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To not wash dds swimming stuff every week?

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AllShiney · 06/03/2012 17:02

It's on for no longer then an hour and always comes home smelling of her shampoo so as far as I'm concerned it's had a good rinse in the shower....

Yet part of me feels it's a little wrong. Am I BU or a lazy cah?

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CroissantNeuf · 06/03/2012 22:07

Backinthebox - thats scary and proves that the chemicals don't deal with everything nasty in the water.

In the time DS has been having weekly lessons I've seen staff have to scoop out 2 poos and some vomit (all separate occasions) and of course there are the numerous wees that you don't know about!

ChippingInNeedsCoffee · 06/03/2012 22:16

Those of you who don't wash them everytime, would you re-wear knickers in the same way? It's not hygenic just drying and rewearing them... especially a week or so apart, nice breeding ground for bacteria.

Just bung them in the machine - they'll grow out of them before the way you have washed them makes any difference.

helenlynn · 06/03/2012 22:20

I always just put swimming things on a rinse cycle unless there's been an incident (ds is seven months); I have a vague hand-wavey idea that it's good for the fabric to rinse the chlorine out, and also I can be a bit particular about things being clean, but that's really just an aesthetic preference. I don't think it's slatternly not to, if it smells clean and has been under the shower with soapy stuff running over it.

hellhasnofury · 06/03/2012 22:22

If there is vomit or excrement in the pool then the water should be cleared and no-one should be back in the pool for a good few hours. Scooping out and remaining open is not good enough.

backwardpossom · 06/03/2012 22:35

hell is right. My local pool shuts completely if there is an 'incident'

bessie26 · 06/03/2012 22:43

Same with our lessons, any "incidents" result in everyone being shooed out of the pool & sent home.

AnonyMaw · 06/03/2012 22:44

I always put our swimming cossies and swimming towels on a short wash cycle, I usually lower the wash temperature to 30 degrees, so a quick 20 min wash, which is probably enough. If the pool was manky in any way, or if things have touched the floor (it's gross there, all fluff and pubes), then I put them in for a longer wash.

My DS goes swimming on a Wednesday, DD goes swimming on a Saturday, I usually save the Wed things for a Sat wash and do them together, but I'll lay them over the wash basket so they air dry in between times to avoid going smelly.

CroissantNeuf · 07/03/2012 08:21

They definitely didn't clear the pool with the 'incidents' I saw.

The poos were fished out with a net (the guy muttered something about being thankful it was a solid one )

The vomit was contained within a floating 'barrier' and then something added to it which sort of solidified it so they could get it out IYSWIM.

It doesn't surprise me that other pools are emptied of people after such an incident but ours stays open as they are money grabbing bastards.

lesley33 · 07/03/2012 08:40

I wash towels...but swimming costumes. i rinse them out in the changing room at the pool or afterwards of the dcs have brought them home and then leave them out to dry. Seriously I am shocked that any of you wash swimming costumes.

lesley33 · 07/03/2012 08:41

jumpedup - It would smnell if left in the bag. But I have never had smelly swimming costumes in my family

limitedperiodonly · 07/03/2012 08:46

You wash swimming costumes?

Mrsjay · 07/03/2012 09:02

when dd has her swimming block at school its twice weekly and i dont wash her costume it ruins it , she used to rinse it or shower in it

imnotmymum · 07/03/2012 09:10

I cannot believe people are shocked by washing swimming costumes and I wash cossies and swim shorts and never been ruined just stick it all in with towels when get home.

mousymouseafraidofdogs · 07/03/2012 09:15

I just give it a quick wash together with dh's smelly sports stuff. so far the bottoms become transparent before the elastic breaks...

betterwhenthesunshines · 07/03/2012 09:34

Rinse the costumes.

Hang towels to dry if I remember, sometimes they stay in the bag until next week but DS has never noticed.

Why would you wash a towel after one, very, brief use? It's only going back to the swimming pool anyway. If they use it to stand on the floor, that's different. But I've never encouraged that as it creates too much washing if we all go swimming

Queenofcake · 07/03/2012 09:40

Its not as if the swimsuit has to go in the washer on a special load. So imo, I would imagine most families do at the very very minimum at least 1 lights and 1 darks wash a week. So why no just put it in with which ever load?

As for the towel - it makes me boak to think someone would not wash a towel after swimming. More so a childs towel that will have probably been dragged along the floor if not actually stood on on the floor. So again - on the basis that I would imagine (and hope) the towel at the very least would be getting a ride in the washer - why not just pop the cossie in as well.

I dont get why washing a kids cossie is such an ordeal. Small and dries quick. Highly unlikley to have any colour run.

Queenofcake · 07/03/2012 09:43

Infact one of my pet hates in life is swimming pool changing room floors!!! All those bare feet/athletes foot/cheesey feet/ verrucaes/ piss/dirt of people shoes/let alone the piss from little kids -yak!!!

legspinner · 07/03/2012 09:43

Agree with better and several other posters. Rinse togs. Have a "swim towel" that gets washed every few uses but is just hung out to dry in between times (and I swim 3-4 times a week - have never had a health issue with this).

I was told when I bought my new togs just to rinse them in cold water and dry out of the sun - and not under any circumstances to wash them in detergent! Always have a shower in my togs anyhow so rinses out the chlorine.

(PS togs = kiwispeak for cossies).

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