To rewash dd's clothes at 60?

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I have stayed up late to wait for the washing to finish which was all 7 month old DD's clothes. After it was finished I noticed that my DP had turned the washing machine down at 30. The wash included a very poo covered vest. I usually wash her clothes at 50. AIBU to rewash all the clothes at 50, particularly as there was a pooey vest in the wash? Very annoyed at DP for turning the washing machine down. So tired that I have lost all sense of perspective.

We mainly do our washing in the evening. We don't work 24 hours per day. That said, I do leave ours unattended.

No dc yet, but with my aversion to dirty laundry being left malingering on a basket for more than 5 mins I currently do a load every day, and I really can't see that changing once dc is here.

I've now got visions of people up and down the country settling down in a chair to supervise their washing machine.

Killing bugs in a washing machine is down to the detergent, which are designed to work at much lower temperature than they used to be. Chances are, a machine set to 60 will only reach this temperature for a few minutes, if at all anyway.

Did you soak the poo vest?

I soak anything contaminated in napisan, which kills any nasties.

Then wash at 40 degrees.

If you are very precious you can put napisan in the wash.

I'm 60 and still wash DD's clothes.

I've never washed anything at higher than 40 including towels and sheets, and we're all still alive ... I don't supervise my washing machine either

Nobody has to supervise an appliance, but going to sleep leaving a washing machine or dishwasher on is, to say the least, unwise. I used to ignore the warnings till a neighbour had a really serious fire caused when he left a dishwasher running at night.

Actually, Don'tWorry, I have lived in such a place. For a couple of years. So it's not 'a little knowledge' at all.

The fact is, they did not boil wash everything that had some poo on it, and their children were not dying of Hep A. I do not think OP's child is at risk from one vest that has been through a cold machine wash cycle, once.

I am not suggesting she start washing pooey nappies in cold as a habit, no.

I thought DD was 60 and you were still washing her clothes

Waitrose has Oxyclean.

The detergent doesn't kill bacteria and it also doesn't clean the machine ... Washing some stuff at thirty is fine but you do need a regular hotter wash to flush the machine out.

Re wash it!

bacteria are killed by detergent. It denatures their membranes. Not all of them, obviously.

My new washing machine has a 'baby cycle' specifically for the 'soiling typically caused by babies' which won't go higher than 40. If you're concerned I'd get a tub of nappy sanitiser or dettol laundry stuff, that you chuck in with the detergent. I use Miofresh, which says it works at 30.

I'd wash again in the morning.

Bed bugs only die at 60 so where possible I wash all sheets at least at 60. Nothing goes below 40 unless absolutley necessary.

It doesn't kill bacteria caked onto stuff, because they form biofilms, and the detergent can't break through that to zap them :)

Things like candida as well, don't get totally nuked on a cold wash.

Just think what you're doing when you put a vest covered in poo into the washing machine: the water fills the drum, the clothes start to move around, the poo floats into the water and ALL of your wash gets washed for the entirety of the main cycle in a lovely solution of liquid poo.

Nice .

I would have rewashed at 60. (I assume you've made your decision now, OP?)

Buy some Napisan and soak anything pooey for a couple of hours (follow instructions on Napisan pack). Or put Napisan into the wash directly. Then you can wash at 30 I think.

I read an article recently about germs now we tend to wash at 30. It was a bit of an eye-opener. However, although I was zealous about pooey vests/napisan when the children were little, I used to put tea towels in with normal washing (including pants etc) which the articles say is a no-no - and is a bit grim now I think about it - but we were all fine.

aversion to dirty laundry being left malingering on a basket

Tell the lazy sods there's nothing wrong with them, and go send them to check the washing machine isn't on fire.

I wouldn't bother waiting up for the machine to finish or re-washing. It'll be fine.

Go to bed, it'll be fine.

I never wash at anything less than 40- 30 doesn't dissolve the powder /liquid properly and you end up with slimey, smelly towels and machine.

I do clothes on 40 and towels and sheets on 60.

Once a month I put machine on at 90 and run some soda bic through to clean the machine.

No. It would waste three precious resources: water, electricity and sleep.

This thread is hilarious to me. I am definitely a filth monster compared to the people wringing their hands over temperatures, poo soaks and every day washing.

I wash clothes fortnightly at the local launderette (IMAGINE THE GERMS! STRANGERS USE THE MACHINES TOO ) so leave things festering around in washing bags for quite some time.

I'm imaging everyone with handbags full ot sanitizer wipes and cupboards full of 'surface disinfectant' at home too.

What?!

For all of you saying to throw the vest away- are you nuts?! What do you think people do with reusable nappies, toilet paper and wipes?!

I really wouldn't worry just this once. If the vest looks clean it'll probably be fine.

We wash towels, sheets, pants, socks and reusable wipes at 60. Everything else at 30. No ones died yet.