How do you separate laundry?

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So.. need some honest opinions here. I posted a comment on a previous thread mentioning that washing tea towels together with knickers is gross IMO. Received quite a few comments telling me I'm uptight and bizarre. I honestly think that even if you wash them at 90 degrees, you still shouldn't mix tea towels and underwear. Am I in minority then thinking this? Genuinely curious.

Washing at 40 degrees or less doesn't kill any bacteria. Mixing tea towels most people use on dishes with underwear and washing them together it's just gross IMO. You have people moaning that's it's all clean anyway , but the same people will say you shouldn't wash your meats for fear of spreading bacteria. Make it make sense.

Whites / non-whites / dog stuff /towels / bedding
Usually 40c but towels at 60. However the only thing I try and be strict about is keeping whites separate and doing the dogs stuff alone in a bag otherwise it all comes out hairy.

Really couldn't care less about pants and tea towels.

From the comments so far...highly unlikely. Apparently, washing tea towels in a nappy wash it's also a good idea.

I cant speak for you but I don't have poo particles in my pants!

What's so special about tea towels? If you don't think your washing machine actually works so it's just spreading poo particles over whatever is in it then surely you're also horrified about tje same particles remaining on your underwear and anything else in the wash.

It's totally illogical.

OP- Is it a cultural thing for you?
Some cultures see it as a taboo to wash undergarments with other clothes.
Edit- This stemmed from long before washing machines were available and it was all hand washing.

See below:
The average adult undergarment has about a tenth of a gram of fecal matter,” Dr. Charles Gerba, renowned germ researcher and professor of microbiology at the University of Arizona, told CTVNews.ca by telephone earlier this month.
“By my estimations, a week’s worth of dirty underwearwould amount to about an airline peanut-sized amount of fecal matter.”
Gerba, an environmental microbiologist best known for his research in water quality, turned his attention to household laundry a decade ago thanks to a rise in energy-saving cold-water washing.
According to his research, Gerba says dirty underwear and jeans are among the worst offenders for collecting bacteria when it comes to our clothes.
But hand towels remain the number one culprit for containing fecal bacteria, with over 80 per cent testing positive.

It’s gross to wash tea towels with clothes.

It's a cleanliness thing for me.

ahh you wash your meat as well do you? 😂

So your fine with washing your kinickers with your Pjs though? Do you not worry about poo particles getting all over your skin when you put your pjs on?

Isn’t your washing machine getting things clean then? I’d get that fixed if I were you.

As I said, my knickers and PJs are washed on a hot wash. Also, I wouldn't clean cutlery with my pyjamas. As I said, this is my way of doing things, right or wrong. But some of you getting defensive for some reason....

But some of you getting defensive for some reason....
It's the obsessive separators getting defensive. Talking increasingly angrily about poo particles and people being minging and that only their way creates true cleanliness.

The rest of us are more amused than defensive.

Should?
Guidelines?
What happens if not?
What about silk undies?

I do. We also have and use bidets in our bathrooms, so maybe my standards are different than yours.

Do you now! How posh.

How many people do you live with/how many pairs of knickers do you have that you can muster up a full load of just them?

I do the same but at 30. Better for the environment and all seems clean when done

Most modern washing powder is formulated for 30 or 40 and probably doesn’t work as well at 60.
I’ve never had an issue. Wash most things at 30. No knicker separation. Also no ill effects.

I don’t separate anything. Not even darks, whites, etc. Never had a problem and it all goes in together.

There’s definitely something wrong with your washing machine if that’s the case.

That made me laugh 😃 thank you!!

But why are you so worried about tea towels? What about all those poo particles swilling around with your Pj's??

Everything goes in together, just separated by colour.