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!

*emoji fail due to own idiocy

I know exactly what you mean op, 30 doesn’t get the oils out at all.

@Greygreenblue

Biological washing powder has enzymes in it to help break down stuff and clean it.

Non - bio doesn't.

Bio irritates my husbands skin, so we need to buy non bio.

Don't buy white anymore if your DH is just going to make it grubby, get charcoal or something.

OP you don't need to put the whole lot through the machine again. Just get him to handwash his single oily pillowcase in the sink.

Non bio I'd wash at 40. Bio is designed to work at 30, it also saves money and the environment.

40 vs 30 has minimal impact on germs, soap helps anyway and you'd need 60+ to make a difference (and do you wash your hands at 60, or are you happy enough with cold and a good scrub?).

@Greygreenblue Biological washing powder contains enzymes, which will break down specific chemicals. E.g. Lactase breaks down lactose found in milk - we have these enzymes in our own body to help us digest food. If out bodies dont produce the enzyme we cant digest food as well - hence for example lactose intolerance in people who dont produce lactase. A lot of biological washing powders contain cellulase that breaks down cellulose (found in plant fibres). That is how they are able to remove grass stains etc. Enzymes are denatured (stop working) at too high temperatures which is why biological washing powders will often recommend washing below e.g. 40 (plus its also better for the environment)

@MolyHolyGuacamole

'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).'

'I can't answer this, as I don't know either.

I do remember the two choices when I was in the UK. Now I am not in the UK our choices are hand wash (foams a lot) or automatic (doesn't foam that much).

So I just assume its biological but it doesn't say anything as such on the bag....'

Are both of your googles broken?

I lived in the UK before smart phones and googling everything, haven’t thought about UK style washing powder since, until tonight.

Also funny you mention are your googles broken. Because they are threatening to remove access in Aus at the moment. So we may very well be left “binging” everything, which is a bit like a broken version of google...

I’ve never washed in hot water, only cold. Never bothered to connect the hot water, everything is clean

I wash our bedding and towels at 60 but everything else at 40. I never wash anything at 30!

I’m not worried about germs. It’s the grubby patch where DH lays his head and just got the purposes of keeping it bright white

This is why I put the white stuff on the top pillow. The actual pillow to sleep on has a more suitable pillow case on it. Means it still looks decent when the beds made.

YABU. Why haven't you got another set of sheets?

Often wash my bedding at 30. Still alive 😂

Get another set of sheets. All this drama over bedding

I always wash at 40 or 60 for towels and bedsheets, but I know my nan gets the wash at 30 capsules and does all her washing at 30 and she loves having a clean home, nothing is ever out of place.

Oh, other than always washing in cold water 95% of my washing dries in the line in the sun ... not that I wash in hot water if it’s a rainy day and I may need to use the dryer., still use cold.

But in Australia we wash regularly a top sheet, bottom sheet and pillowcases. Things like duvets or blankets are only washed from time to time because your body never actually touches them so they don’t get grotty. I thought in the UK generally you don’t use a top sheet, is that true? That would explain though the regular duvet washing.

I normally do it at 30 or 40 if there are other things in there with the sheets (we have a big washing machine) but if I just do a load with sheets I might stick it on at 60 for a good high heat wash. But this only happens every few washes. My bigger issue with DH is persuading him to wash sheets at all - he's still in a student mindset on bedding for some reason, I'm pretty confident if I left him to it he would wash them once a month max, probably more like every 6-8 weeks. Gross.

Towels and bed sheets 60 wash. You need a spare set of bedding! 😂

My then 5 year old vomited spectacularly orange vomit all over her bed. There was chunks, it stunk worse than anything I’ve ever smelled before. It was slimey and watery and very very orange. I washed in at 30 degrees. No stains, no smell, no vomit. YABU. - vomit should always be washed off in cold water - same with blood. It's a protein, and will 'set' in hot water.

And I'm assuming that if OP can wash and dry 2 loads of super-king sized washing within 12 hours, that she has a tumbledrier. That will kill any bacteria on the sheets.

Oh, and if you don't suck the sheets, that will help prevent bacteria getting into you. It can't get in through your skin.

But in Australia we wash regularly a top sheet, bottom sheet and pillowcases. Things like duvets or blankets are only washed from time to time because your body never actually touches them so they don’t get grotty. I thought in the UK generally you don’t use a top sheet, is that true? That would explain though the regular duvet washing.

I don’t think anyone regularly washes the duvet itself if that’s what you mean. We use duvet covers which are taken off the duvet and washed regularly (but don’t ask how regularly or that will start an entirely different debate!)

But in Australia we wash regularly a top sheet, bottom sheet and pillowcases. Things like duvets or blankets are only washed from time to time because your body never actually touches them so they don’t get grotty. I thought in the UK generally you don’t use a top sheet, is that true? That would explain though the regular duvet washing.
In the UK we use a thing called a 'duvet-cover' which the duvet itself goes into. this also means that the body never touches the actual duvet, and we don't need a 'top-sheet'.

And it's usually only the duvet cover that gets washed - the duvet itself, about once a year.

I read a very interesting study at the alarming rate of bacterial infection within homes where bed linen is washed at 30 degrees. Never did that again. Sheets and towels always at 95. If in doubt, buy a UV light

I was everything at 30.
I only have one set of bedding.
I never iron.
What a disgusting, slovenly scumbag I am.

Add a scoop of Napisan to the wash and it will be fine

Our washing machine has never seen higher than 30deg.
Mayybe your DH cares more about the environment than you do?

Brit living in Australia here...
Duvet covers are called doona covers and bedding is called Manchester.
(Missing point of thread)