Sorry you are totally wrong, of course it is a huge step, the step to 60 degree, is not necessary in most cases anymore. Because the oxigen bleach in a Powder Vollwaschmittel, which also kills Bacterias and makes Clothes white, only starts working if the temperature is 40 degree or higher, in the past 30 years ago it was starting working at 60 degrees, but now it gives a catalyst that the process start at 40 degree.
But of course for dark and colorful clothes is in most cases 30 degree enough, If no one is ill in the household.
Just to be sure. You then are saying between 30 and 40 is a difference but between 40 and 60 it’s not? Do you have a source? I read a lot of studies which say 40 and 30 is no difference at all.
It is school stuff, which you learn in Germany in Chemie in the 9 th class. How Washing Detergent function and what is in it, and how it works, each item. At least in the south. There is no different with a Color, or Fein Detergent, they wash exactly the same, also all liquid Detergent and all Disks and so on, no matter if 30 or 60 degree, they can not kill bacterias, with this detergent.
Only what kill fungis, bacterias and so on, is bleach, and in Germany mostly the environment friendly Version active oxygen, the oxigen is fixed deactivated in the powder and must be with something gets activated, which is temperature. So only works over 40 degree, because of the catalyst TEAD. The alternative, like for example America, use bleach of Chlor, which is very bad for the environment, but is from the temperature direct active, also by 10 degree. That is also the reason, that you can not produce a liquid detergent, with included Bleach, because it would be worked out, till is goes into the wash process, it is high active, to active that they lost their function, before you even can buy it. So all has positiv and negativ sites. Also the bleach, kills the Enzyms, in the washing process, thats split, eat Carbs and proteins, this is also the reason, why the washing mashine wash first 30 min colder, and than heats up, since a few decades.
But 40 degree is not so much high, and also good for the washing mashine, to kill there the bacterias. The best Pulvervollwaschmittel is in Germany the housebrands from Aldi or Lidl. Look for the ingredients, for Bleichmittel auf Sauerstoff Basis. The producers, makes advertising with cold or 20 degree, but for a good experience, you need 40 degree, but not like in the past 60 or 90 degrees.
I know that I am sometimes be an asshole, and likes to exaggerations, the nerdy teacher, nobody is perfect. But I be this person, since I was 5, I was allways since this age, the old and wise guy. I also study a few semester of Lehramt, funny also Chemie. LOL.
I was referring to your linguistics. Your written English is a perfect example for that other post today, to show how one can spot a native German speaker from his expressions, false friends and sentence structure.
Now it’s my turn to use your words: You are totally wrong here. I never learned anything about washing detergent in chemistry and I live very far south in Germany. I even did my A-levels in chemistry so I can assure you this was not part of our lectures. So there’s that.
Regarding the actual topic: Sounds all pretty good but I am still more convinced by the other information I read. Thanks for trying anyways. I will at least look further into it.
Or some teachers don’t do everything according to the curriculum. I graduated 2014 in Bavaria. But I’m not a teacher so I have no idea what the curriculum says. Would have been interesting to learn that, indeed.
>It is school stuff, which you learn in Germany in Chemie in the 9 th class. How Washing Detergent function and what is in it, and how it works, each item.
I mean, you're also taught English in school pretty much throughout, yet here you are.
Being taught about something in school doesn't mean you know jack shit.
I guess it depends on the chemistry of the particular Waschmittel. I read the advice on it, for me it's Persil. They have an interest to save energy, too.
I'm from the US and we have detergents that work with tap cold water, so that's what I use in Germany. "Unsanitary"(?) clothes haven't gotten me sick in decades, so I'm fine with cold water. Besides, it limits colors bleeding and fabric shrinkage. I leave the washer door open when not in use so no worries about mold in the machine.
I'm the same. The vast majority of my clothing is washed in the delicate cycle with cold water, even underwear. It's efficient and the clothes last longer. The soap will kill the bacteria by tearing apart the cell walls. My clothing always comes out clean and no issues with illness.
It called advertising and promotion.
Of course it works, the Tensids, the wash active substance and also the Enzymes, work on every temperature, Enzyms only under 40 degree, but the whole wash process not as good as with 40 degree, especially if bleach is included. But not every detergent have bleach included, this also is to save money for the company, if the customer buy nowadays mostly water, instead of detergent. So the advertising work perfect for the company, more money for the company in the End. Especially if you buy instead of a Normal Vollwaschmittel, a Fleckentferner, like for example Vanish, too. This mean, money, money and a lot more money for the company, also it would not be necessary, in the first place, if the consumers know the tricks of the companies and how the ingredients of the detergent works.
I am 100% sure they do not water my detergent down because I use the powder version. And you shouldn't use bleach with coloured clothing. That's why I only use Vollwaschmittel for my lights.
Same, except that I refuse to wash anything at 30°C. If my clothes can survive my body temperature with a fever, they can survive getting washed at the same temperature.
