How many days on average, do you leave wet washing in the machine?

[HisWife]

I leave it between 24-48 hours, If longer than that I usually run it again.

I'm feeling guilty, I should not be on MN, but hanging the last few socks on the clothes horse ( they wouldn't go on the line this morning) and seeing if the rest of the washing is dry - DH was asked to dump it on our bed as I was on the Guide run. Of course it may still be on the line, in which case it can stay there

Ah fuck off to the wans who are horrified at the thought of some damp washing. Big shit. Not your washing, why do you care?

I would not normally comment on spelling - bad form but....
If you can spell the swear words right ....

oh no, bad spelling and not giving a shit about wet washing

Where will it all end ....its the end of MN as we know it

Adair - I have six children and LOVE all the washing!

If you're referring to my "wans", it's an Irishism and is spelled absolutely as I intended it to be spelled. Dearie.

wan - as in yer wan, young wan etc. (All today's washing dried outside, and neatly folded here!)

Not keen on leaving it ages, but sometimes do by mistake, then rewash with napisan to kill smelly germs.

We often put it on at night then hang out the next day. Quite creased then, though.

The smell comes from a build up of detergent. If you run a 90 degree wash, empty machine, no detergent, it sorts the problem out. Leaving the door a bit open when empty helps too.

Mine goes pretty much straight from washer to dryer. I don't hang anything out on a line because I can't stand the texture/feel of fabric that hasn't been tumble dried. Towels are the worst, I literally could not use a line-dried towel - I'd rather drip-dry

i dont wash our clothes - not since they invented Febreze

I do at least 2 loads a day. (3 DCs me and DH in our house). Always always use quick wash option on machine or I wouldn't get through it all. DC3 is 4 and will get muddy/food stained/ paint on all his clothes every day. DC2 is 10 and might be able to use her uniform for a second day but will def not do a 3rd day - also covered in food, paint, mud etc. DC1 id 13 and he is the worst! Football kit, PE kit, stinky teenage boy school uniform, towels, sheets (let's not even go there) etc.

Me and DH wear clothes (except underwear) at least twice before a wash or we'd never do anything else!

We both work FT so laundry in the evening - 1 load on drying rack, 1 load on line in garden before work, so max time in the washer about 6 hours afetr the cycle has finished.

Overnight at the most. Any longer than 12 hours and it gets washed again.

Never leave it. I hate the idea of 'ah crap, I forgot the laundry' and then having to listen to the dryer going.

I take it all out straight away and put it in the dryer, then go to bed. Laundry is generally the last thing I do at night. (I hate it when people leave coins in their pockets). I do at least a small load every day as there are 5 of us here, 6 when DD1 pays a visit. The whole family sneezes like crazy if the washing is left out and comes back in covered with pollen.

Tinytina - 2 weeks is'nt terrible, 4 weeks maybe but each to thier own...

If I could get away with doing bedding and towels less I would!I absolutely hate making beds!fleece wipes for

The only reason I do it so often as DP has a bit of a sweat problem and it gets worse in the heat of the night so all year round we have an 7.5 tog duvet! But anyway I also have eczema and I normally wake up in the morning with cuts on my legs as apparently I scratch in my sleep

I also have to wash sanpro and wipes for DS as at 4YO he refuses point blank to use toilet roll....

My electricity bill is less since we had the economy 7 meter taken out, we were advised that having economy 7 at night makes your day time units more expensive, so unless you are using more electricity in the night, than in the day it's not necessarily cost effective.

I'm not sure the occassional load of washing done in the night will address the balance.

I'm sure someone will come along with different advice, but it worked for us.

I love washing too

2 words: Lenor Infusions

There is a funny snobbery attached to line-drying. Is it related to showing off about the size of one's garden? I don't generally line-dry as I can't be bothered with faffing about with pegs, and also get bad hayfever which will flare up if my clothes and sheets get covered in pollen. Dry clothes quickly over a radiator on a dryer with glorious Lenor and the whole house smells lovely.

Nothing snobby about line-drying. I always line-dried when I lived in a flat with a balcony. In fact, my mum thought it terrible that I used my only private outdoor space for laundry, and wanted to get me a tumble-drier.

A funny reversal: tumble drying was snobby when I was a child, and line-drying was old-fashioned - it's now going the other way!

Yes tumble drying was for those who could afford it

depends if I have loads to do or not.

Tumble driers used to be for snobs... incidentally my mum used hers everty bloody day!

I hate waste whether it be material or economic so we line dry or use the airer indoors.

Each to their own though we don't have a big garden and when we moved in the rotary airer was provided and we have space for an airer indoors so no snobbery here but it does depend on the situation.

A few weeks

ASAP or a couple of hours, gets a rinse if not.

I am at those of you whose washing machines are unused for longer than twelve hours. Since the children were born, the only time my washing machine has been unused for a day is when I am away or it is broken.

Almost every day and then I end up having to do it again cause it stinks. Finding the time to put the washing on is no problem but hanging it up is another matter.