To put my swim things through the washing machine? (Lighthearted)

[FairfaxAikman]

We're currently having our kitchen and bathroom redone, so after swim class with DS we went to the PIL for a proper shower.
I asked MIL if I could run all the swimming stuff through her machine as it was a sunny day and I could get it out on the line and she was aghast.
She said that swim thing shouldn't be put through a machine as they lose elasticity.
Personally I'd just buy new stuff if that happened but our stuff has always been fine going in the machine and I really can't abide the thought of not properly washing them after the chlorine and skin cell soup.

I always put mine through the wash. Only need a quick one though.

So what does she do? Hand wash,? Balls to that.

So does MIL never wash her knickers in case the elastic goes?!

Put it through the machine. Low temp and low spin.

It's the chlorine which destroys the elastic I think so I always wash swim stuff or give it a good rinse on holiday etc.

that's what the 20 min short cycle is for!
but never use detergent, just water.

I always wash swimsuits and they seem fine. Normal length wash with other stuff but at 30.

I always wash swimsuits in the machine. No issues.

Yanbu.
Our swim kit always has a rinse in the machine.

I wash mine in the shower - my mummy told me not to put in machine. I also have huge boobs so expensive underwired swimwear.

My mum always insisted we hand rinse our costumes and hang up to drip dry - I did until I had Dd when I thought I'd try them through the wash with the swim towels after weekly swimming lesson as drying was a pain in winter. Absolutely fine, wish I'd done it years ago!

We swim a lot as a family so tend to rinse and drip to save the swimsuits a bit. And put through the machine occasionally.

I doubt at swimming/washing a couple of times a month it would matter? I dont know though!

I remember this from when I was a child. Swim suits were supposed to have a cold rinse.

But I always run them through a cold wash. Haven’t had any problems

Ours just go in a general 40° 1hour wash. And then the tumble. Totally fine.

When DD was little I just threw all our stuff in the wash, the cosies were cheap and it didn’t matter.

DDs cosies cost £40 + now I just hand rinse now after I accidentally put DDs expensive competition suit in the wash with the towels, it completely ruined it. Mind you she swims 5 times a week so it only just dries from being rinsed out before she’s in it again

I do a rinse and spin but dont wash with detergent

It prolongs the life.
Like bras - you're supposed to hand wash them in cool water too 🤷🏻‍♀️

I wash them after every third use or so - they go in with the sports kit without fabric conditioner.

Mine go in the washing machine. I was originally washing baby DD's stuff by hand because the instructions said they should just be rinsed in cold water. But then it occurred to me a 30 wash was cooler than the pool we were taking her swimming in 🤷‍♀️

If we go to the beach every day, they get a cold wash with soap by hand because they're not enough to run a cycle.
At other times I wash them with delicates.

I always stick swim things in the wash. No problem

The logos peel off eventually if you keep washing them in the machine and it isnt great for them. Occasionally is fine. I used to have a shower in my suit after swimming which rinses the chlorine off.

I put mine in the handwash programme. Doesn't seem to have affected them. Only this year have I had to replace a pair of bikini bottoms that were at least twenty five years old. I was at school when I bought them and I'm in my 40s now.

Granted I only generally wear them on holiday, but we go away at least three or four times a year and I've worn them in waterparks so it's not like they've not seen use. They were just wearing a bit thin but still had their shape.

I always wash swim suits in the machine. Like you say OP, the chlorine, other people’s deodorant, skin cells (and worse) are on there.

Never notice any elasticity going prematurely as a result. I don’t do them over 40 degrees though.

I just put them in a wash bag. My cosi cost $250 so I'm a bit precious about it, but it's been fine.