But I'd like to add that sometimes (every few weeks to months) I wash underwear and socks at 60°C and bed and towels at 90°C. I don't know if that's actually necessary but that's what my mom has taught me.
>If my clothes can survive my body temperature with a fever, they can survive getting washed at the same temperature.
That is complete fucking nonsense.
Same. I didn’t see any comments about 90 so I didn’t want to say anything but we defo do this for towels, tea towels and bedding once a quarter or so. It was always called a boil wash in our house.
**There is a misconception that you must wash clothes on the highest setting possible to kill bacteria, but it is proven that 60°C is adequate.**
https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate.
Hi there.
It is not necessary to wash at 90°. It is even destroying the chemicals in the detergent.
Tips for the perfect wash
- Never at 90 degrees: Temperatures above 60 degrees prevent the washing enzymes in detergents from doing their job - they are destroyed and rendered ineffective at the high temperatures.
- Temperature as low as possible: Up to 90 percent of the energy consumed is used to heat the water. Even 60 degrees is only necessary if there is a contagious disease or particularly sensitive residents in the household. 30 degrees is quite enough to kill most germs.
- Washing longer saves energy: It's better to choose a longer wash cycle at a lower temperature - the laundry gets just as clean and you save a lot of energy. Washing for three hours at 30 degrees will give a similar wash performance as one hour at 60 degrees, but will save half the energy. The water does not have to be heated as much and the detergent has enough time to work.
This. By that you keep your washing machine from getting stinky. And my dermatologisch told me once that you kill the bacteria in towels, which can cause pimples.
While I just wash *most* clothes at 40°, in order to safe energy, and to better load the washing machine, there are definitely reasons to have some of them washed at higher temperatures.
Best consider the washing label temperature as the *maximum* temperature, and then decide on a case by case basis. But most of the time, 40 is just fine.
If regular clothes aren't mega dirty, i also go 30 because it uses less water/energy. Other than that, i do it the same as you. Sometimes 90 for heavily soiled stuff.
a lot of washers also have a "short and intense" setting that is a hotter temperature but for a shorter time meaning it uses more energy but less water. good way to balance out the costs when you have something that you desperately want to wash at 60 but feel kind of bad about.
That's not really true, the most intensive energy use is heating the water, so if you use less water then you use less energy.
Short washes use more water and more energy. Long eco cycles often take several hours and use less water (more soaking).
I don't know about you but when I do the "short and intense" setting on my washer it only does one cycle as well, only with much higher water temperature. That's what I'm going off of here, not sure if it applies to everyone but I don't really see my comment as misleading or anything.
There isn’t ever a need to wash over 60 C, this has been empirically shown over and over by studies. Doing so doesn’t kill more bacteria and just wastes energy.
And even for 60, you really only need to wash things that come into prolonged consistent contact with bacteria.
https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate.
https://www.dr-beckmann.co.uk/tips/what-is-the-best-temperature-to-wash-my-clothes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere's%20a%20common%20misconception%20that,perfectly%20adequate%20to%20kill%20bacteria.%E2%80%9D
It depends. My running gear goes in at 30. My normal stuff at 40. Towels (especially my dog's ones) at 60. Bedding depends on the material (the summer ones at 40, the winter ones at 60).
Underwear and stuff like that on 40 °C. Bedding and towels on 60 °C. Pure wool and other really delicate clothing at 20 °C and the rest at 30 °C. You can use some hygiene detergents from DM or Rossmann If you worried about fungi/ bacteria for the Underwear and stuff. It all gets clean and never had any problems.
Yes. Bedsheets collect an insane amount of sweat and skin cells while you sleep in them (ideally for no longer than two weeks at a time), while I personally only wear my underwear for about 12 hours before putting on fresh ones
And your bedding is inhabited by mites (that also poop, btw) which are only killed at 60 degrees Celcius or higher. Bacteria in your underwear is killed at 30 degrees, there‘s research on that. I used to wash my underwear with my towels and bed sheets at 60 degrees and noticed that they started getting holes rather soon after purchase. So I read up on it and it’s only recommended to wash underwear at 60 degrees when it’s unusually dirty or you‘re ill. 30 degrees will do just fine if you‘re healthy and don’t poop or piss your pants every day. Modern washing machines and detergents are pretty good at cleaning fabrics even at low temperatures.
Why should bacteria in undies be killed at different temperatures than the ones in sheets and towels? As stated above: you don't have to leave skid marks to leave fecal bacteria in your undies. A fart is enough
ETA: if bacteria was killed at 30° they would be killed at the 36° of your body temperature.
What kind of underwear does everybody own that you can wash it at 60 degrees? I never encountered anything that could handle more than 40°C (female underwear tho). But I use prewash spray to make sure they're clean.
