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 shower every 2-3 days and use environmentally friendly cleaning products sparingly...
(And I don't wash towels after one use or bedding every day)
I wouldn't throw a poo stained vest away.

We don't flush after every wee.
I try and mend things before I buy new. And buy secondhand.
I rinse out eg shampoo bottles -not cos of the pennies it saves but for the packaging and production. Same with refilling a used plastic bottle for a drink to take out rather than buying one and another plastic bottle needing to be recycled.

I try and reduce first then reuse before recycling.

But before I polish my halo ....

I mostly wash at 40...through pure laziness - program I use most is automatically 40 it would take a couple of presses of a button to change to 30...and often I cba.
I also love electricity eating gadgets that make my life easier - cordless screwdrivers, vacuums, steam mop, window vacuum, leaf vacuum, hedge trimmers etc...

And I drive more than I should -eg to the local shop a 10-15 min walk away.

We are all hypocrites one way or another - but I think sometimes it is a good thing that attention is drawn to the implications of our actions. It makes us think and realise that we can - and maybe should - make a small change that doesn't inconvenience us too much but reduces our impact on the world.

Thanks for all your comments. I ended up rewashing this morning at 50 degrees. I had in fact soaked the poo vest in water and stain remover before the first wash, so perhaps I was being a bit over zealous.

Lots of people have suggested drying in sunshine or tumble drying but I live in flat and don't have any outside space so can't dry on on a line, and I also don't have a tumble dryer.

I am usually very conscious about use of resources. Before we had dd we used one of those eco balls and therefore did not use soap at all, and washed at 30 degrees. But since we had dd we use washing liquid and washed our clothes hotter and dd's even hotter. Now that our resident microbiologist SeraOfeliaFalfurrias has confirmed that it is effective to wash at 40, I will start doing that, and as Postchildrenpregranny points out, clothes should last longer if they are not washed so hot.

I should also point out to greygardens and stinkersmum that dp didn't turn it down after the wash started, but before. I don't know why he decided to do this but I should have checked the temperature before switching it on but I was so knackered.

ThumbWitchesAbroad it wasn't all of her clothes, but a wash made up solely of her clothes. I was waiting up so that I could hang them out before going to bed, so that they didn't fester in the washing machine all night, and because of the fire risk.

I wash most things at 40 and only towels at 60. Reading some responses in suprised my family is still alive. I use a detergent and anyway with 3dc they putfar worse things in their mouths (I do try to stop them but children are pretty gross)

Aussie Smoke alarms give you a few more minutes to get out - they don't stop the fire. Fires can spread incredibly quickly -take a look at this .
If an electrical appliance catches fire it is likely that all the electrics have gone -the lights won't work (or cordless phones). Imagine waking up, half asleep, having to get you and your loved ones out of the house in the dark and smoke in a matter of minutes...

I know someone whose dishwasher caught fire...it had finished the cycle it was just the indicator light that was on. They did have smoke alarms and they did get out alive. All they had literally was what they were wearing -their nightwear.
You are probably insured etc - but won't get the money instantly and all your bank cards/ID/car keys etc will have gone up in flames/damaged.

There was a fire in my flat when I was 21 ish - luckily I was out (in a hired ball dress). All I had to wear was one pair of knickers, one pair of tights, stilletto shoes and a small evening bag. I had about £5 in cash. (My friend lent me some clothes and money to go and buy something to wear).
You might not appreciate even stuff that hasn't actually been on fire is ruined. Form the heat (anything plastic- phone, tv etc - had melted) or smoke damaged...everything is covered in thick greasy stinking black gunk or even from the water used to put it out...
Yes to a smoke alarm hopefully saving your life ...but I still won't risk it
(I have 3 times the minimum recommended number of smoke alarms in my house - and I check them often)

I was given a mini bottle of hand sanitiser when DD2 was born in 2006. After carrying it in my handbag for eight years I threw it away unopened just before Christmas.
One of my colleagues sanitises her entire workstation when she arrives at work (we hot desk). She is always ill. Soap and water, people.

I do have a fire blanket in the kitchen. And lots of smoke alarms. I also clean out the filter in the tumble drier after every use.

I am a bit lax about leaving things on overnight - but then if they're going to catch fire, they're just as likely to do it in the day as well, aren't they? It sounds like I'm a bit laissez-faire about the possibility - I'm not - but I'd never get it all done if I didn't use them overnight sometimes (not all the time, just occasionally)

Napisan is triff for whites though.

Yes the sun. Dry it outside rather then rewash.

My mum hand washed my terry nappies. I'm still alive.

30 or 40 here. It's never even crossed my mind to use a hot wash but I'm going to try it with the bedding for a laugh.

