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how long do cotton sheets last?

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  • ViewAheadViewAhead Posts: 866
    B3 said:
    I never iron bedding. It flattens out in a couple of days anyway. I've read somewhere that you can iron them on the bed

    My washing machine seems to have an automatic "add extra crumples" part to the cycle. 😁
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't care. You can't see the crumples in the dark!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    B3 said:
    I never iron bedding. It flattens out in a couple of days anyway. I've read somewhere that you can iron them on the bed
    I never iron anything!!!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    me neither I gave away my ironing board last year. I have missed it - for creative projects - but not enough to get another
  • RubytooRubytoo Posts: 1,630
    Variables of quality aside, one consideration is that modern washing machines use less water and have quick wash and economy  programmes.
    Less water means the material is possibly abraded or rubbed more in the process not so much water to cushion or float it.

    Sorry hard to explain and put the point across.

    And using fabric conditioners can also shorten the life of fabric, Not sure of the science but remember reading it somewhere.

    Irons are a useful item to prop open doors, I know heavy duck or geese ornamenty ones look nicer but ..... :D
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Rubytoo said

    Irons are a useful item to prop open doors

    It's true. I have a Victorian flat iron to prop open my front door. It gets vastly more use than my electric one.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    When we first moved to Suffolk when I was four (1956) the village had no electricity … it had only just got  mains water … our old farmhouse was lit by bottled gas and the cooking and heating was from a solid fuel Rayburn and open log fires. The last owners  had left three cast-iron irons in the cupboard next to the Rayburn … thank goodness they had because that’s the only way Ma could do the ironing … this was essential as it helped to get the laundry dry enough to go into the airing cupboard … the irons were heated on the Rayburn hot plate and used and re-heated in turn. I can remember the smile on Ma’s face when the electricity was connected a couple of years later and Pa drove to Kenny Wells’ electrical shop in Debenham and came back with a yellow Morphy Richards electric iron in a box 😃 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I remember those @Dovefromabove
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    So do I. A friend of ours collects the old ones and has displayed them on a shelf around the kitchen so we gave him the two we had inherited.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • ErgatesErgates Posts: 2,953
    Doesn’t sound like many of you are going to be tempted to iron the duvet covers while on the bed, but wouldn’t recommend it if you have a man made duvet inside it. I’ve discovered they can melt. 
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