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Do you use fabric conditioner when washing clothes?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I did a was earlier @Nanny Beach, doing as someone kindly suggested by dissolving the powder before washing, and that was fine. We have very soft water here, so I think that might be the problem as @TheGreenMan suggested.

    I just used the cycle/setting I normally use @Hostafan1, but my machine has a 'maximum temperature' option, so I just picked 30 degrees. Makes no difference to the length of the cycle.
    If you don't have that though - you need a maths degree to work it out, and therein lies the whole problem. 
    We're all going to tie ourselves in knots with it if we keep heading down the road of analysis paralysis, which seems to have invaded our lives, and, more recently - this forum  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    sometimes
    Cold wash taking 35 minutes here,most washing.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Cold wash taking 35 minutes here,most washing.
    I've got nothing between 15 mins and 1 hour 03 mins
    Devon.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    never
    I have a Quick wash setting - 30 mins @30c which I use occasionally for lightly soiled or delicate items. 
    What temperature you choose should depend on what you are washing and not just on the probable cost surely. Lightly soiled clothes ok on a 30c, anything muckier at 40c, towels should be on a 50c or 60c.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've never washed any item at 60. If  anything is really dirty, it would get a soak in a bucket first.
    I don't even need to do that very often - walking trousers, or gardening stuff if I've had serious manky stuff to do. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    edited February 2022
    sometimes
    My towells are either Sanderson embroidered with the classic dandelion clocks. Dorma cotton/silk mix, says maximum 40%. Surely towells Don't get dirty, they're used when you're clean. It's not just about cost keeping to lower temperatures for washing,it's about reducing ones carbon footprint.Hosta that would be 15 minutes then, for me. What make is your machine?
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I've got 2, the 15 min option one is a Bosch
    Devon.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    never
    I think you may be overthinking this. Wash on the lowest temperature that's going to work for whatever you're washing. Use the least amount of detergent that is practical. Don't wash part loads. That's all.

    Trying to nuance a few extra minutes at a marginally lower temp is pointless - the variability of the grid carbon emissions will be greater than your consumption.
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    never
    Nanny beach, you obviously have never seen the state of towels after my brother has wiped his hands all over them. The dirt in his hands seems to be so ingrained, it takes a two week holiday with frequent dips in the sea for them to come clean. swarfega then soap barely touch the top.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Frankly - I don't see the point of a 15 min, or a cold wash. If it can be washed to a decent state in cold water, it would barely need washed in the first place. 
    In both cases - a quick hand wash in a basin would surely be better ?
    Am I missing something here!
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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