My tops stink if I don't wash at 60 - they smell clean but as soon as I put them on and they warm up the arm pits smell. :( Very annoying

thumb in the day you are more likely to realise sooner -may smell the smoke /notice it before the smoke alarm even goes off, may even be able to put it out or at least close doors etc to contain it, be fully awake, already be downstairs (easier exit) not stumbling around in the dark finding/waking up your loved ones, likely to be wearing clothes, may be able to grab your purse and car keys etc...

Yes I get that unlucky - except we don't have stairs and our bedroom is right by the back door - but yes to all the rest. Still not going to change though.

Sorry, merailing a little - the door to the laundry is always closed because I have a 2.6yo who likes to push buttons.

Unlucky I still don't understand how watching the machine stops the fire either. And given the chances of that are next to nothing, I'm happy to go to bed while the machine is on...the laundry is not next to bedrooms and we have several smoke alarms.

I still say running a machine with hot water elements is the reason everyone on this thread is concerned with fire. I've never heard anyone talk about it in Australia, and Basically everyone washes cold. . No more risky than leaving a fridge on. We only get warned about dryers and cheap appliances.

I spend a more than healthy amount of time with fire fighters. They tell me that one issue is that you have no sense of smell while asleep so you don't catch things smoking early. The dryer is a bigger issue than the machine, though. And, Aussie there are massively more fires associated with laundry equipment than fridges.

We had an electrical fire a month ago, we caught it quickly because it was daytime and the electrics shorted out. It was an electrical Fire, nothing to do with water and since it happened I have been told of so many other people it has happened to (including brother who is in Australia). We were very lucky that the worst thing that happened was that the kitchen stinks of melted plastic and smoke. If we were out we could have lost everything, if we were asleep in the house we could have died. We have smoke alarms, all tested etc and none of them went off. I will never run an electrical appliance when we are in bed or out again, we used to but realising how easily it happens and how serious it can be I wouldn't risk it.
Oh and we wash everything at 60 to kill dust mites due to allergies.

I wouldn't rewash.
unless someone has d&v or other infectious disease 30 will clean it enough.

OMG - the preciousness of "save the planet, wash at 30" hmm yes terribly precious not to want to waste finite resources. And for the record, I shower every other day and I don't smell!

Same here.

Hmm I'm an Australian living in the UK and I've never heard of this seemingly common combusting washing problem either. I wonder if it's linked to the common washer/dryer combo that many household washers are here?

Obviously with blocked lint filters and heated air, dryers are massive fire risks but I've never heard of it beyond the more general 'electrical fire' problems with washing machines.

Aussies posting on this thread would be utterly horrified by the amount of water wastage that goes on over here :-)

I think that if the vest was pre soaked then there was definitely no need to rewash!

I doubt I would have done.

But I probably would just have done the vest by hand separately if I thought that it was so pooey that the whole wash needed a higher temp.

I'm horrified by the amount of water wastage and I'm in the UK, born in England Panna!

This thread has made me want to buy some napisan though!

Sorry further derail but ...I think unless you seen the damage caused by a house fire you really don't appreciate it. The smell and the mess, black everywhere - maybe the fire brigade should do visits to burned out homes so you can understand better.
My flat fire was also an electrical fire - caused by faulty electric wiring to a light switch inside the wall. If we had been in and asleep I would have died...fourth floor, where it started cut both my exits off.
I lost 'everything' - worthless things of sentimental value etc....one of the first things I tried to find once we were allowed in was my childhood teddy (damaged but I still have it) - my birthday cards from my (then recent) 21st birthday were charred and blowing around in the street. The firemen throw things around to get to the fire and make sure it is out -it is a jumbled mess. Everything you can salvage needs cleaning - and it is greasy - clothing/material needs hot washing 4-5 times to get rid of the worst of the smell, I had to use Cif on solid items. You have to pick through your possessions and choose what is worth trying to save. I had a pair of expensive boots -my favourites, no longer sold - I found one and it was ok, then the other - half burned. Worse than a burglary because you have to replace everything from knickers to towels and sheet to items of furniture... Not only is it upsetting but it also takes a lot of time...
But the worst memory I have is in my flatmates bedrooms - down a corridor, untouched by flames/water, doors closed, only slightly smoke damaged. Untouched.... except their duvets had been pulled off their beds...by the firemen checking they were empty...they weren't dying/had died of smoke inhalation in their beds...
Don't leave anything electrical plugged in overnight that doesn't need to be.

I get the devestation (I'm an Australian remember, have you seen footage of fires do to my country?).

What I don't get is why it's specifically an issue with washing machines.

Electrical fires are more likely to start in the wiring somewhere away from an appliance (unless we are talking about dryers) so I don't understand all the fretting about leaving the washer on overnight etc.

And sorry unlucky, it was callous of me not to acknowledge your loss there. I can't 'personally' imagine it (thankfully) as I've never lost everything due to fire. It's one of my biggest fears though and I'm sorry you had to suffer it.