Laundry question

[happyhopefulmummy]

Is it best to wash towels only (ie dont chuck in anything else) and same with bedding? I often have 3 or 4 items of clothing and never put them in with towels or bedding and wait till I have a full load....

I don't put things in with them either - because I think they get trapped in the sheets and don't get clean properly.

No idea if you are meant to or not though!

I chuck everything together; having said that, our duvet cover plus sheets just about fills the machine, so that usually gets done on its own.

why would you not put stuff in together I am confused and am thinking that perhaps my washing has been all wrongly done over the years. That said in our house there is always washing so I cannot be too fussy.

I put towels in seperately as on a hotter temperature than usual 40 degrees. Bedding usually seperate just because it takes a full washload but will chuck some other small items in if they fit.

I put towels in by themselves but only because they fill the whole machine and there isnt space for anything else. I try to do them on a 60 degree wash as well which wouldnt suit the other things as they get done at 40 degrees.

Oooh, why do you do towels at 60 degrees??

Yes, I tend to do a towel or bedding wash on their own as usually at higher temp of 60 degrees. I just feel at that temp it properly kills bacteria (sounds like my towels and bedding are minging!).

I'll chuck in tea towels, dishcloths too if they are hanging about.

I always do towels separately, but it's always a full load. I do white ones at 95 and coloured at 60. White flannels go in with the white towels, teatowels and cloths with the other coloured towels.

yes
toewls get washed on either 60 or 95 and sheets etc on 60

needs a good hot wash to kill dustmites

Always wash bedding and towels separately at 60 degrees. Let's face it, in the average family, you are not going to have to wait days to "make up a load" of other things to go on 40 degree washes.

I also wash towels and bedding separately. mainly because the bedding is one whole load and with the towels I also throw in kitchen cloths and sponges, so do a hot wash.

If you do a wash load which is just towels or other particularly absorbant fabrics, did you know you should under-fill it, as otherwise they absorb lots of water and the weight will damage your washing machine eventually.

I do towels at 60 because this also includes tea towels and washing up cloths which get gross.

60 is the lowest temperature which will kill bacteria, BTW. Anything like face cloths and dishcloths which smell after a few uses will have bacteria on. Normal towels don't really need it but it helps if you have any infectious things going around like coldsores, verrucas, ringworm etc.

But if you wash bedding/ towels regularly then surely not 60 required ?? We have clean towels after every shower/bath.

I couldnt have clean towels after every shower/bath as I'd then end up with a towel mountain (have 2 showers a day 3 days a week due to going to exercise classes plus dh plays football twice a week and showers after that too). Towels are hung up after a shower and then get changed when they get too wet to be effective.

just put a wash on each night ! There are six of us all sweaty betties which equates to 10 towels-wash/dry job done.

I do several washes a day as it is and dont have a tumble dryer so would have to wait for them all to dry and dont have enough space so I will stick to what I do - I'm saving energy too!

You wash towels after every use?

I wash towels together and on hot...we wash a silly amount of them really but I can't bear used towels. Sheets though, I will put in with other things.

Cointreau I can't bear to think of the family's arses and armpits on a towel and then hanging it up again...it would be MY unsuspecting face that got dried right where DH had patted his arse dry.

But surely towels are only used on clean armpits and arses? I wash mine weekly and now am wondering if I am a slattern!

Meh....an arsehole is an arsehole.

we have our own towels so it would only be my arse or armpit that had been in contact with it - I'm ok with that as I clean them all thoroughly in the shower!

So do you shove the towel up your arsehole then? Because mine only really touches bum cheeks. Nothing offensive about that.

This started as such an innocent thread and now we're talking about shoving towels up arseholes, is it Friday already??