To get second hand washing machine for hubbys work clothes?

[mrscotton]

My husband is a mechanic and often comes home black with oil, grease and general dirt on him & on his clothes. We have always had one washing machine that we wash everything in and clean often due to how dirty it gets (i guess because of his work clothes).

Our son has just started school and now has to wear white shirts 4 days a week (we rarely wear white clothes so never been an issue before, use to do half a load every other month). I have just washed some shirts and as I was taking it out, the sleeve rubbed against the rubber and now has black marks on the sleeve so needs rewashing.

Thinking of buying a second hand washing machine to put in the garage to just use for washing his work stuff. Has anyone else done this? Is it possible to run a washing machine off a hosepipe? It would be a nightmare trying to get water supply out there to run it as would need to take up our patio etc.

We have them at Morrisons but wouldn’t use them for overalls as it’s inconsiderate for the people after you
and wouldn’t put my good clothes in them as there notorious for people using them for horse rugs

And floor mats/rugs.

@mrscotton If this is applicable to him, it's easy enough to fill in: https://www.gov.uk/tax-relief-for-employees/uniforms-work-clothing-and-tools

I have the same problem as my son is a mechanic. Thankfully he is moving into his own house soon so will be taking his filthy clothes with him.

I think having a second machine is a great idea. At the moment his dirty stuff gets washed first followed by dark sweatshirts, jeans etc. Then it’s coloured towels and bedding followed by light colours and finally whites. Every so often I run a maintenance wash with nothing in the machine.

Cant wait till he moves!

@Highlighta I have a mini twin tub on my motorhome, it’s brilliant and the spinner seems better than on my far more expensive Bosch. It was only £70. Can fit in 4 t.shirts, so only small

I am thinking of a mini one just to do his shirts in as we hardly wear white clothes so likely to only be 4 shirts a week for his school.

I certainly don't have room for 2 washing machines,there's not even room in my kitchen for one,it's in the conservatory so is the freezer. my dks had white school shirts, and white socks.my nurses uniforms were light coloured. Lights, whites washed first. DH overalls were light grey, they went in last. I never had any issues. I found washing powder was the way to go,it's also the cheapest option. I have already put how much the tax relief on home washing is....it's a pittance!

Honestly it’s ridiculous just buy one of those HUGE thick laundry bags I linked to and put your DH work stuff in that every time, clean your machine and enjoy all your laundry being a lot cleaner!