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Average American Washes Sheets Every 24 Days |
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Post# 981748   2/7/2018 at 13:17 (2,269 days old) by good-shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 981752 , Reply# 1   2/7/2018 at 13:28 (2,269 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Boy, what the hell is wrong with people? Is it simply a matter of being THAT lazy??? Imagine those people who shower in the morning rather than at night and go to bed dirty or sweaty... those sheets would be SO gross!
I shower @ night before bed and change/wash my sheets every week. Period. This post was last edited 02/07/2018 at 15:07 |
Post# 981754 , Reply# 2   2/7/2018 at 13:37 (2,269 days old) by washerboy (Little Rock Arkansas)   |   | |
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I think I just threw up in my mouth...I change mine every Saturday morning; sometimes twice a week in the summer..again...gross!! |
Post# 981755 , Reply# 3   2/7/2018 at 13:41 (2,269 days old) by good-shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I know someone like this. Changes sheets every other month or so and lets the dog sleep in the bed during the day, mind you, not on the bed, IN the bed, on the sheets and pillow. |
Post# 981757 , Reply# 4   2/7/2018 at 13:47 (2,269 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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That’s just plain disgusting! I’ve never known anyone that let their sheets go more than 2 weeks, and that too damn long to wait for a sheet change too. I’ve always changed the bed sheets once a week, I was raised that way. No wonder people have to buy new mattresses so often. If you keep filthy sheets on the bed for weeks on end that has got to have a detrimental effect on the mattress
Then these slackers that wait 6 weeks between sheet changes probably wash these filthy sheets in cold water with some kind of “green” detergent that can’t cut the body oils. Why I can imagine how these rank linens must smell right now. Eddie |
Post# 981758 , Reply# 5   2/7/2018 at 13:51 (2,269 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit)   |   | |
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Post# 981759 , Reply# 6   2/7/2018 at 13:55 (2,269 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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If people do not know how to do a proper by the time they are in their late teens... Lord only knows about their personal hygiene.
I always launder my bedding once a week and with hot water. Whites are in Hot water and Colours are in Very Warm to Warm. I worked with a young man this past summer who was a joy to work with. Unfortunately, the first day I worked with him he suffers from Coldwatercoccus. Coldwatercoccus is that Sour Smell once the body heat activates all the soil,sweat, body oils and kitchen grease only to be masked by Over fragrance d detergent and quarts of Fabric Softener left in the fibers of the material. He wears that I call it "Slinky" material. Like that polyester type stuff that that is "Wicking. I have a few of those shirts I wore to the gym and find that type of fabric very hard to release body odor. The only way I have found to get them Fresh Smelling is to soak in detergent in warm water for a couple of hours then Wash on a Very Warm Wash. Just dancing around the campfire, I asked him after a week, "Do you wash in cold water ? " And he said yes. Then I asked him Front Load or top load ? He said front Why ? I told him I was a laundry fanatic and just liked to know people's washing habits. Kinda snapped his head and said Oh. |
Post# 981774 , Reply# 10   2/7/2018 at 14:52 (2,269 days old) by good-shepherd (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Oh yeah, forgot about that. The person I mentioned washes everything in cold water as far as I know. However, they do use Tide liquid detergent. |
Post# 981776 , Reply# 11   2/7/2018 at 15:03 (2,269 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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you would be surprised how many times clothing is marked to wash in cold or cooler temps, can really withstand hotter temps....
if my sheets were labeled COLD WASH ONLY, I wouldn't buy them....then again, I would wash them in HOT no matter what.... and, if your using a dryer, your dryers temp is hotter than what most water heaters can reach!... unless your dryer has a modulating heat source, the LOW setting still climbs upwards of 160+....then cools down until it reaches a temp of 110/120 before firing up again... I have backup sets for the beds if needed, but always liked taking them fresh out of the dryer and back onto the bed...I keep spare sets in the closet, top and bottom sheet stuffed into the pillow case, folded over and placed on the shelf, saves times from searching for all the pieces when needed... |
Post# 981777 , Reply# 12   2/7/2018 at 15:07 (2,269 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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"Coldwatercoccus is that Sour Smell once the body heat activates all the soil,sweat, body oils and kitchen grease only to be masked by Over fragranced detergent and quarts of Fabric Softener left in the fibers of the material."