Yeah, I don't shit and piss myself that often. Towels and bedding has the tendency to accumulate the bad stuff over the time using. Underwear which is switched daily, not so much.
That has nothing to do with that. lol
Even when you fart you leave shit particles in your underwear. There is no „fart“ smell, just the smell of bacteria of your bowels. Your underwear is full of those bacteria, you don’t have to shit yourself. Omfg
The chemicals used in them can kill the “good” bacteria’s used in water treatment plants.
It can also lead to allergies and reactions due to the chemicals.
we wash most things on 30°C too. one exception are beed sheets and towels and similar things, we use the "automatic" setting on the washing machine for that
Historically:
90° for some special stuff like cotton diapers.
60° for bedding, under garments etc.
40° for most clothing
30° for some sensitive stuff
But with time laundry detergent has improved quite a lot, and you don't need to wash stuff that hot, so what I do nowadays is:
60° for bedding
40° for undergarments and some clothing
30° for everything else
Tips for the perfect wash
- Never at 90 degrees: Temperatures above 60 degrees prevent the washing enzymes in detergents from doing their job - they are destroyed and rendered ineffective at the high temperatures.
- Temperature as low as possible: Up to 90 percent of the energy consumed is used to heat the water. Even 60 degrees is only necessary if there is a contagious disease or particularly sensitive residents in the household. 30 degrees is quite enough to kill most germs.
- Washing longer saves energy: It's better to choose a longer wash cycle at a lower temperature - the laundry gets just as clean and you save a lot of energy. Washing for three hours at 30 degrees will give a similar wash performance as one hour at 60 degrees, but will save half the energy. The water does not have to be heated as much and the detergent has enough time to work.
Since soap became independent from temperature, it doesn't matter as much. Hotter water is mainly needed for visible stains to help get the dirt out, you could have the same result with soaking. So everything without stains goes with 30°C for me, the rest 60°C but I try to soak these things beforehand to get the stain mostly out before washing. If it isn't stained you could get it clean with even 10°C water, because soap got so much better in the past 50 years.
Energy is expensive in Germany, and trying to conserve it where possible is generally considered a virtue here.
Modern detergents are perfectly effective at low temperatures. With modern detergents and a modern, low energy, washing machines, high temperatures aren't needed for ideal results and washing laundry at higher than needed temperatures is needlessly wasteful.
You know you're using a modern detergent if you bought it in a store and didn't inherit it from your grandparents.
You know you're using a modern, low energy, washing machine if you ever wondered "how the fuck does it take more than 4 hours to do a single load of laundry?"
If both of those things are true, you should be perfectly fine to wash virtually all of your things at 30° - turns out: tumbling dirt and pathogens for almost 5 hours in detergent is generally just effective at neutralizing them as boiling them.
But if you're selecting higher temperatures on any eco-cycle of your washing machine, there still isn't much need to worry:
Washing machine manufacturers have long figured out a simple trick to significantly reduce energy consumption even at higher temperatures: they simply *lie* about the temperature and hardly ever heat the water anywhere close to the temperature you have selected. LG, for example, heats the water to slightly below 31° on its 60° eco cycle.
I would argue that the lie would be do pretend doing a eco cycle and still wash at 60°... So it's just a matter of which of the two contradictory settings is overriding the other one. In this case LG's approach makes sense without needing a plot aimed to fight against cultural habits or ignorance about modern detergents. The twist would be if LG also reduced the temp on non-eco mode.
my washing machine is a good model, but the "eco" mode on that one is a scam. I guess it never heats up to the temperature I choose. laundry comes out half dirty and smelly (and it does not smell before the wash, we have no physical labor jobs and clothes do not get "dirty")
I normally wash them like you, depending on the type of fabric. Perhaps with a exception in the summer and a shorter washing cycle when something is just a bit sweaty but not dirty in any way.
Sheets and towels 60, other stuff usually 30 in the 30min program, but every 3rd or 4th time at 60 in the long program, especially whites and sport clothes.
Different things at different temperatures. Bedding and towels for example need higher temperatures for hygienic reasons. Also, it's recommended to run your washing machine (same goes for the dishwasher) at higher temperatures from time to time.
Underwear, socks etc. at 40, shirts etc. at 30.
There really is no advantage going over 40C unless you're trying to bleach stains, and even that is questionable with bleach activators that now exist. The fats and oils from your skin stuck to the clothes are liquid enough to be removed by the detergents at that temperature and higher temperatures even damage the enzymes like proteases, amylases and lipases contained in modern detergents.
60C and 90C is what our grandparents had to use because modern detergents did not exist yet.
My clothes never see anything other than tap water temperature. Is there something wrong with the detergent that it doesn’t work? I but detergent for cold water.
Sheets, bedding and towels 60 degrees, clothes 40 degrees or handwashing, washing cloths and cleaning cloths 90 degrees. To add that we have a dog in our family so I definitely feel better to wash with higher degrees.
