Washing Underwear

Money_maker

Most labels on undies suggest 40 deg washes, 60 would ruin them.

Carrot007

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

I always wash my white Y fronts with bio powder at 90. Socks at 60. 40 or thirty does not kill the bacteria on my soiled socks!

I have enough underwear for a fortnightly wash.

Bio should only be used at a maximum of 40. After that the heat just kills the bio and does a bad job when non-bio would do better.


The entire purpose of the bio cleaners it to use a lower temperature and many would say even 40 is too hot.

[Deleted User]

I never use Bio stuff as I have very delicate skin and have to be careful what I use I use Aldi's non bio liquid wash and only half the measure and slop a good dose of ordinary washing soda in as well and for conditioner I use white vinegar and my washing is perfect and I have no complaints ,but then I only have to wash for myself now and my clothes don't get that mucky a 30 minute was three times a week usually suffices with a seperate no 3 wash for bedding ,towels ect

Pooky

Everything gets washed at 30 here, mixed loads, undies, clothes, tea towels etc, never had a problem. I don't have enough whites for a separate wash so bung them in with bedding that I know won't run but aside from that, anything goes. Everything is line dried.

My latest washing machine only goes up to 60 and that programme is nearly 4 hours long so, no, not going there.

Susan1962

I remember buying Aldi's reusable cloths about 18 years ago, before disposable ons became the norm. They're far superio and, if you're organised enough (not my strong point!) can be used for several washes: lights once or twice, pinks/reds then darks.

Thank you so much for mentioning the Dr Beckmann ones as I have never been able to take to the disposable ones. Also using a few times fo light stuff the. Keeping them as dusters sounds great!

purpleivy

I use the 20C ecofriendly programme with bio liquid, which reckons it is designed for 15C+ laundry. The wash programme is over 3 hours, but the machine isn't actually going all that time, presume it has turning periods and soaking periods. I have no problems with it. Our clothes don't smell, noone has caught anything and it's gentle on clothes.

I use the same programme for white shirts, which get a slower spin speed. I got out tomato sauce off hubs shirt last week and turmeric a couple of weeks ago. I pretreat with a vanish spray or similar.

My daughter says that if I had a super power, it would be stain removal!

Bellisima

I do everything at 30 now. I separate the whites from the coloureds and use whitener with the whites as well as usual Surf powder. All come up a treat. I haven’t died from the surviving germs yet.

claire1a

I’ve got quite a few allergies so pants, socks, towels and bedding all get done at 60 with non bio and antibacterial laundry liquid. and I bung all other washing at 40 with bold. Sometimes the former will get bunged in with my 40 wash if there isn’t enough to fill the machine. I do t really have delicate underwear and I’m lazy with bras so they get put in the 40 wash

Malcolm_E

There's no point using bio at 90 degrees. The high temperature will denature ('kill') the enzymes that make the washing liquid/powder biological. As a rough guide, most enzymes work best at around body temperature (37 degrees) though, obviously, the enzymes used in biological washing liquids/powders aren't human enzymes and some may survive higher temperatures. A key reason for biological liquids/powders is that they work better at lower temperatures though 40 degrees is probably still fine.

Malcolm_E

Blackbeard_of_Perranporth wrote: »

I always wash my white Y fronts with bio powder at 90.

See my other post about this for more detail.
High temperatures 'kill' bio powders.
I meant to include quote with that post, but don't use forums often enough to remember what to do.