Maybe that 's the reason someone I work with usually has a smell that I would describe as a combination of sour milk and BO. She's a rather large girl and I always thought that fact in addition to not bathing often enough was the reason for it but maybe not. In addition she's a smoker and then every so often she'll spritz on some over powering body spray she keeps in her desk after coming back in from having a butt. The combination of all just about makes me hurl. This post was last edited 02/07/2018 at 17:53 |
Post# 981787 , Reply# 14   2/7/2018 at 15:49 (2,269 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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I wash everything in hot water, except the slipcovers for the couch and sweaters, which get washed in lukewarm water. My clothes don’t shrink excessively. Actually, I think the old excuse of hot water shrinking most clothing is really attributable to weight gain, not shrinkage, LOL.
And I’m with Martin! I don’t care if sheets or towels are labled to wash in cold water. I wash them in hot water, and if thy’re white they get a dash of LCB too. Any thing thats made of cotton can stand hot water washing. Eddie |
Post# 981789 , Reply# 15   2/7/2018 at 15:58 (2,269 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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@ goodshepard...
He is such a good kid, and in the restaurant biz, help is hard to come by. So I just looked the other (and smelled) the other way :0 @ken... "Coldwatercoccus" is a name I made up to fit the description of the bacteria in a washer that has a build up of stink and slime. And the stench that comes from clothes that have not been properly washed and rinsed so the odor remains in the fiber. 19 years ago when Febreze came out, I had a waiter that was out all night and didn't go home before his lunch shift. I caught him in the employee changing room spraying his pits and body with that nasty toxic stuff. YUK. |
Post# 981792 , Reply# 16   2/7/2018 at 16:10 (2,269 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 981793 , Reply# 17   2/7/2018 at 16:19 (2,269 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 981794 , Reply# 18   2/7/2018 at 16:19 (2,269 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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I've gotten into several heated discussions with people who think it's perfectly acceptable to give their dogs a bath in the kitchen sink where they prepare food. I'm sorry, I think that's disgusting.
Shower before going to bed, sheets once a week. Dogs (I have 2 Springer 's) sleeping on the sheets in the bed...that gets another disgusting. I do have thin king sized, lightweight quilt that covers the bed and the dogs sleep on the end of that. It's easily washed. At one time my/our dog slept on the floor. But when my partner suddenly passed away the grief counselor told my friends "you go over there and tell him to make sure he lets the dog sleep on the bed with him". It made things better and it has ever since.
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Post# 981797 , Reply# 19   2/7/2018 at 16:44 (2,269 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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When I was young and my mom stayed at home. All the sheets were changed every day, line dried, and ironed. Thinking of that now, I wonder how she got anything else done.
Weekly, Saturday, Hot wash, and line dried weather permitting is what I manage now. Sometimes Mom's bedding is changed more often, as it isn't us kids that are having the accidents now. Ironing sheets, yea, forget that. My kitties do sleep on the bed(s), goggie does not. |
Post# 981798 , Reply# 20   2/7/2018 at 17:18 (2,269 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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Our winter sheets are a nice set of flannel sheets with blue stripes. They're marked "wash cold", but they get washed in very warm water every weekend, and it doesn't seem to hurt them any. |
Post# 981804 , Reply# 22   2/7/2018 at 17:53 (2,269 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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more often in the summer. And in spite of the wash temp of the label, I use a nearly tap hot wash for sheets. Been doing that for 20+ years and nary a problem.
Generally speaking, people today are disgusting. |
Post# 981807 , Reply# 23   2/7/2018 at 18:27 (2,269 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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As bad as some people may be today just think how odoriferous people were 100+ and more years ago. In the 1800s and even into the 1900s before indoor plumbing people took a bath once a week on Saturday night in a tub in the kitchen. Water heated on the wood or coal stove. Children first. Then mother. And lastly father using the same water.
During the Renaissance period in Europe perfume became very popular with royalty and the wealthy to mask body odors because of the sanitary practices of the period. At about the same time the popular tradition of the June bride came about in Europe because it was when people took their yearly bath and brides took advantage of that so to have a decent smelling crowd. It was also convenient because flowers were available and very necessary to mask the smell of those who hadn't yet cleaned up. The tradition of a bride carrying a bouquet came from a time when she carried it out of necessity to mask odors.
