Want to wash my sheets at 90oC - will they survive, and....................

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.........can I throw my tea-towels in too?

yep.

Yes.

Definitely yes if they're just cotton - might not be completely ideal if they're poly/cotton - they would probably survive, but might go a bit bobbly.

Excellent. Normally just do 40oC, but they just looked grubby when I changed them last night and I want them to 'sparkle' lol

Thank-you.

They will be fine, unless they are silk, nylon or satin

Well, they're in now, so fingers x'd in a while they'll look a lot better.

They may bobble if they're poly-cotton, as Jackie said - it depends on the quality (I have some very cheap ones and they bobbled at 50 )

How about just using a scoop of Oxyclean in with them?

Too late

you're meant to wash sheets at 60 to kill dust mites

if you want to kill dust mites, you need to do them at 60 degrees, but if you're not allergic, then no need! Think of the waste of energy!

ooh er tissy

I was just saying it's safer to wash a bit higher; dh does have allergies so ner

Actually - it's not the dust mites - it's sweaty dh!! The sheet looks grubby (his side!) I don't consider it a waste of energy if I'm only doing it the once. I've never washed anything at 90oC before in my life). I have no idea why, but they've never looked grubby and sweaty before. Like I said, I usually wash everything at 40oC, including sheets!

apologies if I've offended anyone!

I read ob's post as meaning that you should wash sheets at 60 degrees !

I have washed sheets at 90 myself, btw(but felt guilty about the waste of energy), but didn't notice any improvement over the 40 degree wash

Are they done yet ?

Sorry tissy - I was a bit short there!

They're done - yes. They look ok, but no big difference over 40oC as far as I can see - they're in the drier now. They're pretty old, so maybe an excuse to buy new sheets methinks??

You could use some of that Glo-White stuff - not tried it myself, but have heard good things about it.

er - that's assuming they're white, obviously.

GloWhite, that's the stuff I use, not Dylon.

Well, they're a very light cream (or at least they were!!) I doubt glo-white'd make them any worse than they are now!

Never had any luck with glo-white myself - see my thread on grey sheets that used to be white!

Having dried them, the white sheet looks much better than I first thought. Worth it I think. It's the duvet cover that's cream Somehow the sets have got mixed up. The cream duvet cover has a cream sheet to match and the white sheet goes with a pretty blue and white duvet cover - how they've got mixed up I don't know, but at least they all look clean now.

I did a white wash at 90 degrees last week (son's white school shirts had starte to look grey) and added a tablespoon of that ecover noble safe bleach powder - and everything came out looking wonderful. Again I hardly ever wash that hot - feel too guilty!

are yoiu going to do mine tomorrow, oh queen of the bedding laundry?

lol cadders!

I wasn't kiding actually

Our sheets really need changing - I think our dh's must go rolling in something yucky as I have the same problem with my sheets!