Do you wash everything at 30?

[FindingMeno]

It seems pretty much everything now says to wash at 30°.
Do you follow this, and are you finding clothes are still stained/ have odours? Or that your washing machine smells?
I am wondering if washing on a 40° instead will solve this or whether it will ruin things.
I'm not sure if the 30° is for environmental reasons or because so much clothing is particularly delicate lately.
I do service washes and the odd hotter wash for towels etc, and it seems to make no difference what products I use.
Any wisdom to share please?

I do whites and coloured clothes on 30. Bed linen, towels and tea towels on 40,plus a dose of Dettol laundry sanitiser.

I do…I wash at 20, using bio powder, and have fresh clean washing and no gunk, black or any other colour. I don’t know if having soft water helps

I wash nothing at 30.

Standard clothes washes go in at 40. Pants, towels, bed linen go in at 90.

What exactly are you worried about? Are you immuno-compromised?

@MotherJessAndKittens if you use detergent it will get the bacteria out.

I swear to god the people on this site are so neurotic.

Yeah I do. I'm honestly gobsmacked at the people that seemingly don't understand what detergent is? Or maybe they're all just festering with open wounds and yeast infections so are super cautious.

40 or 60 as 30 just doesn't smell as nice

90c will soon destroy the elastic of knickers.

It's been ok so far, but I'll keep an eye on it. Knickers aren't in the 90 wash every time - it's if I'm doing one, I'll chuck them in as well, so maybe that's helped? The rest of the time it's standard 40.

Obviously I'm talking practical pants from John Lewis rather than lacy stuff from Agent Provocateur 😁

I just don't want feces bacteria from baby and toddler clothes and bacteria from sweaty feet soaking and spreading accross everything else.
But you do you ;)

I do this too.

Everything goes in at 40 but I have noticed that some of my tops still has grease/food stains left. Thought it would normally wash out, but it doesn't seem my washing powder is good enough (Morrison's own Bio) although, I read somewhere it was meant to be a budget buy. I'll have to either spray Varnish on it or can washing up liquid work if I rub it in?

Clothes are washed at 40, towels & bedding at 60

If it's not delicate fabric I would try washing up liquid
I used it on my Ugg boots when I spilt an oil diffuser on them and it shifted the grease mark

I use washing up liquid. The only time it didn't work when I spilled an olive oil/balsamico vinegar dip over me or if I cook a tumeric based curry.

Washing up liquid is brilliant for fat stains - I find it better than Vanish (and I use the bar one). You work it into the stain before you put it in the wash.

The only time it didn't work for me was when DS managed to get burger grease all down the front of his leavers hoodie, but I suspect that was because it had been left for a few days and I should have left it with the washing up liquid for a bit longer.

Towels and bedding / white underwear - 60
dark colours - 40
wool/ delicates 30

You can wash low and long or high and ahort, but low and short is just... No.

People talking about only cold wash in some countries, there are different detergents specifically for it. Plus, highly doubt that cold wash for 30 min would do even with thems, so assuming long wash

I wash everything at 30 and have done for a long time I also use an eco egg instead of wash powder and conditioner which costs about £10 a year

on the rare occasion we have a food stain I rub some unscented vanish liquid stain remover on and it always works at 30

We don’t have an issue with everyday stains or smells and clothes are nice and soft, best of all I can breathe as an asthmatic who is allergic to perfumed products

That’s correct. Cold long wash on cotton cycle. It’s around 2.5 hours.

I do - rarely use 60 now and only use 40 if it’s v dirty. I was sceptical at first but have been doing it for a while now and haven’t noticed a difference. We have soft water here and I use Ariel bio powder - not sure if that makes a difference.

I wash everything at 20 for reasons of economy. But I use a certain detergent and find that most uk detergents aren’t powerful enough to even dissolve properly at 20. I also line dry most things when possible.

No, everything at 60 degrees using a non-bio. It's faster

No, everything at 60 degrees using a non-bio. It's faster

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What is an eco egg ?