Do you Wash New Clothes?

I don’t normally. But my daughter asked me to wash the new clothes her dad bought her this weekend as she says clothes don’t feel right until they’ve been washed!

Don't usually but only last week ordered some summer pjs for granddaughter and when they arrived they had quite a chemical smell so washed them. Smell gone.

Yes I do, my Mum always did, apart from once, in a hurry she put me in a new dress without washing it. I was in agony within hours, told to stop making things up etc. Got home took off the dress and I was smothered in spots and blisters - I was allergic to the dressing on the cloth. Hence I always wash new clothes even now 47 years later...

Annaram1

No. And I think its a weird question to be honest.

Good heavens!
I've got plenty far weirder than that dear! ?

I'm afraid I'm a washer as you never know who has tried them on. I also use antibacterial wipes of spray to clean out inside of shoes. Yes I know proberbly over the top but it is what makes me feel comfortable.

Only woollens as the dressing can be an irritant.

No, what an odd idea.

Odd because I think your comment was weirder ?

No, I’ve never heard of this before!

I don't unless there is a reason to do so ...i.e. stiff cotton that could do with softening before wear, or if anything looks grubby at all ...otherwise no ...........

No it had never crossed my. I will now though ?

Oh dear something else I have never done, but maybe should have ?

Beanie654321

I'm afraid I'm a washer as you never know who has tried them on. I also use antibacterial wipes of spray to clean out inside of shoes. Yes I know proberbly over the top but it is what makes me feel comfortable.

Over the top is far far better than under done!

Just because you do what you do and nothing happens does not at all mean that nothing would happen if you did not do your very sensible routine.

I had not thought of doing the insides of new shoes ... until now. Thank you for the tip.

MerylStreep

It’s a wonder that some people leave the house. ?
Even more amazing that you’ve reached the age you have with all these germs just waiting to pounce on you.
So really, our immune system is surplus to requirement.

It shows how well the immune system does its job usually.

I remember on Channel 4 News in early January 2000 it was suggested to a guest that as nothing had gone wrong all the fuss about the millennium bug had been unnecessary.

The guest said no, all the fuss had meant that a lot of work had been done and had successfully stopped there being a problem on 1 January 2000.

I wash jeans as they tend to fit better afterwards. Otherwise no! Can’t believe how germophobic people are!

Granddaughter coming to stay and all the pre-Covid clothes I had for her were far too small. So from a couple of different shops, I bought a hoodie, some pants, T shirts, shorts and a dress, and washed the lot.

I buy a lot of clothes via eBay so always (apart from one dress) wash these, even when they are new with or without tags as many of them are as they have probably been hung up for some time. Also, occasionally, the seller is a smoker so the smell is in the clothes and comes out with washing. There was a post on MN recently about someone who was upset about an item that had arrived this way and felt it was not “as described.” The consensus was that it was exactly as described and smokers do not realise how the smell of cigarettes pervades everywhere and everything. I do not wash clothes l have bought from a shop, though (unless it’s a charity shop!).

Can’t believe how germophobic people are!

Absolutely nothing to do with germs for many.

A lot of people are allergic to or have sensitivities to many of the pesticides and other chemicals that clothes and their packaging are treated with - most of our clothes fly around the world before we buy them, from countries that contain insects and parasites that we don't have in this country so the packaging is treated with pesticides. They also have to be chemically treated against things like mildew because they get stored for long periods. Some of those treatments are banned in this country because they are known carcinogens. Formaldehyde is known to cause eczema and is used to prevent clothes from wrinkling during storage.

I don't find it odd that people wash new clothes - I find it odd that they don't.

Yes I wash all new clothes I used to work in a clothing factory sewing garments and lots of girls got rashes on there hands due to handling the fa bric as lots of fabrics have little mites in hioe that helps.helen.

time.com/5631818/wash-new-clothes/

Many people have said its for the chemicals on new clothes
and not the germs , but this doesn't seem to be of interest
to many replies.
Happy reading if you can be bothered

Underwear, yes. Like cabbie2, I hang clothes in the garage or outside for a couple of days, whether they've been packaged or not, that's in addition to the 2 days I leave between receiving and opening the package if ordered online.
I feel this gives the opportunity for any viruses on them to die off.
No idea if this is recommended, just doing what is comfortable for me.

Yes I always wash new clothes as I used to sew clothes in a factory and lots of the workers got little spots and sores on there hands due to handling the fabrics have little mite like things in them hioe this is of use .nanna helen.stay safe all.x

Certainly not. I always feel that clothes get dirty quicker once they’ve been washed - my mother used to say that new fabric has dressing it - no idea what that means.

Bacteria and viruses have such a short life on textiles that they would all be long dead, even before the container of clothes is loaded on the container ship leaves, China or Bangladesh.

While at the start of the pandemic, it was thought it might be possible to pick up corona virus from items touched by someone with the virus, since then the flow of information coming out has made it a abundantly clear that that is not a viable form of transmission and wiping and waiting days before handling things is, now just a waste of time, as it contributes nothing to limiting the spread of COVID,.

We are stuck with just not going near people, and wearing masks and distancing if you must go out, to avoid the disease.

Certainly not.