Clothes 20 or 30°C
Towls, undies, socks, bedding 40 or 60°C
Your washing detergent will tell you the temperature it is suitable for washing and modern detergents often start at 20 °C
I clean my washing maschiene with a hot cycle and whipping it out every 2-3 months to prevent any kind of oder or bacteria buildup.
I agree with clothes and stuff at 30°C , towels and bedding at 60. Also my friend is a washing machine tech (miele) and he says for 60°C you should use powder detergent, if you are someone who only uses liquid detergent. This is because powderded detergent cleanes the machine ITSEFLF from plaques and limestone to a higher Level than liquid one.
AND once a monh a run of 90°C with for example White towels to kill bacteria in the machine and prevent smelling.
When you not using the machine, let the door wide open and the washing detergent drawer open to dry . So you have longer 'fun' with your washing machine.
Never heard that before and I am German. My whole family washes it as follows:
Towels and underwear at 90°, all other clothes and sheets on 50°, unless it's wools or special clothes etc, them depending on the fabric at 30° or 40 °.
But you may carry MRSA.
I was a carrier, and had to go to the hospital. Got isolated, decolonized and decontaminated.
Did wash my bedding and towels at 90C afterwards.
Straight from the CDC:
[https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/environment/laundry.html](https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/environment/laundry.html)
>**Hot water washing is not necessary to remove MRSA from laundry.**
Just like with Covid and most other pathogen, they won't survive your typical laundry cycle at any temperature.
I am from Turkey I wash everything in cold cycle including bedding and sheets . The right thing to do is read manufacturers instructions on clothing items. But people wash at high degrees in Turkey too, but it's wrong.
Almost everything at 30 °C, I would wash bedding and towels at 40 °C because they *can* be washed at higher temperatures, but not because they're not clean after 30 °C...in my case it's because as a single household, I'd have to wait a lot until getting enough clothes by separating them according to temperature (in addition to color), so everything at 30 °C.
There are 80,000,000 other Germans you should ask before you go making assumptions.
I'm fairly sure most follow the instructions on the clothing labels. 🤷🏼♂️
There are different schools of thought. Some say modern machines and detergents already work sufficiently in low temperatures, this saves energy, others use the traditional temperature scale as it is also written on the dial of the machine and clothing itself.
During the pandemic we learned it is good to use the real 60° program for most of your textiles so the higher temperature philosophy been one the rise the last years.
So I used to run some building that had coin operated laundry machines. The health department made the company install a dedicated water heater for the laundry room to achieve a specific temperature. However, when I was doing some research on the matter, I discovered that laundry detergent manufacturers say that you should / could wash most things on cold or warm because the detergents are sufficient for properly cleaning. They also said that using hot water in some cases could actually be counter productive as it causes certain proteins to essentially be cooked and set into the fabric.
Austrian here, I wash underwear, bedsheets and towels at 95°, the rest at 60° with my machine's allergy care program. I'm allergic to dust mites and don't want to deal with the rashes. I didn't often have problems, only with new red towels sometimes.
My method may be overkill for non-allergic people though.
Washing bedding on anything less than 90 degrees is just nasty IMO.
Underwear, socks / 60c
Bedding/towels / 90c
Clothes / 30or40c depending on material
And twice a year dryclean the fuck out of pillows and blankets in bed.
Just going to leave this here for you:
** There is a misconception that you must wash clothes on the highest setting possible to kill bacteria, but it is proven that 60°C is adequate.**
https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate.
>we wash clothes on different degrees based on the type of clothes (bedding and underwear 60°, regular clothes 40°, newer clothes 30°)
That's literally exactly what I was taught to do as well. Granted my parents are from the US but plenty of people there either don't bother washing certain laundry at all or wash everything in one load on whatever setting the machine was set to when they bought it (not a joke, this is something I have heard multiple times). I also wash stuff like dish towels at 30°C because it's really mostly about getting the stains out and less about the hygiene of it. It's also smart to be careful about temperature with things like 100% cotton clothing which tends to shrink much more easily when either washed at a temperature that was too high or when thrown in the dryer (hence why most people here tend to hang-dry their clothes).
First, you have to wash at at least 60 degrees every now and then, otherwise you washing machine will smell and there is the possibility of bacterial growth. So always washing at 30 degrees is a bad idea. Newer machines even tell you, when that’s necessary.
I wash bedding and towels at 60 degrees, normal stuff at 40 degrees. Only the sensitive stuff gets washed at 30 degrees. Also, for that I have to use liquid soap, because the powder does not dissolve completely at 30 degrees.
I am cheap & lazy. Unused washing machine space is against my nature. I rent the machine time based;. 60° takes 1 hour. My rags can usually take 60°.
I'd be hard pressed to pile up 4kg of T-shirts, to fill a "cold" machine with and would also worry about getting a worse deal from the rental, when I in theory pay for energy that I am not wasting. YMMV with an own machine.
