Washing machine settings

zippychick

I have to confess, I have absolutely NO idea:p:rotfl:! I would say it depends largely on your own needs rather than comparing to someone else? As in - how much your washing needs washed. Ummm what i mean is, if you had a mechanic in the house for example your clothes may need washed more.... does this make sense?

I can honestly say It never occurred to me to look

Why not try 2 rinses and see how your washing comes out? Suck it and see

Ill merge this with washing machine settings later

Zip

LittleMissAspie

It didn't occur to me either until I pressed the wrong button and realised that it reduced the time, and it made me think. I have actually been using 2 rinses occasionally now and I haven't noticed any difference really so I wondered what most machines do. I've stuck to 3 rinses on underwear as that is so close to the skin but maybe I should experiment and see if either of us starts itching...

I use the amount of laundry liquid that it says on the bottle for a standard 4.5kg machine, but mine is 7kg and I always try to fill it up, so effectively I use less than I should.

BitterAndTwisted

I reckon you could halve that dosage and still get the same results.....

LittleMissAspie

Not sure about half but three quarters of a capful would probably be fine, I think I'll try that. Less detergent = less rinsing!

Our stuff generally isn't that dirty but I do need to be careful with my boyfriend's tshirts. When I tried being eco and using 30c and soapnuts etc, it didn't work on his tshirts at all. In fact they left the entire wash stinking of BO when it came out the machine, it was horrible. I use 40c now and Co-op detergent as that is fairly eco-friendly.

valk_scot

I use the Quickwash on my Bosch which is one detergent + two rinses, usually at 30'C. This is for everything, except rugby gear which gets a 40'C quickwash. I use half the recommended detergent, because I live in a soft water area, and no fabric softener. I never run the machine half empty. The laundry looks clean enough and we don't seem to smell.

BitterAndTwisted

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Our stuff generally isn't that dirty but I do need to be careful with my boyfriend's tshirts. When I tried being eco and using 30c and soapnuts etc, it didn't work on his tshirts at all.

Perhaps the soap-nuts was the problem rather than the temperature? I can't remember at what temperature BO-causing bacteria are killed at but perhaps decent soap does the job or we'd be boiling everything all the time.

Perhaps your b/f needs to be encouraged to use a decent anti-perspirant which actually works like Odaban or Driclor?

zippychick

LMA - did you do any experimenting? Did the rinse cycles make much of a difference?I must admit , im curious to know what mine does now!:p

Ben84

I tried washing at 30. Never again. Cleaning performance was dismal, it smelt weird and it wasn't long before the washing machine started getting black mildew inside it. I cleaned the machine with a boil wash and soda crystals and am back to washing everything at 60 now with the extra rinse selected. Not green apparently, but the whole point of washing clothes is to clean them so if I halve the energy use and use less water but still have dirty clothes afterwards I figure I've just wasted the energy/water I used entirely, so that's worse really.

TheDoolallyDilly

nesssie1702 wrote: »

I wash my bedding at a 60 ºC wash, as DH suffers from asthma and a 40ºC wash isn't hot enough to kill off any dust mites that might be there. I tend to do the same with my towels.

An asthmatic and two people with dust allergies in this house too, so I use higher temperatures. Plus, low temps won't kill the bugs - important for things like towels, underwear, flannels, tea towels etc.

oystercatcher wrote: »

My friends washing machine actually caught fire, luckily she was in the house at the time.

Yes, not safe to run washing machines or tumble dryers at night, because they cause lots of fires.

Ben84 wrote: »

I tried washing at 30. Never again. Cleaning performance was dismal, it smelt weird and it wasn't long before the washing machine started getting black mildew inside it. I cleaned the machine with a boil wash and soda crystals and am back to washing everything at 60 now with the extra rinse selected. Not green apparently, but the whole point of washing clothes is to clean them so if I halve the energy use and use less water but still have dirty clothes afterwards I figure I've just wasted the energy/water I used entirely, so that's worse really.

That's how I think!

happy35

Does your machine have a button to make a normal wash cycle shorter?

I had a Beko years ago and used to use this function all the time, I used to was at 40degrees but reduce the cycle time down to under an hour

I dont use the short cycle very often as think it is more for freshening clothes than washing them, spin and rinse are the same time but actual wash time is the one that is reduced