Am I being OCD...

SmarterNotHarder

if I don't like washing cleaning cloths in with the "main wash"?

Does 60 degrees kill all the germs I should be worried about anyway?

:think:

PenguinOfDeath

I always wash cloths in a main wash, I don't have enough cloths to warrant doing a separate one

I suppose I could do them on a 90 degree wash with towels but that itself only happens once in a blue moon

lostinrates

I wash most of my clothes at forty.

I wash my cleaning clothes and down stairs hand towels and tea towels at seventy five ( or depending on what's in the cleaning wash ninety). I consider that to give the washing machine a good clean out. I have LOTS of cleaning clothes etc though. I keep them in a big bucket by the washing machine. I change utility hand towel daily and any kitchen stuff( towels/ tea clothes) every day too.

I think this works for us because we handle a lot of raw meat ( raw fed pets) and have a very dirty house, so get through lots of cleaning cloths.

System

My cleaning cloths go in the main wash at 60 degrees. The majority of my washing is tumble dried anyway which I am assuming would kill off any left over germs left behind by a 60 degree wash.

I don't have enough cloths to do a wash on its own either.

dandy-candy

I wash mine with the towels at 60. If you prefer you could soak them Milton or disinfectant first, but I don't think it is actually necessary.

Ladyluck1

I always do my hand towels, tea towels and cloths etc together on 90
Bath towels also get a 90 wash so usually once a week one then the other.

Pooky

Mine go in the wash with everything else at 40, I do a big hot wash with all cloths/tea towels etc every couple of months but I just don't have enough to warrant a separate load.


It's not killed us

Linda32

I put all coloured in together which would include cleaning clothes and all whitesin together which means tea towels in with pants we are still here.

SmarterNotHarder

Seems like I was just being silly. Thank you all!

ciderwithrosie_2

I don't think you're being silly. I do all my towels, teatowels, dusters and cloths at 90. I have at least 3-4 loads a week just of boil wash stuff

Alphamare

You cannot be OCD, you can only have OCD!
You can BE obsessive compulsive

You do not sound like you have obsessive compulsive DISORDER at all.