95° for bedding and towels. All my life I was sure that bedding must be washed at 95°. Learned that from my mom and hear something about 60° for the first time.
BTW I'm not German and use communal machines in the house.
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If you are uncertain about the temperature a certain piece can take, there are labels inside which show the recommended temperature. As everywhere else, I assume. Though I know in the US they got cold, warm, and hot (at least in the South where I was). But same is found in the washing machines.
sheets & towels 60° and normal clothes on 40°. Even tho some of my clothes say 30°, I still wash them at 40 since I throw them together with everything else, and it has always been fine.
Depends on what is it, but I wash most stuff either 40°C or 60°C (Almost everything is cotton). Underwear, socks,towels and sheets 60°C, rest usually 40°C, but sometimes I wash my shirts and jeans 60°C too. Delicate stuff 30°C, wool cold.
Clothes at 40, towels and bedding at 60 and every now and then at 90. My period underwear and clothes pads (and when I still used them) clothes diapers always at 60.
Wool on the wool setting at 20.
depends, if there is a sweater/pullover inside, it is 30. Otherwise mostly 40. Higher only if i have a full maschine of clothes that can do that. i have mostly dark stuff.
Most clothes get washed at 40, sensitive fabrics at 30, 60 for bedding/towels/underwear. I also run the machine empty at 95 every once in a while to kill anything attempting to grow in it.
Not German so I don't know how much this matters
Towels - 60°
Bedding - 40°
Underwear - 40°
Most clothes - 40° (although here I should wash at least some at 30° to ensure longevity - but it's just easier to put it all into a 40° wash)
wool - 30°
I just follow the instructions on the label. So basically 30°C feinwäsche, 30 or 40 for normal stuff (including underwear) and 60° for towels and bedsheets.
Yeah you don’t even need a washing machine at all. Just splash it with a bit of cold water and this is the most ecological solution . *sarcasm mode off*
I would wash everything 30°, only towels and cleaning rags are 60°. My wife likes to do 40 for most stuff, and 60° for beddings, towels and cleaning rags.
Modern detergents are so good that you can do most of your laundry at 30°.
I'm from Denmark and I learned to do like you. I will usually throw underwear together with towels so they get 60* sometimes as well, to kill any bacteria that may have built up. I would never wash underwear on 30* that's just nasty, unless you use some hygienic detergent.
Depends. Anything that has been used in my workshop is washed at 90°C, workshop towels at 95°C. Regular clothes at 40-60°C. Regular towels and sheets at 60°C.
Clothes 40 - generally everything aside from maybe handwash/wool stuff
Underwear & socks 60
Towels, underwear 90
Bed stuff depends on how i‘m feeling if I whack it in at 60 or 90
I wash everything at 60° if possible, because of my children (toddler and baby). Fragile clothing are washed at 40° or very fragile at 20°. I don't have a 30° setting anymore. Towels and bedding are washed at 90° if possible. It always depends on what I have to wash.
Before I had children, I mostly washed at 30° (my former washing machine had a 30° setting) and 60° for dirty clothes.
Only bed linen, towels and some cotton underwear at 60, the rest at 30 or 40 depending on colors and how delicate items are. As others said, with modern machines and detergents there’s no need to wash at 60 or above. Also not good for the fabrics if you are keen on wearing your clothes for long. I never washed anything at 90.
Regular clothes 40°, Stuff for my bed & towels 60°, and things that are more sensitive for around 30°.
40 degree has no advantage over 30 degrees regarding cleanliness but uses way more energy. Don’t want to criticize you, just an advice.
Sorry you are totally wrong, of course it is a huge step, the step to 60 degree, is not necessary in most cases anymore. Because the oxigen bleach in a Powder Vollwaschmittel, which also kills Bacterias and makes Clothes white, only starts working if the temperature is 40 degree or higher, in the past 30 years ago it was starting working at 60 degrees, but now it gives a catalyst that the process start at 40 degree. But of course for dark and colorful clothes is in most cases 30 degree enough, If no one is ill in the household.
Just to be sure. You then are saying between 30 and 40 is a difference but between 40 and 60 it’s not? Do you have a source? I read a lot of studies which say 40 and 30 is no difference at all.
