To ask how you wash your knickers?

[LazyJayne]

Not the poo troll 😄💩

I have always washed mine on 40 with a general load (trousers, t-shirts etc).

I want to start washing my clothes at 30 to see if it keeps them looking newer for longer, but I’m not comfortable washing knickers and socks at that temperature.

I’ve had an initial investigate, but the jury seems to be out. Some say 30 is fine, some say 60 and others say you need to add a disinfectant.

I’m now not sure if I should have even been washing them with my other clothes at all!

What to do!?

I wash my lingerie and socks together on a 40 and everything else (unless it's absolutely filthy) gets washed on a quick cycle at 30.

I chuck mine in the dishwasher along with the cats bowls and, if I'm having company, a whole salmon wrapped in foil.

I chuck mine in the dishwasher along with the cats bowls and, if I'm having company, a whole salmon wrapped in foil.

Don't forget the loo brush!

@dizzydizzydizzy

What pathogens do you imagine live in your underwear? Hilarious

OP - 30 in a general load is fine

My DH does a smalls wash comprising my knickers, his underpants and our socks. He does it on the mixed load setting at 40 degrees.

What in the hell is going on in all your fannies for these separate washes with different powder/temperatures?
It's not a different wash setting you need, it's a Doctor.

There are lots of things I don't need - I just happen to like a capful of Zoflora in some of my washes. It's quite tame compared to some of the behaviour discussed on MN, let's face it.

30. They're not a biohazard they're my own pants

Yes same as this

I bung it all together. I only seperate colours and wash mostly of 30 or 40.

I do have a few friends that hand wash their knickers in the bath/sink and hang them up to dry in the bathroom. They would probably be horrified at my blatent mix of pants, socks and tea towels. Sounds grim when you say it but really it all comes out clean.

30 in with everything else. What am I going to catch from my own pants?

What am I going to catch from my own pants?

Pathogens apparently. I hear they're bad 😳

Same. Apart from my special lacy ones that are washed by hand.

I'm delighted to report that my fanny flora (or indeed any other bodily flora) has suffered no ill effects from Zoflora. I wouldn't be too sure with your surefire if I were you.

@WaterBottle123 fungal infections (for example those that cause thrush), parasite eggs (there is another thread on here about somebody who has repeatedly had pinworm Infections), other bacterial and viral infections.

fungal infections (for example those that cause thrush), parasite eggs (there is another thread on here about somebody who has repeatedly had pinworm Infections), other bacterial and viral infections.

Is there any actual evidence that anyone's getting such infections from washed knickers?

@dizzydizzydizzy

They'll all be killed by laundry liquid. You know, like how soap kills COVID.

@WaterBottle123 not according to my GP

@TheKeatingFive my GP told me that I would n't get thrush so much if I washed my knickers hot and dried them outside in the sunshine. Since I started doing that many years ago, I've probably had it once, rather than 2 or 3 times a year.

I am going to become a multi-millionaire! Thanks to this post l have discovered a niche market that l did not know existed.

l’m going to launch a washing powder especially for knickers. 😂. Not sure what to call it though. Fanny Bubbles 😀 ?

Since I started doing that many years ago, I've probably had it once, rather than 2 or 3 times a year.

Well I wash my knickers at 30 and have never had thrush in my life.

Is there actual data on this beyond anecdotes?

@TheKeatingFive I'm passing on what I was told by a professional.

I wasn't surprised to hear it though. DM who used to work as a biochemist often used to tell me that different germs are killed by different things...... some killed by heat, some by bleach etc.

most of ours is now washed at 30 and then hung on the line so the sun will kill off anything the wash missed but the detergents are designed to work at lower temperatures now.