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Post by snugglebutter on Jun 11, 2024 18:33:56 GMT
Cold for clothes, hot or warm for linens depending on the items. I have a super basic washer, so no sanitize option. It does cold rinses for everything.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 12, 2024 10:41:25 GMT
Soap kills germs, so no real need to sanitize. But it doesn’t though. Detergents do not all kill germs. Detergent can ‘remove’ germs physically from the fabric by breaking their attachment to the fabric. IF the conditions are correct, right temp, right space in washer etc. most of the germs can be physically removed down the drain. But not all of them. www.activatedeco.com/blogs/news/does-detergent-kill-bacteria#:~:text=Our%20findings%20show%20that%2C%20while,water%2C%20and%20the%20washing%20method. The word detergent literally means to wipe or remove soil derived from Latin. Laundry detergents are created to remove visible stains. It is not a sanitizer. |
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Post by gar on Jun 12, 2024 11:05:05 GMT
Do things need to be sterile though (medical exceptions notwithstanding) ?
When we talk about cold, what temp are we talking? I use 30 or 40 degrees mostly I guess.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2024 11:48:40 GMT
I wash clothes in cold water. Towels and bedding in hot water.
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Post by peppermintpatty on Jun 12, 2024 12:06:06 GMT
We wash everything in cold (tap) temperature. Sheets and towels get washed in hot simply because that is what the setting on my machine sets it to. It wouldn't really matter to me if they were washed in cold.
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Post by compeateropeator on Jun 12, 2024 12:13:23 GMT
Well I am no help as I wash every thing on warm wash cold rinse, really the only reason is that I never think to change it. Like most things I am unsure of, I just plop myself in the middle and cruise until something pushes me one way or the other. Nothing has pushed me yet.
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Post by sueg on Jun 12, 2024 13:25:30 GMT
I do my clothes on a 30C wash and towels and sheets get 40C. I think I could go down to a 20C wash, but I am a creature of habit. I do a machine clean when it tells me to and that is a higher temperature, I think 60C
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Post by snyder on Jun 12, 2024 15:18:36 GMT
Soap kills germs, so no real need to sanitize. But it doesn’t though. Detergents do not all kill germs. Detergent can ‘remove’ germs physically from the fabric by breaking their attachment to the fabric. IF the conditions are correct, right temp, right space in washer etc. most of the germs can be physically removed down the drain. But not all of them. www.activatedeco.com/blogs/news/does-detergent-kill-bacteria#:~:text=Our%20findings%20show%20that%2C%20while,water%2C%20and%20the%20washing%20method. The word detergent literally means to wipe or remove soil derived from Latin. Laundry detergents are created to remove visible stains. It is not a sanitizer. I must live in a really germy home. ha! The dryer can kill of the majority of the germs then. |
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Post by Lurkingpea on Jun 12, 2024 16:52:00 GMT
Warm wash/cold rinse. I have literally no idea what my husband does with his clothes.
My laundry is treated the same. Underwear and socks get tossed in with clothes. Towels have own wash. Linens have their own wash too.
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Post by hop2 on Jun 12, 2024 18:56:34 GMT
But it doesn’t though. Detergents do not all kill germs. Detergent can ‘remove’ germs physically from the fabric by breaking their attachment to the fabric. IF the conditions are correct, right temp, right space in washer etc. most of the germs can be physically removed down the drain. But not all of them. www.activatedeco.com/blogs/news/does-detergent-kill-bacteria#:~:text=Our%20findings%20show%20that%2C%20while,water%2C%20and%20the%20washing%20method. The word detergent literally means to wipe or remove soil derived from Latin. Laundry detergents are created to remove visible stains. It is not a sanitizer. I must live in a really germy home. ha! The dryer can kill of the majority of the germs then. Your home & laundry are fine, when people aren’t sick. We don’t want good microbiome killed. Thats why sanitizers should be separate from other cleaners. |
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