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  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
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    I do all my microfibre cloths at 60c with the main colours wash.
  • trailingspouse
    trailingspouse Posts: 4,042 Forumite
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    eww. I would never dream of washing my cleaning cloths in with everything else. Really? The cloth I've used to clean the kitchen floor in with my knickers? Noooo!

    I save the cloths up until I've got enough for a small wash, then put them in at 90. OH's car cleaning cloths go in as well.
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  • MandM90
    MandM90 Posts: 2,246 Forumite
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    trailingspouse wrote: »
    eww. I would never dream of washing my cleaning cloths in with everything else. Really? The cloth I've used to clean the kitchen floor in with my knickers? Noooo!

    I save the cloths up until I've got enough for a small wash, then put them in at 90. OH's car cleaning cloths go in as well.

    Isn't the point that they all come out...clean? :o

    My house looks pretty spic and span, but this thread makes me feel like a dirty mare :eek:
  • Justamum
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    SmarterNotHarder wrote: »
    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:

    I wouldn't dream of putting my cleaning cloths in with the main wash :eek: I put them in with the tea towels/dish cloths on a hot wash.
  • PasturesNew
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    If I'd washed a floor with a cloth I'd hand wash that in hot/soapy water with a few soak/rinses .... I'd not want it anywhere near anything else.
  • pigpen
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    I soak mine in bleach and boiling water then rinse and chuck in with towels and wash at 40 occasionally
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  • System
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    MandM90 wrote: »
    Isn't the point that they all come out...clean? :o

    My house looks pretty spic and span, but this thread makes me feel like a dirty mare :eek:

    Your not the only one. :D Mind you, in my defence, the really mucky jobs like cleaning the toilet gets done with anti bac wipes which get chucked in the bin.
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  • honeythewitch
    honeythewitch Posts: 1,094 Forumite
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    Interesting article about bacteria in washing machines...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2050239/How-washing-machines-familys-health-risk-Low-temperatures-mixed-loads-spreading-dangerous-bugs.html

    It gives the impression that only non-biological powder contains bleach, but that cant be right, surely?
  • System
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    Well we are safe in my house then..... tea towels are washed separately from our pants/socks.... Perish the thought.:(
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  • Takeaway_Addict
    Takeaway_Addict Posts: 6,538 Forumite
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    Yet again a very serious illness being trivialised....Poor OP.
    Don't trust a forum for advice. Get proper paid advice. Any advice given should always be checked
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