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kittylester Sat 02-Nov-19 18:51:00

I do all cleaning clothes, dishcloths, tea towels and towels at 60 degrees.

Everything else apart from wool and handwash at 40.

Sometimes on a quick wash but always with a colour run thingy but no conditioner.

jura2 Sat 02-Nov-19 18:33:03

I wash dishcloths - for sure. With towels and teatowels, at 50C. Throwing them away to go in landfill is just so wasteful and polluting. yuk.

Bedding at 50C- rest at 30C. Short wash when refresh only.

Urmstongran Sat 02-Nov-19 18:29:01

At first Pantglas I thought ‘dishcloths! Who washes dishcloths?’ I just throw them out and buy a pack of cheap new ones.

Then I realised you probably meant teatowels ....
?

Cherrytree59 Sat 02-Nov-19 18:17:16

White cotton sheets 90° with glo white thingy.

White towels 60°or 90°

Tea towels 60 or sometimes 90°

Everything else washed as per washing instruction labels.

So could be 30°, 40°, 60°
Or Hand-wash cycle.

Pantglas2 Sat 02-Nov-19 18:07:18

Bedding and dishcloths (white cotton) on 90, towels on 60, coloureds on 30.

Luckygirl Sat 02-Nov-19 18:02:16

I never use any cycle but the quick one - I just add in a fast spin. Everything done at 40, including towels.

Jomarie Sat 02-Nov-19 18:01:49

I'm with Buffybee - DH disagrees but then I like my whites white not grey!!!

LadyGracie Sat 02-Nov-19 17:59:26

Towels on 60 detergent and vinegar. DH pants and shirts on 60 with vanish, (he perspires!) detergent and fabric softener.

Everything else on 40. Any stains I add vanish.

Buffybee Sat 02-Nov-19 17:57:27

Towels and bedding at 60, clothes mostly at 40 and some times 30.
I also use quick washes 14 and 30 mins when clothes not really dirty.

LondonGranny Sat 02-Nov-19 17:54:47

I do towels at 60 degrees but a 30 degree wash is best for most things as a lot of stains get 'cooked in' at a higher temperature. Most mpodern detergents work best at 30 degrees. I occasionally do a 90 degree wash (again, with towels) as it kills germs in the machine.
I get blood out with a cold soak first, then a biological wash at 30 degrees.

Newquay Sat 02-Nov-19 17:50:12

Just had a conversation with DD1-professional lady, mother of four-and she told me she does all her washing at 60*!
I use 30/40-what do you do?