncomfortable bras.

Where are you all getting these massive (I'm 38 GG) inexpensive (40 quid) bras?* (I'm not in UK though) Mine all cost around €100.
But i do wash them in the machine, in mesh bags on the 30 minute cool cycle. They do last a long time.

*i did get a load of M&S ones last visit (too long ago) and one had been reduced to 8 quid which was great

I think the brainwashing included the wiered auto thing on my phone.
I find the straps over the shoulders harder to get clean properly,they go grey over time.A quick wash in the machine works .
I have had one wire stuck in my time but easily fixable.

Laundry bag on hand wash cycle.

Sometimes dunked and soaked in the sink.

Dd has expensive bras as she's fortunate in the boob department unlike me. But they cost a fortune so she does them on the hand wash cycle and does mine at the same time.

No, I don't have time for that!

I used to buy padded, underwired bras and they would all go weird and lumpy after a while from machine washing. I've just bought some new bralettes and am still debating whether to put them in the machine or not.

I don’t want to cause upset here, but l’m surprised how many people find underwires uncomfortable.

@StarlightLady

I don’t want to cause upset here, but l’m surprised how many people find underwires uncomfortable.

I can’t wear bras without them, I’m with you!

No, but just buy cheapish bras anyway. Only once have I had a wire poke out. I don't tumble dry though.

No, and no mesh bag either. Actually, could someone explain why the mesh bag (I genuinely have no idea)?