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 change my bedding weekly. Both DH and myself sleep naked

I’m time poor so me I do all of my washing on the 30min cycle as I’m keen to get it done and hung up ( no dryer facility £ no idea what temperature it is but I’d expect it’s likely around 40degrees if that as it doesn’t burn my hands when I fish it out .

90

Dh does most of the washing, and I know he does sheets and towels at 60. But I have berated him about his penchant for the 60 cotton wash, which takes about 2 1/2 hours. Am encouraging him to switch to the much shorter synthetic 60!

My bedding doesn’t appear dirty, but I like to wash weekly to keep it fresh plus I love clean bedding and would do it more often if my water bill wasn’t high enough already 😊

well, if you insist on wasting water and electricity on pointless laundry I'd do it on the lowest temp, most economical cycle possible.

Weekly, 40C - used to be 60C, but we're trying to save the planet, and some money.

Remember how clean is your house they said to wash at very high temperature..cant remember what it was exactly but I do mine on 60

40 will get them "clean" as in diluting and rinsing/flushing dirt away from the fabric - short of using chlorine bleach in the washer or washing at a constant 121degrees Celsius for 10 mins (impossible in a washing machine) laundry is never sterile.

However, 40 won't kill dust mites, it just isn't hot enough. 60 is required for that.

I wash bedding and towels at 60 usually, kitchen cloths and animal towels at 90. I do have 3 sets of bedding that is a funny type of plush suedey (but softer iyswim) they go on 40 as 60 would cook them.

Is it an ecobubble by any chance? Mine annoys me as the bedding cycle doesn’t go above 40.
I do mine at 60 too.

40 for a normal wash. 60 if anyone has been ill. 90 if anyone has been so ill I'm considering burning the blankets!

I have a dust mite allergy so wash towels and bedding at 60° I also have special dust mite bed linen that goes on underneath the bed linen.

Agreed Margo but somehow I always wash bedding and towels that have dried a clean body on 60. Underwear and sweaty clothes on 40. Which makes little sense really. I guess clothes have to hold their shape more than towels and sheets though.

Anyone watch the documentary where the underwear washed at 30 had more bacteria after the wash than before?

Boak.

Usually 60. The eco cycle on my machine is a 60. Sometimes I do them on 40, which is a shorter cycle, to save a bit of time.

Agree about keeping the machine clean. Also I don’t think it’s good always using short cycles. It uses more energy and water (usually - this may vary) and over time I’m sure the things don’t get as clean they should. (Source: my in-laws)

90, with napisan.

I like my sheets to be clean. Ditto teatowels (and normal towels).

Everything on 40C here, no allergies or skin issues. Now and again I chuck a load of towels on 60

Good grief

30 or 40 for everything. None of us are ill or dead. We are prbly smelly tho

90 for bedding and towels.

Always 60 I have 6 kids so lots of laundry every week. 6 singles and a king size usually do it over 2 days non stop then dryer in the winter and iron then airing cupboard as I'm going I put another set on the beds so rotate

If you use the eco cycle you are using less electricity and less water even if the temperature is higher and the cycle is longer, so you can wash at a high temp (if you like) without wasting resources.

60 but I'm not the most frequent washer. DH has quite oily skin so the heat helps with parts like his pillowcase.

60 normally. 75 if one of us has been ill. 60 will shift dust mites, their eggs and their faeces better than 40 will.

Minimum temperatures for infection control are 65 degrees held for a minimum of 10 minutes of 71 degrees held for a minimum of 2 minutes. So I do a 75 degree wash of we’ve had any sickness or colds

60 gets rid of dust mites and more bacteria than a lower temperature.