To think one 90 degree washes a month is fine?

[LauraAshleyDuvetCover]

I usually do one full wash on 90 degrees every month. Sometimes it's my towels, flannels, bath mat etc, other times it's the kitchen towels, cleaning cloths etc.

This morning, a friend whose washing machine has broken (filled with water) dropped off the towels that were in there when it broke. My flatmate said he hoped I wasn't going to wash them on 90 because it's inefficient and unnecessary. I said I was because it's better for the machine ("bollocks") because it dissolves any powder or conditioner left in the pipes ("it'll dissolve anyway") and kills any bacteria ("the powder will do that"). I said I was, because they've been left damp and smell a bit grim.

I've just been into the kitchen and he's put them on a daily quick wash at 40, and I've no idea what detergent he's used (I was going to put vinegar in because they smell musty and damp).

AIBU to think he's being an arse making his point, and doing the odd wash at 90 (especially to help a friend) really isn't a huge issue?

Does it have a smell? I saw one but it was meant to smell like coconut 😶

There are a few different fragrances of fabulosa. I have tried some of them

Got to tbh I'm not keen on the really strong smells. But I do love the laundry sachets you get for the rumble dryer!

Tell your flat mate to fuck off?

Missing the point maybe but my washing machine doesn’t even have a 90 degree setting (bought it last year). The highest setting is 60.

I never do a 90 degree wash but I do all my towels and bedding on 60 so at least one of those washes per week. Seems to keep my machine in check.

I've never used anything above 60 degrees.

@FuckyNel

Why is everything described as "grim" on here?

It's almost as annoying as "hobby"

Absolutely right. Also "You sound vile" or "You sound hard work".

You never need to run it on 90 degrees. 60 degrees is high enough for most commercial settings, and will have all those other benefits you mentioned. An intensive 40 degrees should be fine, too with a bio powder except for possibly eliminating the mould spores, so I would have gone for a 60 degree here.

Modern machines doing most of their washing at 20/30/40 need a 90 wash or cleaning wash through once a month. My machine is really new (few months old Bosch) and it has a light telling you to run the cleaning cycle that comes on quite often.

I boil wash my bedding, I use 3 sets a week. Nothing nicer than a clean bed

I do run a 90c maintenance cycle every few weeks. Put soda crystals in the machine and run it empty. If I remember I turn it off when it starts spinning. Usually do it after I’ve washed trainers, cat bedding or door mats so it’s clean after that as well.

All underwear, towels and bedding are washed on 60c, darks at 30c, lights and whites at 40c. I use disinfectant with everything.

Towels which have been left in a water filled machine, then left damp for a few days will smell so would definitely need a 90c.

I find people who don’t have a dryer tend to whiff a bit in winter too. DD has just started bringing her BF’s washing over to dry it as he doesn’t have a dryer and she’s fed up of his clothes and towels smelling bad. His washing always smells ‘off’. even while it’s going through the dryer, due to constantly being dried inside. The musty smell gets into the fabric and remains even after washing.

Mind you I have the nose if a bloodhound!

@Draggondragon

I boil wash my bedding, I use 3 sets a week. Nothing nicer than a clean bed

Ridiculous. 3 boil washes a week must cost you an absolute fortune. How dirty do you think you are?

@Draggondragon

I boil wash my bedding, I use 3 sets a week. Nothing nicer than a clean bed

Wow That's a lot

Or tea towels with underwear on a 40 ‘didn’t kill anyone’. They stink but they’ve gone nose blind and are oblivious. Mingers.

That's me! I'll happily throw knickers and tea towels in together on a 40 degree wash.

I use 90 for kitchen linens/cloths.

I'll happily throw knickers and tea towels in together on a 40 degree wash. This needs a trigger warning

I think a lot of people on this thread are permanently triggered so it would be moot!

Or tea towels with underwear on a 40 ‘didn’t kill anyone’. They stink but they’ve gone nose blind and are oblivious. Mingers

This is absolute nonsense. You couldn't tell the difference in a blind test between teatowels washed with and without underwear.

I walk behind plenty of well dressed people in the supermarket but their clothes stink of that distinctive sour/musty smell that people who think a 30 degrees wash and dried on a luke-warm radiator ‘didn’t kill anyone’

How the hell do you know the washing habits of random people in the supermarket? 😂

@StrychnineInTheSandwiches

Or tea towels with underwear on a 40 ‘didn’t kill anyone’. They stink but they’ve gone nose blind and are oblivious. Mingers.

That's me! I'll happily throw knickers and tea towels in together on a 40 degree wash.

Same. My machine doesn't even have a 90 degree option. It goes up to 60 and that's only used for things like vomit etc.

And everything is clean and definitely doesn't smell. I do air dry everything outside though, so it smells lovely and fresh.

Even in the depths of winter it gets a good blow about outside then finished off in tumble dryer.

The cost of a hot wash is not a fortune.

A 60C wash costs around 10p to 12p for the electricity to run the heating element. Yours may vary depending on size and age of the machine.

The churn motor and pump are insignificant cost.

If the machine smells, run a hot cycle with a cup of washing soda crystals and no powder or fabsoft. If you put in white towels there will be enough soap residue to foam up and come out cleaner, whiter and softer than usual.

I think a lot of people on this thread are permanently triggered so it would be moot!

Haha - aboslutely. I have never even washed anything at 60 degrees. I had no idea I was a stinking minger until I came on here

I must be an even stinkier minger as I’ve not washed anything at above 40 for around 4 years, and have never used a 90 degree wash in my nearly 40 years if washing machine ownership.

But even if you favour hotter wash, surely there are many fabrics that you can’t wash above 40. What do those with such sensitive noses do if they have to wear a jumper?