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Post# 981824 , Reply# 24   2/7/2018 at 19:34 (2,269 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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Ken wrote: " And lastly father using the same water" I thought Dad went first, and the baby last. Hence the term: "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water". |
Post# 981825 , Reply# 25   2/7/2018 at 19:38 (2,269 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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Cant say 100% for sure but I always understood that father bathed last because he was the dirtiest. I am thinking with the mindset of where I live which is very rural and was dominated by farms where people worked hard everyday. May have been different in cities where father may not of had a physically strenuous job. |
Post# 981826 , Reply# 26   2/7/2018 at 19:44 (2,269 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )   |   | |
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Wife changes the sheets weekly. Back when I used to deliver a lot of furniture, I can’t tell you how many times I walked in to a bedroom and saw NO SHEETS at all on the bed. |
Post# 981827 , Reply# 27   2/7/2018 at 19:54 (2,269 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA)   |   | |
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Cleaning habits are like religions, there is the "light and the way" and everyone else is doomed!
I loved this MMM essay on cleaning...and boy did it generate a lot of comments. CLICK HERE TO GO TO IowaBear's LINK |
Post# 981828 , Reply# 28   2/7/2018 at 19:57 (2,269 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Mine get changed usually every Sunday but sometimes I'll go up to 10 days. Hot water and heaviest soil to allow heater to boost water temp. When my partner and the 4-legged kids are here, then Allergen cycle is used (130 degrees for sure). With queen size bed, I wash 2 sets together and I always picks colors/shades which can be washed together. I've already told him when they're here full time, we'll have a king size bed and I'll wash sheets every 3 to 4 days. I've also told him they'll each have 2 "blankets" each that will get switched and washed every 3 or 4 days as they roll up/around in them and lay on them all the time when awake or asleep during the day. (It's what's put on the couch as a "cover") the Dependable Care dryer will need to be replaced by the time they're here full time with all that laundry too. |
Post# 981829 , Reply# 29   2/7/2018 at 20:06 (2,269 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Once a week here as well, usually annoys my 24 year old son, but it takes only a couple of minutes to put new sheet and pillowcases on a bed. We do our mattress pads once a month and vacuum and turn/flip mattresses at the same time. All hot washes, always.
I have rarely had clothes shrink in hot water, Martin is right, the dryer will be the culprit in most cases of shrinkage as the evaporation of moisture can make natural fibers constrict when dried. Chocolate causes more shrinkage than any laundering process.
I have known some who obviously wash clothes in cold water, nowhere is this more obvious than the gym. I wonder if anyone gives any thought at all of the temperatures it takes to make the polyester and nylon threads their workout clothes contain and that 100-120F won't hurt them one bit. The olfactory evidence is clear on that pondering. Blech.
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Post# 981842 , Reply# 31   2/7/2018 at 22:30 (2,268 days old) by Helicaldrive (St. Louis)   |   | |
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How many days the average person goes between showers, and how many times they re-wear garments before washing them in overloaded machines on cold, and how many times they re-use towels... |
Post# 981861 , Reply# 34   2/8/2018 at 00:46 (2,268 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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Post# 981872 , Reply# 35   2/8/2018 at 06:53 (2,268 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 981875 , Reply# 36   2/8/2018 at 07:45 (2,268 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Actually IIRC it was other way round; father, children then mother.
In all things the bread winner and provider went first. He got the lion share of food, waited on hand and foot, word was law, etc... Thus it would be natural that His Nibbs went first at bath time. Water was not only cleanest but hottest as well. Ever self sacrificing mothers would go last after seeing to it husband and children were sorted. Some mothers got round this by simply bathing their children earlier in day while His Nibbs was out. |
Post# 981959 , Reply# 40   2/8/2018 at 19:40 (2,268 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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Recall I was saying about my other half. He used to jam the washer so full there wasn't room for water and then throw it all in the dryer to bake for an hour or more.. What a pong. Smelled like a locker room in the laundry room as the clothes dried. Even days later when he wore that "freshly washed clothes" it had a faint smell like sour milk. I don't think he could smell it or he'd gone nose blind. Finally got him wised up.
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Post# 982002 , Reply# 41   2/9/2018 at 08:23 (2,267 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains)   |   | |
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We wash the dog's queen size bed every week. More often if she has been rolling in the dirt. Ours never more than every seven days and face clothes and towels get used once, ditto kitchen towels. And I feel as though we're not the least bit overly tidy or unusual. Once a month? Seriously? Igitt. I flat out don't want to know how often they change underwear. Is there nothing nicer than coming home, taking a relaxing shower and putting on fresh clothes for the rest of the evening? Getting out of a (clean) bed to fresh towels and a shower and fresh clothes?
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Post# 982059 , Reply# 42   2/9/2018 at 16:38 (2,267 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I wash bedding at least every 10 days, and more often in hot weather. I almost always take a shower before bed, so sheets stay pretty clean. I use hot water for sheets, underwear and socks. |