To think DH should know you don’t wash dirty bed linen at 30 degrees?

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I know it’s not the end of the world but honestly, he is 38 and now it’s probably going to have to go on again. He has a sweaty head and pillowcases are unlikely to be clean after this wash. I already have to do our bedding in 2 loads as it’s so big and we don’t have a spare set so it all needs to be dry and back in the bed tonight.

I’m so irritated!

@Mrssheppard18

Exactly it’s about using the right cycle and the right detergent like Ariel pods etc

30 is ok for most washing and biological detergent cleans well at that temperature, but low temperatures do not kill dust mites which cause allergies so higher temperatures are needed for that reason on bedclothes. One 30 degree wash won’t hurt though.

Just remembered, when my daughter moved in with her boyfriend (now husband) many years ago she had to scrounge a duvet off me, he apparently didn't know you were supposed to get them cleaned every 6 to 12 months, yuk..

Hi OP. I’m assuming you have Egyptian cotton white bedding. I have that and wash it on 60. I have an emperor size bed so even bigger than super king which makes bedding more expensive and only a few places do it. I have a thing for bedding. I know. Quite sad. So I prob have six full sets. We change the bed once a week. I use non bio as I have sensitive skin. Our dog quite likes sleeping on the bed too but I have to say makes the bedding less dirty than my husband! His side seems to always have unidentifiable stains 🤣. And yes I also iron my bedding. Pre pandemic I used to drop it into an ironing shop and pick it back up perfectly ironed in tissue. Bliss! Looking forward to that again.

My husbands deletes his memory every night so every day is a school day 🤣. I just asked him what temp the bedding should go on at. He said he uses the cotton 60 programme like he knew what he was talking about 🤣.

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I’ll just get rid of him and I can wash all the bedding as I wish and also won’t have to worry about sweaty man head.

Last time I looked in Primark they didn’t have any super king bedding? I have found there to be much less choice around, and what there is, is not £20 a set.[/quote]
You want to look at George Asda for cheaper superking

Me too!!

We change the bed-linen at Easter and Michaelmas. Wifey insists once a year is not often enough.

I wash bed linen, towels and underwear on 60, everything else on 40. I used to wash cloth nappies so know that a 60 is what is needed to kill bacteria

Just buy another set

Sounds like you are a vv lucky person if this is the height of your troubles!!! Absolute everything I own is washed at 40 unless it's wooly in which case it's 20 or if it's poo-d on in which case it's 60! I am inspired by all the others who wash everything at 30 so I am going to do my bit for the environment and join them! :-)

I don't was anything on 30, I feel it doesn't get things clean properly especially baby and young children's clothes, I wash most things on 40 except bedding and towels which I wash on 60 degrees. but I only use the 1 hour fast wash cycle so it's not on for hours which is better for the environment.

You could just put up with it for once, but YANBU at all. To kill the germs, sheets and towels should be washed at 60 degrees (if you don’t want to use one of those additional laundry anti-bacterial rinses, but I prefer to rely on the hot temperature personally). I think it’s madness for the manufacturers to put wash labels on such things to suggest lower temperatures than this.

I wash everything at 30. But then again I don’t have a man with a sweaty head lol

but I only use the 1 hour fast wash cycle so it's not on for hours which is better for the environment.

you might want to check you machine's manual. the short cycles often use a lot of water compared to long cycles. also more electricity as water is heated up more quickly.

@Greygreenblue

Ooh this thread just made me think of something someone here might be able to answer. What is the difference between “bio” and “non-bio” laundry powder??

I lived in the UK in my early 20s and never did work out what this meant. Detergent is not labelled like this in Australia.

No one I asked knew the answer. Even the English people I spoke to. Mind you we were all about 21. Never did occur to me ask one of my many older English relatives...

As a side note I always wash sheets in 30 degrees. Most things I was at 30 degrees actually and in when I lived in Queensland I used to only use cold water (the water there is not cold by anyone else’s standards).

In a nutshell, Bio laundry powder uses enzymes to clean which are killed off at temperatures. Where as non-bio is more effective at high temperatures but is better for sensitive skin.

I always wash our white bedding at 60 but a one off at 30 would be fine. I'm making a conscious effort to wash our clothes at 30 because after one wear they're not really dirty but I wouldn't change from 60 for bedding and underwear.

OP may I suggest you boil the sheets and then boil your DH and his sweaty head to ease your irritation.

Here’s a cure for yellowed pillowcases: washing up liquid.

Washing hair or head grease on low temperatures tends to “cook” it into the fibres, so think of your pillowcase as a baked-on frying pan. A good scrub with undiluted WUL and rinse with boiling water.

I found this trick when a famously smelly student housemate of DC1’s “borrowed” a duvet cover set, god knows for how long.
It got washed at 30 with everything else but DC brought the offending pillowcase home for some special attention. I wasn’t willing to lose the matching pillowcase so I tried everything (Vanish, Napisan, washing soda) until washing up liquid did the job.

What's the 90 setting for? White cotton and linen go through on that on this house.

I wash at 30. You need a scoop of Vanish and Scent Boosters in your wash!

I’m with you OP, bedding should run on a cotton cycle (at least 60 degrees) with bio washing liquid

White towels at 90, White bedding at 75. Underwear at 60. Everything else 40. I use Splosh powder for everything. 30 'may' be better for the environment but I am not sure the stain removers, laundry disinfectants and other chemicals needed to get things clean at 30 make it such a good choice. That and te damage caused to machines that never get a blast of heat to clean them out.

You can buy bedding at big supermarkets like Sainsbury's or order on Amazon

YANBU, at all. But if you do want to wash them at 30 degrees, use Dettol for laundry, it disinfects them 100%. I usually wash the bedding at 40, but add either zoflora, or Dettol.

Missing point of thread I know but do the sweaty bald heads use shampoo? And if not, would this be a potential solution?