What do you wash daily (clothing etc wise)

Sharra

I can't believe the amount of washing some people do. I think the comments about cost and environmental impact are so true. There's 3 of us and I probably do about 5 or 6 loads a week.
Underwear every day (obviously) but the rest gets washing when its smelly or dirty - if I spill stuff on otherwise clean clothes I try and spot clean first.
My muddy dog walking jeans get washed once a week, as 5 mins up the field and they are ruined anyway!
My bedding every 10days ish depending on how hot its been - leaving the duvet folded back during the day, with the window open gives it a good airing. My son's bed (he's 13) - I dread to think - he gets asked to strip it about once a week - if he doesn't do it, then he gets to sleep in stinky sheets!

Penny-Pincher!!

I think Im going to make more of a conscience effort to reduce my washing by one load a week. I dont do as much washing as some on here but think I could reduce further if tried harder

PP
xx

exlibris

arnie&caseysma! wrote: »

Am I the only person that has read this thread open mouthed? I am shocked at the amount of time people spend on this!
There are 2 of us in this house and at the very most I will do 4 loads every 10 days, only doing a load in between if there is something that is needed, otherwise it waits til my days off.

Me too! I usually wash Monday one week and Friday the next (10 days) and do a dark, light and undies/towel wash.

I did wash more when I worked as I worked in a hot environment and sweated a lot. Now retired, I tend to have 'work clothes' for cleaning and change at mid day into 'decent' clothes. Work clothes are washed when dirty and decent clothes are changed when I go out. If staying at home they can last almost a week. Teatowels and dishcloths are changed daily. Ironing is done as little as possible and as most of my tops are teeshirt material, with care in folding they don't always need to be ironed.

You have probably guessed I don't like laundry!

Gillian1912

When my children lived at home, I had 2 bedwetters and priority was always given to washing the wet sheets and nightwear, and also underwear. As a result, everything else had to take second priority and so was worn a bit longer.

Now there are just two of us again, I do 3 -4 washes a week. Underwear changed daily. I work in an office and wear a clean blouse every day but skirts or trousers go several wears. Sheets changed weekly and towels a couple of times a week.

I used to work with a lady who regularly did 2/3 wash loads before coming to work each day which astounded me - she must have got up about 4 am! When I queried how she had so much washing (there was only she & her hubbie) she said that everything she wore to work went straight in the washing basket on her return home, she then changed into casual outfit and that then went into the wash as well. Her husband didn't start work till midday so he put on a T-shirt when he got up, threw it in the wash basket later when he changed for work, put work shirt in basket when he returned home, put on another T shirt for evening and then that went in wash at bedtime. Then she was always complaining about the amount of washing/ironing she had to do!

V.Lucky

I have a bit of an ironing obsession so that everything gets ironed in this house.

I cut down on washing by making ds aged 5 wear his school uniform after school. I was finding that he changed when he got home and then I had two lots of washing to do, school uniform and normal clothes. If he stays in his uniform it's either just that to wash, ie one lot of clothes rather than two, or it sometimes lasts a day or so.

For us it's single use tops and underwear. Bottoms can last several days. Bedding is every week or so (depending on drying weather outside) and towels twice a week. Kitchen towels and dishcloths are daily.

patchwork_cat

Hi
I think that to wash bedding anymore often than once a week ( unless there is an accident )is a bit much. The same with towels. If your towels are getting dirty, try drying yourself on a flannel first
There is an environmental impact to washing not to mention financial

lil_me

Decided going to count how many loads I do over the next week and one after, one when kids are at school and one when they are off. I really have no idea how many I do weekly etc, I just know it never seems to end. With the school clothes can usually get DS1 to stay in his but DS2 is always a mess and wet when he gets in, due to motor skills problems and dribbling caused by another part of what he has problems with, hence why he has at least 2 sets of clothes a day as he also wets a lot, flannels I use on the boys for drying but on me there just seems too much ground to cover DP I am going to keep more of an eye on, he's been throwing 3-4 dirty towels in the laundry basket every time he showers, must investigate. School coats another done weekly, yuk!!

Bedding is usually a weekly but when DS wets the bed hopefully they hit one of the bed pads but sometimes doesn't, summer time I usually end up doing ours twice weekly.

Like I said I use the 1/2 hour wash on 30 degrees with a tiny amount of powder (soapnuts on stuff that isn't really dirty), which is probably a third of the time of standard washes so much less power downside is it leaves clothes much more wet but have got used to this, nice weather helps if not goes on bathroom airers.

pigpen

There are 10 of us in here.

I do about 5-6 wash loads daily, every day.. sometimes I have done 12+ in one day though!!! .. We all wear clothes one day only, school uniforms and PJ's included! towels are used once then washed, bedding once a week or whenever it needs doing, coats once a week, and any extra stuff that floats in gets washed as well. Tea towels I use about 3-4 a day.. not bad considering I have a dishwasher lol. Potty training DD5 means we have a few extra pairs of pants some days. Hubby has his work clothes then his running clothes then 2 bath towels.. pretty much every day. DS1 gets changed after school so more washing.

I usually end up washing at least 1 duvet a week as well when DD3 out wee's her nappy..

Tonnes of it!!!

I have a 50ft washing line (and not enough pegs) and 2 dryers and 3 radiators that are usually full and all the shirts are flung on hangers when wet.. and I usually end up having to iron hubby's work shirts... need a new ironing board though before I can iron any more as mine got broken last night.

lil_me

Pigpen you always make me feel so much better, but I do sometimes wish I could send a washing afiry to help with all that

DeniseNZ

When there were eight of us at home I was doing usually three loads per day. Down to four at home these days - I've usually got to scavenge around to find enough to do one full load per day! I have a big 8kg WM.

Unless otherwise dirty it goes like this:

Socks, undies, shirts, shorts/trou - get changed daily (although I try and get jeans to last two days)
School uniforms: shirt - daily; shorts - every two days
Teatowels/dishcloths - usually daily (get saved up, then soaked overnight, then washed)
Bath towels - twice weekly
Bed sheets - once weekly
Duvets etc - when required - usually end up washing at least one per week.