Washing school blazer

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My DC has just started secondary school and is wearing a blazer for the first time.

How often do you wash your child's blazer?

I just worry if i wash it too often it will lose its shape!

Thanks 🙂

My DD has been at secondary school for 3 years. I've washed her blazer twice.. possibly 3 times. Luckily it's the same fabric as trousers and skirts. Another school near us has tweed blazers, I imagine they are an absolute pain to wash.

About every half term. Though if something spilt on it the following weekend. Ours are black so don't show grime

I used to freshen it up every half term or so.

I found they lost shape anyway due to the heavy bags on their shoulder, or being stuffed in said bag 🙄

I'm worried I am going to get flamed for my laundry slackness now by MNers who wash their blazers daily!

Every half term. I find the shoulder area particularly takes a day or so to dry fully, so I like to do it in the holidays.

I was washing them once a month, now I've bought clothes steamer and I steam them once a day to kill off germs and will still wash once a month.

My ds gets his blazer dirty often. I wipe it down every week with a damp sponge and wash it on delicate every other month. It still looks fine.

If it's polyester it's fine to bung in the wash , it won't lose its shape and just needs hanging up..I washed my daughters every week ( teens are sweaty).. if it's private school it will no doubt be wool and will need dry cleaning

I wash dds every couple of weeks and she’s been wearing it 4 years and it still looks alright.

They’re designed to be washed. Would you wear something all day every day and only wash it once every term? 🤢

I used to wash DS's daily, unless it was really hot weather and he'd been able to take it off. It was always a bit armpitty by the end of the day.
I just did a 15 min wash with some Dettol stuff then a longer wash at the weekend. It dried over night in the airing cupboard.

My DD started secondary school 3 weeks ago. I washed her blazer for the first time yesterday but it didnt really need to be washed, ie wasnt stained or dirty. It was more for a freshen up.
I think I'm going to give it a wash once every 4 weeks from here on out.

@OhSweetNuthin I was just about to suggest using a clothes steamer. Which one do you have? I'm looking at the moment.

My son gets sweaty and then doesn't want to take it off so I wash it every 2nd day and it washes and drys really well, but I'm always doing a coloured wash every 2nd day anyway

@Cuddling57 I got it off Amazon, here's the link.

homeasy Clothes Steamer, 1500W Handheld Portable Garment Steamer for Home and Travel Steam Cleaner Fabric Steamer Wrinkle Remover 25s Fast Heat-up, 280ml White, Small (Updated Version) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07SC6P7HV/ref=cmswwrcppapiii_lBIzFbH6ECC9Q

@Stinkyguineapig

I only did mine termly ish (sniff test) . They survived 4 years (handed down)

Thank you everyone 🙂

Our are done every second week. More frequently if the get something on them. Eldest DS has his moments of pong, so impromptu washing of his had been known. not envy

I’m doing it daily atm. I wouldn’t wear something to work two days running given current situation. Def going to invest in a clothes steamer though. Thanks pp.

When I get a waft of BO when I pass it on the stairs is sadly my trigger.

It’s polyester so washes and dries easily and quickly.

Every half-term, unless really dirty, on a gentle wash 😊

Washed dd’s this weekend, so every other week. She plays sports after school every day and it just gets rolled up in bag with smelly football boots etc...

They need washing.

Trust me, as a teacher, quite a lot of kids who smell have unwashed blazers. And when they're wearing them and the blazer materialgets warm, the smells gets worse.....

Please think of the teacher and TAs noses and wash them!

Wash it on 40, then just put it on a decent wide shouldered hanger to dry.

My DD's blazer is polyester and it washes and dries very easily. I wash it on a gentle/synthetic cycle once a week, because at her school they have to wear their blazers at all times. It still looks fine so far.

I wash my year 9 boys blazer every Friday. Just pop it in on 40 degrees and it comes out perfectly and fries within a couple of hours

I'm not a washing obsessive particularly but I do like him to be fresh and clean and when it's so easy to freshen up, why not

^dries not fries!