To wash everything together at 30c?

[lisalisa]

It has honestly never occurred to me to do differently . I separate my wash into light colours, whites and darks and change all bedding weekly and towels often but never separate kitchen or bsthroom towels or even cloths that we've used to clean the floor from anything else and wash all at 30. Just reading other threads where people seem to wash at 90 and wondering . Disclaimer : we don't use flannels ! Also been doing it this way for 23 yes and no one ill or dead from it

Also think it bizarre all the people washing towels, which typically only get used on clean bodies in the house, at high temps to kill the germs but are happy washing clothes which must come into contact with loads more germs/ bacteria as they travel on our sweaty, unclean bodies around dirty schools, towns, buses etc at 30.

Why are your towels so germy?

I'm amazed people wash towels daily

I'm such a slattern I chuck everything in together. Always use the Dettol germ killer water thingy in the machine with each wash

I wash most things on cold. Bedding gets a 30c wash.

I use smartprice disinfectant in the dishcloth and socks wash.

I wash everything on a cold wash... we have yet to come to harm. hand washing is with soap and twice through happy birthday to be correct. we do not use warm water though as I do not have the boiler on through the summer.

I do seem to have developed the skil of walking through closed doors so perhaps done myself more harm than good?

I wash normal loads at 30, towels and bedding at 60 and my cleaning cloths/dishcloths/teatowels at 90. I have no idea if it actually makes things any cleaner, but it makes me feel like it is. I don't think your washing habits are unusual OP

Use mix setting most times. Bung in laundry cleanser if any bodily fluids in wash. I use the delicates setting sometimes.

Noway! Babys cloth separte at 40. Our whites and darks together at 40. Towels and bedsheets separate usualy at 95 deg. Kitchen towels sep at 60. Bathroom mats at fast cycle 60.

All mixed loads here, and everything done on 40 degrees.

I did try 30 degree washing a while back, but it wasn't good enough.

40 degrees is above body temperature whereas 30 is below it, so 40 should deal with the residue of body fluids much more effectively.

That is the method behind my madness, and no one here has pegged it so far.

Colour catchers are a god send for mixed washes.
Nits/lice will not survive any wash as they need A scalp to live on to survive.
Only reason I have reverted to 40/60 degree longer was is following reports that a 30 degree or even 40 on a quick wash is not hot enough or long enough to fully disolve some washing products promoting debris build up which reduces the life of the machine e & bungs up pipes & drains.
You can get limescale dissolving tabs (calgon or shops own equiv). I do use these as you need less washing product per wash.
Towels weekly unless dubious stains present.
Bedding ummmmm; we all wear PJs
Flannels after each use; I hate them as much as toilet brushes

Colour catchers are a brilliant thing, they mean I can put a mixed load on as soon as I have enough to fill the machine, rather than waiting for lights/darks.

I cut the colour catchers into 3 pieces as well, makes them go much further. Occasionally if I wash something that I think might lose a lot more dye then I use two in a wash, never had a problem in the ten years I've been doing this.

Clothes washed at 30 or 40 on a quick one hour cycle. Towels same cycle at 60. Baby stuff on baby cycle at 60. DH work stuff at 60 on 2hr cycle. Bedding on a 2hr cycle at 90, changed weekly and bottom sheet changed again midweek, but we have white bedding and my DH is a filthy arable farmer so is only wY to get them clean!

All washing done with ecover, bio for bedding, towels, nappies and DH work clothes, everything else with non bio.

I dry everything outside on the line when the weather permits, if not then on the Lakeland heated airer - brilliant thing. Thinking we may have to buy a tumble dryer this winter though, baby creating so much extra washing, we don't have central heating and I do t want the house full of damp washing ehen I can't get it on the line.

The colour catchers are about £2-3 in most supermarkets, but I have discovered the pound shops usually sell them, so works out cheaper again.