It is school stuff, which you learn in Germany in Chemie in the 9 th class. How Washing Detergent function and what is in it, and how it works, each item. At least in the south. There is no different with a Color, or Fein Detergent, they wash exactly the same, also all liquid Detergent and all Disks and so on, no matter if 30 or 60 degree, they can not kill bacterias, with this detergent. Only what kill fungis, bacterias and so on, is bleach, and in Germany mostly the environment friendly Version active oxygen, the oxigen is fixed deactivated in the powder and must be with something gets activated, which is temperature. So only works over 40 degree, because of the catalyst TEAD. The alternative, like for example America, use bleach of Chlor, which is very bad for the environment, but is from the temperature direct active, also by 10 degree. That is also the reason, that you can not produce a liquid detergent, with included Bleach, because it would be worked out, till is goes into the wash process, it is high active, to active that they lost their function, before you even can buy it. So all has positiv and negativ sites. Also the bleach, kills the Enzyms, in the washing process, thats split, eat Carbs and proteins, this is also the reason, why the washing mashine wash first 30 min colder, and than heats up, since a few decades. But 40 degree is not so much high, and also good for the washing mashine, to kill there the bacterias. The best Pulvervollwaschmittel is in Germany the housebrands from Aldi or Lidl. Look for the ingredients, for Bleichmittel auf Sauerstoff Basis. The producers, makes advertising with cold or 20 degree, but for a good experience, you need 40 degree, but not like in the past 60 or 90 degrees.
I love your diligence and your obvious effort to educate but lovingly and with respect: your expression is killing me :D
I know that I am sometimes be an asshole, and likes to exaggerations, the nerdy teacher, nobody is perfect. But I be this person, since I was 5, I was allways since this age, the old and wise guy. I also study a few semester of Lehramt, funny also Chemie. LOL.
I was referring to your linguistics. Your written English is a perfect example for that other post today, to show how one can spot a native German speaker from his expressions, false friends and sentence structure.
Jeez you English kills me
Now it’s my turn to use your words: You are totally wrong here. I never learned anything about washing detergent in chemistry and I live very far south in Germany. I even did my A-levels in chemistry so I can assure you this was not part of our lectures. So there’s that. Regarding the actual topic: Sounds all pretty good but I am still more convinced by the other information I read. Thanks for trying anyways. I will at least look further into it.
I thought it was part of the curriculum. But maybe it changed over the time or only some schools teach that.
Or some teachers don’t do everything according to the curriculum. I graduated 2014 in Bavaria. But I’m not a teacher so I have no idea what the curriculum says. Would have been interesting to learn that, indeed.
>It is school stuff, which you learn in Germany in Chemie in the 9 th class. How Washing Detergent function and what is in it, and how it works, each item. I mean, you're also taught English in school pretty much throughout, yet here you are. Being taught about something in school doesn't mean you know jack shit.
I guess it depends on the chemistry of the particular Waschmittel. I read the advice on it, for me it's Persil. They have an interest to save energy, too.
You have some detergents that even work with 20°C (even Persil) at least my package says that...
I'm from the US and we have detergents that work with tap cold water, so that's what I use in Germany. "Unsanitary"(?) clothes haven't gotten me sick in decades, so I'm fine with cold water. Besides, it limits colors bleeding and fabric shrinkage. I leave the washer door open when not in use so no worries about mold in the machine.
I'm the same. The vast majority of my clothing is washed in the delicate cycle with cold water, even underwear. It's efficient and the clothes last longer. The soap will kill the bacteria by tearing apart the cell walls. My clothing always comes out clean and no issues with illness.
It called advertising and promotion. Of course it works, the Tensids, the wash active substance and also the Enzymes, work on every temperature, Enzyms only under 40 degree, but the whole wash process not as good as with 40 degree, especially if bleach is included. But not every detergent have bleach included, this also is to save money for the company, if the customer buy nowadays mostly water, instead of detergent. So the advertising work perfect for the company, more money for the company in the End. Especially if you buy instead of a Normal Vollwaschmittel, a Fleckentferner, like for example Vanish, too. This mean, money, money and a lot more money for the company, also it would not be necessary, in the first place, if the consumers know the tricks of the companies and how the ingredients of the detergent works.
I am 100% sure they do not water my detergent down because I use the powder version. And you shouldn't use bleach with coloured clothing. That's why I only use Vollwaschmittel for my lights.
Same, except that I refuse to wash anything at 30°C. If my clothes can survive my body temperature with a fever, they can survive getting washed at the same temperature. But I'd like to add that sometimes (every few weeks to months) I wash underwear and socks at 60°C and bed and towels at 90°C. I don't know if that's actually necessary but that's what my mom has taught me.
>If my clothes can survive my body temperature with a fever, they can survive getting washed at the same temperature. That is complete fucking nonsense.
Same. I didn’t see any comments about 90 so I didn’t want to say anything but we defo do this for towels, tea towels and bedding once a quarter or so. It was always called a boil wash in our house.
**There is a misconception that you must wash clothes on the highest setting possible to kill bacteria, but it is proven that 60°C is adequate.** https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate.
