Bloody hand wash only

[Sexnotgender]

I treated myself to new underwear. It arrived today and half of it is bloody hand wash only.

Who hand washes underwear?!

I didn’t think to check the washing instructions before I bought it.

I bet men don’t have this issue 😡

I have handwash only stuff. It all goes in the machine. If it dies in there so be it, but I'm not hand washing it.

I would bung in on a delicates wash in a washing net, but I'm quite gung-ho with laundry.

V true men definitely don't have this problem!

I would return it.
clothes that can't go in the washer are atotal waste of time imo.

It’s just stupid isn’t it. I had a pyjama shorts set that had to me hand washed. No one had washes any of these things. Get one of those little underwear washing Zipper bags and put it in delicates.

Net wash, delicate cycle - it'll be reet.

Net wash bag!

If you can figure out why it says hand wash only you can probably get round it.
Fancy lacy bits / netting/ underwire - stick in a laundry bag.
Silk etc - cool or hand wash cycle, no spin. And use a bag.

But YANBU - clothes should be practical! We need pockets!

I’d just put in in the machine. I refuse to hand wash anything. There’s plenty of underwear available for women that is machine wash, more to do with material than men and women.

It will probably be okay on a gentle wash, all of my work clothes are either dry clean or handwash only, they all go in on a silk cycle and come out okay.

Seems a laundry bag is required. Off to google!

@SisyphusAndTheRockOfUntidiness

If you can figure out why it says hand wash only you can probably get round it. Fancy lacy bits / netting/ underwire - stick in a laundry bag. Silk etc - cool or hand wash cycle, no spin. And use a bag.

But YANBU - clothes should be practical! We need pockets!

No underwire, all pants and my vagina doesn’t require an underwire😂

Not even particularly fancy pants, just like lace shorts.

as others have said, pop in on a delicate cycle in one of these bags
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I don't think I've ever handwashed anything

Bung it in a net bag and wash on a delicate cycle at a low temp.

They just shove hand wash only on loads of stuff so you don't complain that it's gone out of shape etc after you wash it. It will probably be fine in the machine.

Shove it in the machine, it'll be fine.

At least it's not dry clean only, like some expensive pyjamas someone posted about a few weeks ago. I would just put them in on the easy care or wool cycle, they will probably be fine.

I have hand wash stuff too OP but it all goes in the washing machine on a cool wash. I’ve never had an issue yet.

But then I’m the same with dry clean stuff, it all goes in. If it doesn’t make it then good, I don’t want it anyway, I haven’t got time for high maintenance clothes. I haven’t got time to hand wash stuff or drive it somewhere to get cleaned like it’s my child

I put them on a delicates wash without the laundry bag, I've not had any problems.

I have been washing my bras in a knotted pillow case in the machine on a 20 minute programme at 30 degrees. With no ill effect. Wish I had done it sooner!

I made the same mistake. I’m not hand washing underwear. I put it in the machine - it was fine 🤣