What temperature do you wash your bedding on?

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So I nearly always, wash bedding at 60
degrees. But a few days ago I had a new washing machine installed which has a bedding setting on it. You can set it to either 20,30 (definite no for bedding imo) or 40, no 60 😏 so I used another setting and washed at 60!

My question is, is it okay to wash bedding at 40? Does it get them clean enough?

Change my bedding weekly, clean pj’s every night etc so I can’t imagine my bed sheets are overly dirty but like to be sure and wash hotter. 💁‍♀️

I generally wash at 60.

I usually do a 60 degree intensive wash.

I do it at 60. Plus it’s good for the washing machine to be run at a hot cycle once a week.

I have only ever washed it at 40, same with towels. I seem to be minority though!

It’s very very rare that we get ill so can’t see the benefit in washing hotter.

Does it get them clean enough?

Clean enough for what?

Of course it’s fine, you won’t catch the lurgy.

60 - I wash all our clothes on 30 or 40 but for me I think bedding and towels need a hotter wash.

40. Blue moon 60 if bed occupant is ill.

Sheet changed every other day, rest of bedding weekly. Sheet just gets chucked in with another load of washing. Sheet needs washing that often as my dogs sleep in the bed, or under the covers.

I also wash pants with teatowels and dishcloths at 40 (not specifically just those, but they all go in the wash together).

I have not a single fuck to give about any of it. Including the always mentioned poo germs before someone does this face --->

I usually wash bedding and towels at 40 unless there's been a stomach bug. Sometimes put a cap of zoflora in to kill bacteria.

60, much for efficient if you want to get rid of dustmites and other allergenes.

Anything white is 60 for me so that’s sheets and some duvets. Other colour duvets at 30 same as all other clothes. Muddy pe kits/football kits 40. Sick bug stuff probably 60 but one of my duvets says no hgher than 40 so that one I suppose I wouldn’t. I do tumble dry sheets and towels and underwear though so that’s a high temperature as well.

Bedding/Towels/Facecloths/Bath mat/Cleaning cloths are all done at 60

I always wash bedding and towels at 60. I don't feel 40 is hot enough

Depends if you use biological wash or not. I don't and am a slattern who hardly ever washes the sheets, so I wash them hot to kill dust mites etc. But if you use biological definitely no how than 40 (maybe even 30?)

*hotter not how

normally at 40.
60 after illness

I do bedding and towels at 90, I used to wash everything at 90 till my mum shouted at me for it,she couldn't believe I hadn't ruined anything yet

60 for dustmites and anti yellow preventions

occasional 90 with bleach for extra anti yellow duties.

usually use bio for bedding and towels.

if you're changing it every week and you wear clean PJs every night, 40 should be absolutely fine.

But I wouldn't wash it so frequently and I certainly don't do clean PJs every night. What a lot of unnecessary laundry!

40 - only ever use 60 for illnesses or stuff that has got damp and gone sour.

From a germ perspective the items that need hot washes are those that come into contact with your arsehole and dirty hands - as that is where the germs are likely to be nastiest. Obviously, the same goes for anything that got D&V on it.

To really blast germs, if that is what worries you, then you need 60 degree wash and a strong detergent, ideally with some bleaching agent in it.

Any fatty stains also need a high temp to help shift them.

Protein stains need a cold wash first, otherwise you set the stain in a hot wash.

For bed linen that has only been on the bed a week and the occupants wear pjs, then you really only need to freshen it all up with a lowish temp wash.

None of this matters if the inside of your machine is manky and has a load of gunk in the rubber seal, breeding germs to spread over every wash you do - so make sure that's clean.

Sunlight is also a really effective germ killer, so ideally get your laundry out drying in the sunshine.

All that said and done, I wash darks on 30 or cooler, including pants and I wash whites on 40, including pants, towels, bed linen etc.

Once a quarter, I nuke the bed linen on 60 and use an oxy wash product at the same time to ensure they don't start to go grey.

If you wash at more than 60 with bio wash you're killing the enzymes that make it work. I expect it has other soaps in it too though, but you'll probs find it gets cleaner cooler.

30 for nearly everything here, occasional 40 if very muddy, 60 once in a blue moon.

60 for all bedding and towels!

60 for pretty much everything I wash. I'm a 'hot washer' it would appear

60 for dust mites. Very important.