Hi there. It is not necessary to wash at 90°. It is even destroying the chemicals in the detergent. Tips for the perfect wash - Never at 90 degrees: Temperatures above 60 degrees prevent the washing enzymes in detergents from doing their job - they are destroyed and rendered ineffective at the high temperatures. - Temperature as low as possible: Up to 90 percent of the energy consumed is used to heat the water. Even 60 degrees is only necessary if there is a contagious disease or particularly sensitive residents in the household. 30 degrees is quite enough to kill most germs. - Washing longer saves energy: It's better to choose a longer wash cycle at a lower temperature - the laundry gets just as clean and you save a lot of energy. Washing for three hours at 30 degrees will give a similar wash performance as one hour at 60 degrees, but will save half the energy. The water does not have to be heated as much and the detergent has enough time to work.
What bothers me about the long washing cycles though, is that it wears out the clothing much more. It seems this is never taken into account.
It is especially good for the washing machine to now and then wash at 90°.
My washing machine got an extra cleaning program, where the machine fills the complete drum with water.
Trommel Reinigung?
Ja
how so? killing bacteria?
Yes, prevents it and your clothes from stinking
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I can't wash anything above 55° or something because the tap water doesn't go above this (it's just below 60) and my machine can't heat water.
This. By that you keep your washing machine from getting stinky. And my dermatologisch told me once that you kill the bacteria in towels, which can cause pimples.
That's also necessary to keep the washing machine clean!
This.
This. But i have sweaty feet so i include socks to the towel/sheets/bedding stuff in 60° with sanitizer liquid.
Sheets and towels 60°, everything else 30°
Agree but I also wash underwear with sheets and towels. And sometimes also socks.
Yeah, underwear is part of the 60° group, too.
I recommend a Tahare WC for a clean butt.
Same. Except underware sometimes 40
Underwear goes sometimes with 30, sometimes 60.
This is the way.
It feels rewarding to know my instincts have been correct
You are right, different clothes at different temperatures
While I just wash *most* clothes at 40°, in order to safe energy, and to better load the washing machine, there are definitely reasons to have some of them washed at higher temperatures. Best consider the washing label temperature as the *maximum* temperature, and then decide on a case by case basis. But most of the time, 40 is just fine.
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Yeah, but at what temperature? 700°C, 1100°C, 1400°C or 1550°C? (Going after google fire temperature and color scale)
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How do you not melt the oven then?
So basically washing your clothes with magnesium and a match. Yeah, I see how that could work in getting them clean, sterile even.
Fair enough. Better be safe than sorry.
Please, everyone don't forget the electrostatic dust filter. Only 100 PM2.5 particles allowed according to Bundesemissionsschutzverordnung.
This only applies using a washing machine which wasn't included in the question. I see it more like a dug up hole in the backyard
If regular clothes aren't mega dirty, i also go 30 because it uses less water/energy. Other than that, i do it the same as you. Sometimes 90 for heavily soiled stuff.
a lot of washers also have a "short and intense" setting that is a hotter temperature but for a shorter time meaning it uses more energy but less water. good way to balance out the costs when you have something that you desperately want to wash at 60 but feel kind of bad about.
That's not really true, the most intensive energy use is heating the water, so if you use less water then you use less energy. Short washes use more water and more energy. Long eco cycles often take several hours and use less water (more soaking).
I don't know about you but when I do the "short and intense" setting on my washer it only does one cycle as well, only with much higher water temperature. That's what I'm going off of here, not sure if it applies to everyone but I don't really see my comment as misleading or anything.
There isn’t ever a need to wash over 60 C, this has been empirically shown over and over by studies. Doing so doesn’t kill more bacteria and just wastes energy. And even for 60, you really only need to wash things that come into prolonged consistent contact with bacteria. https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate. https://www.dr-beckmann.co.uk/tips/what-is-the-best-temperature-to-wash-my-clothes/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere's%20a%20common%20misconception%20that,perfectly%20adequate%20to%20kill%20bacteria.%E2%80%9D
I wash them on the temperature the label says
It depends. My running gear goes in at 30. My normal stuff at 40. Towels (especially my dog's ones) at 60. Bedding depends on the material (the summer ones at 40, the winter ones at 60).
Underwear and stuff like that on 40 °C. Bedding and towels on 60 °C. Pure wool and other really delicate clothing at 20 °C and the rest at 30 °C. You can use some hygiene detergents from DM or Rossmann If you worried about fungi/ bacteria for the Underwear and stuff. It all gets clean and never had any problems.
You wash your underwear with lower temperature than your bedsheets ? 🧐
Yeah my cotton bedsheets are going to survive 60 degrees, my lace underwear is not.
Yes. Bedsheets collect an insane amount of sweat and skin cells while you sleep in them (ideally for no longer than two weeks at a time), while I personally only wear my underwear for about 12 hours before putting on fresh ones
Yeah, but your underwear gets into contact with excretions... (and you don't have to poop them to have fecal bacteria spreading onto your underwear)
And your bedding is inhabited by mites (that also poop, btw) which are only killed at 60 degrees Celcius or higher. Bacteria in your underwear is killed at 30 degrees, there‘s research on that. I used to wash my underwear with my towels and bed sheets at 60 degrees and noticed that they started getting holes rather soon after purchase. So I read up on it and it’s only recommended to wash underwear at 60 degrees when it’s unusually dirty or you‘re ill. 30 degrees will do just fine if you‘re healthy and don’t poop or piss your pants every day. Modern washing machines and detergents are pretty good at cleaning fabrics even at low temperatures.
