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.

I usually wash at 30, if anything has stained (including poo) that hasn't come out in the regular wash, I keep it in the machine and do a hotter wash with other stained items or towels. I don't think you need to wash everything that was in there again unless it's all covered in poo.

People who go round disinfecting everything with dettol will be completely to blame when the remaining 1% of bacteria gangs up on us and hunts us all down.

Not strictly related to the OP, but reading this thread has made me realise we don't have any fire extinguishers/blankets in our kitchen (or anywhere else in the house I think) - something to look at asap! So, thank you

It's the combination of detergent, water and friction which removes the bacteria, so I wouldn't worry too much about the temperature (similar to washing your hands). The bacteria may be removed from the clothes, even if they haven't all been killed.

if you have a modern machine washing at 60 doesn't kill anything either, as it only has to reach 60 for about 30 seconds, not long enough to kill anything.

Napisan is your friend.

In future you could ahve a bucket with it in to put the pooey stuff in to soak. I really works, is non-bio, and also gets rid of puke and poo smells from bedding (and not with perfume, its the only thing I've used that neutralises it).

Wtf is napisan anyway? Sounds like another con.

If you put the vest on the line In the sun the stains may disappear - saving water and electricity and not to mention your own sanity and sleep deprivation.

Sorry girl that wasn't meant to be a response to you! I read it on another page!

I wouldn't wash at 30 on purpose, but it won't do any harm. If the vest is still stained you might be in trouble from the warm water setting the stain, but scrub, soak, squirt with vanish and put it in the next load, then sun-dry and you'll have done all you can.

Which? article

We asked a microbiologist for advice about ridding laundry of bugs and he explained that the real key to wiping out bacteria is using a good laundry detergent to wash them away. Detergents are much more effective than they used to be at lower temperatures, so even if your machine doesn’t get to 60°C, a good detergent can remove bacteria and viruses.

hobnog it's what our parents and grandparents used to sanitise cloth nappies. My mum had a bucket with a lid. She put the solids down the loo, and soaked the rest in the bucket with a solution of Napisan. Once a day she washed them on hot in the machine.

Its a very old brand and still available in big supermarkets. Its cheap compared to Vanish, non-bio too.

I sue it if someone's sick or pees the bed now the DCs are bigger (I've a wash in now with it)

and now I've seen the phrase wasn't hobnog so I take the excessive explanation back

I wash everything at 30 or 40 and soak yucky things first.

Thanks for explaining and sorry if I sounded rude! My post was badly timed!

Napisan is good old fashioned stuff, not a con.

It is also good for removing stains as PP has said.

I wash most things on 30, 40 for whites and 60 for bed linen.

I use a hot wash for my DCs clothes. All at 60C - takes 69 mins.

There's no 30c option unless wool or hand wash.

I would rather use heat than a longer cooler wash tbh.

I would soak poo out of things first.

PS Your DH is still unreasonable for interfering with your washing but I think we have got past that.

If you want to use the washing machine to sanitise clothing you need to run a long boil wash (90). 60 won't do it since most machines don't get to 60 anyway, many barely get above 50 while on the 60 setting (Which tested it, a pp posted the link above). It's a waste of time to boil washing though, unless there is D&V in the house or some kind of fungal infection you're trying to get rid of. I add tea tree oil to every wash instead, rather than waste energy on a hot wash. And my washing machine has a cleaning cycle - it tells me when to run it... (I love my washing machine)

I have hand sanitizer in my purse, and surface disinfectant at home. I thought everyone did.
Nope. We just use a normal eco surface spray with citrus in it. I'm taking the scientific studies that have shown that germs help prevent childhood allergies as an encouragement to not clean too often or too much

Sunlight removes baby poo stains - it breaks down the bilirubin which is the yellow coloured part of the poo. Safer for baby skin than oxygen bleaches...

I used to wash both my DD's cloth nappies, all full of poo and everything, at 40 degrees. No-one died. And I'm a microbiologist.

For goodness sake, relax. I hope you went to bed.

I'm now going to get a smoke alarm for my laundry room!
I go to bed with my washing machine on most nights

usual wash says it a 40 degress.

Do bedding and poo stained stuff at 60.

I've read 60 in min temp to kill bed bugs and have DC with asthma so want to do that. 60 for poo stuff - the reusable nappies we used with first recommended that temp so assumed it was needed.

If it's going to worry you - rewash other wise do a sniff test.

Have found sometimes washing at low temp stuff - usually when specified- doesn't always smell clean afterwards - we do use a detergent but are restricted as DC and me react to certain ones even when thoroughly washed out.

I find the use of handgel exceedingly odd outside of hospital settings. If your hands need cleaning, they need washing with soap and water.

I don't use antibac soap and I don't own any antibac cleaning products - I generally use soapy water and also possess bleach and kitchen cleaner.

I use napisan for horrid stuff and nappies and periodically do a hot wash to keep the machine nice (mine is very bossy and a light comes on to tell me to).

No one has died.

Did you rewash or sleep op?

Personally it wouldn't have even crossed my mind to rewash. Just hang out on the line to dry in the sun.

I only wash at 60 if it's been vomited on due to a stomach bug (which we hardly ever get). There's no real need otherwise.
I only use antibacterial spray in the bathroom and only because my ds's spray piss all over the toilet and floor'. We're all very healthy and rarely ill.