Keeping on top of the washing!

poet123

My washing is endless. Six of us, and nothing is ever worn twice apart from jumpers and jeans. Towels do go on the rads after use but otherwise everything is clean on every day. I have an ironing cupboard, a tumble drier and use a maiden in the conservatory for the things which cant be tumbled. I am never on top of it though.

starrystarry

PasturesNew wrote: »

A recent study said that jeans don't need to be washed, so long as they're not stained badly .... just hang them up and they're almost self-cleaning.

Nothing needs to be washed, but clothes are pretty unpleasant if they're not washed regularly.

notanewuser

starrystarry wrote: »

Nothing needs to be washed, but clothes are pretty unpleasant if they're not washed regularly.

In what way "unpleasant"?

Clothes get worn out if they are washed too often - it puts a massive strain on the fibres.

starrystarry

notanewuser wrote: »

In what way "unpleasant"?

Clothes get worn out if they are washed too often - it puts a massive strain on the fibres.

Without going into too much detail, they gather smells from the body, dead skin cells, body odour etc. No matter how clean you are. They gather cooking/food smells. Tobacco smells, if you smoke.

Even if they don't actually smell bad, they don't smell nice, which freshly washed clothes do.

Hanging_by_a_thread

Mupette wrote: »

whats an iron?

:rotfl::T

Love this

notanewuser

starrystarry wrote: »

Without going into too much detail, they gather smells from the body, dead skin cells, body odour etc. No matter how clean you are. They gather cooking/food smells. Tobacco smells, if you smoke.

Even if they don't actually smell bad, they don't smell nice, which freshly washed clothes do.

Ah, do you mean that lovely smell clothes get from drying outside in fresh air, or the vomit-inducing, over the top artificial washing powder/pointless fabric softener stench?

pulliptears

starrystarry wrote: »

I bet he's single!

He wasn't at the time actually, I was quite surprised that he didn't smell. He sat next to me most days through Uni and he always smelled nice.

poet123

notanewuser wrote: »

In what way "unpleasant"?

Clothes get worn out if they are washed too often - it puts a massive strain on the fibres.

Clothes don't only carry the smell of the person, so no matter how clean you are personally your clothes still pick up cooking smells, pollution if you walk in a city centre, food stains, perfume etc. I wouldn't wear a blouse or shirt more than once and the males in the house don't wear shirts twice either.

starrystarry

notanewuser wrote: »

Ah, do you mean that lovely smell clothes get from drying outside in fresh air, or the vomit-inducing, over the top artificial washing powder/pointless fabric softener stench?

We'll have to agree to disagree on that. It's the smell of clothes that have been worn for days and days that are more likely to induce me to vomit.

moreofthegoodstuff

There's only two of us and I feel the same, washing everywhere and it takes forever to dry so I can't put more washing in so I have stuff drying constantly and an overflowing laundry basket! Not only this, because there is washing in the house (we have no garden) I have to leave my windows open all day and night because of the condensation so the heating doesn't get that warm.

We have no room for a tumble dryer and I hate putting stuff on the radiators because it just generates steam which can't be good on the walls. I noticed that sainsburys have some things you can hang on the radiator to dry clothes and they are only a few pounds so I'm going to try that.

Roll on the summer when things dry overnight!!!