How do I...

~evanesco~

Hand wash my bras? I've been measured and bought myself some bras that actually fit, but I want to look after them properly, so how do I hand wash them?

Whitefiver

All I (a mere male) know is that if I tumble dry my wife's bras, I am in DEEP do-do. I am allowed to wash them on a normal 40deg cycle though.

Hope that helps,

Regards,

White

Sharra

I chuck mine in the machine
You could always put them in one of those mesh bags to protect them (and the machine - I had a wire come out of mine and jam in the drum).
Or just get a packet of handwashing powder - persil do one, or I've used Lux in the past. Mix some with warm water - soak for a bit, sloosh it around and give a good rub on any grubby bits, then rinse well. You could press between a couple of towels to get most of the water out.
Hope that helps.

Angelraesunshine

i wash my good ones ( and gel ones that are meant to be hand wash but i never do) on a delicates wash in a net bag so they dont get caught with a few towels any any other lingerie delicate nightwear i may have. This seems to work fine and keeps them looking good.

seashore321

Lux flakes and hand wash especially if they have any metal in them as underwiring does damage the fabric. Alternatively as said before luke warm wash in the machine but any metal will eventaully rub up and damage them!

newleaf

I believe it is the spin cycle that causes the damage, distorting the underwiring and eventually causing the wires to poke out. If your wire comes out in the machine it can cause a lot of damage.
If you hand wash them frequently they don't need much, just a swish in warm water with a mild detergent, rinse well & drip dry.

Debt_Free_Chick

I hand wash all my underwear I just think that they are made of fairly delicate fabric and not "robustly" constructed, so that all that agitation & spinning is likely to shorten their lifespan. Also, any whites fade to grey far too quickly if you machine wash.

Anyway .... I'm in the lazy !!!!!! camp, so I simply put mine in a bowl of warm water with a little Ace bleach and leave them there until I remember them. Then I rinse and wash in warm soapy water (Lux or other non-detergent soap), rinse and drip dry. I've been trying that Persil liquid soap, which is excellent and leaves a lovely soft residual smell - plus the added bonus that you don't have soap flakes to dissolve :T

Linda32

Well, I just chuck mine in with the bedding wash, bra's in one pillowcase and tights in the other.

No problems at all

Sunshine_and_Roses

I recently bought a new washing machine and it has a hand wash cycle. I have now washed the dress I bought for my Christmas party at long last!

I have a couple of bras that are handwash only, so I have stuck them in the machine and it works great. All it seems to do is swish them from side to side very slowly, so a lot more gentle than me washing them by hand.

Gingham_Ribbon

Most bras are okay to shove in a delicate cycle but my nicer ones get hand washed after I washed a quite expensive one in the wool cycle and the wire came out of it.

I just leave them in the sink in a solution of warm water and Ecover and give them a whirl with my hands and rinse. But it's been a year since I needed to bother. Pregnancy and breastfeeding bras can barely considered 'delicates'. More like scaffolding. :rolleyes:

Bargain_Rzl

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

Pregnancy and breastfeeding bras can barely considered 'delicates'. More like scaffolding. :rolleyes:

Mine are a bit like that, Gingham :rolleyes: In Debt_Free_Chick's words, they are fairly "robustly constructed"

I save mine up and then once a week I do them on the handwash cycle in my WM, along with my tights, popsocks and anything else which is meant to be handwashed.