Anything that has been in the washing basket

[ABeautifulSunnyMonday]

For 6+ plus should just be binned ?

Honestly there is hand wash / tumble dry stuff (don’t have one) that torments me every time I delve in

Should I just bin ?

I have the same issue!

There's a dress on the bottom of my basket that I wore to my Christmas night out 3 years ago. It won't even fit me I've lost 4 stone since then but still it lies at the bottom of the basket taunting me because I can't donate it until I wash it.

This thread is hilarious, we have a washing basket each in three bedrooms.. all three have a section of 'handwash, worn once' items taking up space at the bottom

Does your washing machine have a delicates wash option?

Tumble dry stuff can just be stuck on a hanger/airer???

Or am I missing something????

@Queenie8 - there’s a puffa style jacket that says no dry cleaning but tumble dry because of the feathers.

I have a handwash option on my machine. Anything that doesn't survuve that doesn't make the cut!

Anything that can't be bunged in the wash with everything else will just get donated to charity shop. I'm not going to faff about with different settings ffs.

At least chuck them in the machine before binning it. They will either wash ok or...not, in which case it will be easy to get rid.

Put the puffa in the machine on a handwash cycle with those tumble drier balls or a couple of tennis balls. That stops the feathers from balling together.

Oh thank goodness it’s not just mine! I was debating this issue earlier too. I really want to just get rid but it feels wrong.

Put them in the machine on your gentlest cycle. If it works, great. If they’re ruined, donate it to a charity shop for rags, they get paid quite well for rags that are recycled into eg insulation.

We did this a while ago and managed to reduce from 3 laundry baskets to 2 because it cleared so much crap that had just been sitting there.

Defo stick the puffa in the machine on a gentle cool/cold wash, and line dry for as long as possible, keep turning it, and once dry, it might take a while, keep shaking it in all directions. Or take it to the laundrette and run it through the dryer with a couple of tennis balls on the lowest heat setting.