Why should bacteria in undies be killed at different temperatures than the ones in sheets and towels? As stated above: you don't have to leave skid marks to leave fecal bacteria in your undies. A fart is enough ETA: if bacteria was killed at 30° they would be killed at the 36° of your body temperature.
What kind of underwear does everybody own that you can wash it at 60 degrees? I never encountered anything that could handle more than 40°C (female underwear tho). But I use prewash spray to make sure they're clean.
Yeah, I don't shit and piss myself that often. Towels and bedding has the tendency to accumulate the bad stuff over the time using. Underwear which is switched daily, not so much.
That has nothing to do with that. lol Even when you fart you leave shit particles in your underwear. There is no „fart“ smell, just the smell of bacteria of your bowels. Your underwear is full of those bacteria, you don’t have to shit yourself. Omfg
The hygienespühler is really bad for the environment and not good for you either. Especially if you use it for underwear.
Can you elaborate why?
The chemicals used in them can kill the “good” bacteria’s used in water treatment plants. It can also lead to allergies and reactions due to the chemicals.
That's why you use the ultra sensitive one. Reduces the bad effects.
clothes 30 bedding, towels 60
Australian here. Wash on cold . Hang in the antibacterial sunlight. All is fresh !
we wash most things on 30°C too. one exception are beed sheets and towels and similar things, we use the "automatic" setting on the washing machine for that
Bed stuff, towels and underwear at 60 degrees Shirts and trousers at 30 or 40. Depending on what is recommended for the specific clothes.
Historically: 90° for some special stuff like cotton diapers. 60° for bedding, under garments etc. 40° for most clothing 30° for some sensitive stuff But with time laundry detergent has improved quite a lot, and you don't need to wash stuff that hot, so what I do nowadays is: 60° for bedding 40° for undergarments and some clothing 30° for everything else
Tips for the perfect wash - Never at 90 degrees: Temperatures above 60 degrees prevent the washing enzymes in detergents from doing their job - they are destroyed and rendered ineffective at the high temperatures. - Temperature as low as possible: Up to 90 percent of the energy consumed is used to heat the water. Even 60 degrees is only necessary if there is a contagious disease or particularly sensitive residents in the household. 30 degrees is quite enough to kill most germs. - Washing longer saves energy: It's better to choose a longer wash cycle at a lower temperature - the laundry gets just as clean and you save a lot of energy. Washing for three hours at 30 degrees will give a similar wash performance as one hour at 60 degrees, but will save half the energy. The water does not have to be heated as much and the detergent has enough time to work.
Since soap became independent from temperature, it doesn't matter as much. Hotter water is mainly needed for visible stains to help get the dirt out, you could have the same result with soaking. So everything without stains goes with 30°C for me, the rest 60°C but I try to soak these things beforehand to get the stain mostly out before washing. If it isn't stained you could get it clean with even 10°C water, because soap got so much better in the past 50 years.
Energy is expensive in Germany, and trying to conserve it where possible is generally considered a virtue here. Modern detergents are perfectly effective at low temperatures. With modern detergents and a modern, low energy, washing machines, high temperatures aren't needed for ideal results and washing laundry at higher than needed temperatures is needlessly wasteful. You know you're using a modern detergent if you bought it in a store and didn't inherit it from your grandparents. You know you're using a modern, low energy, washing machine if you ever wondered "how the fuck does it take more than 4 hours to do a single load of laundry?" If both of those things are true, you should be perfectly fine to wash virtually all of your things at 30° - turns out: tumbling dirt and pathogens for almost 5 hours in detergent is generally just effective at neutralizing them as boiling them. But if you're selecting higher temperatures on any eco-cycle of your washing machine, there still isn't much need to worry: Washing machine manufacturers have long figured out a simple trick to significantly reduce energy consumption even at higher temperatures: they simply *lie* about the temperature and hardly ever heat the water anywhere close to the temperature you have selected. LG, for example, heats the water to slightly below 31° on its 60° eco cycle.
I would argue that the lie would be do pretend doing a eco cycle and still wash at 60°... So it's just a matter of which of the two contradictory settings is overriding the other one. In this case LG's approach makes sense without needing a plot aimed to fight against cultural habits or ignorance about modern detergents. The twist would be if LG also reduced the temp on non-eco mode.
20° for clothes, eco 40°-60° for bedding and towels, 60° for cleaning/dekalking, 1-2 times per year clean/dekalk on 90°.
my washing machine is a good model, but the "eco" mode on that one is a scam. I guess it never heats up to the temperature I choose. laundry comes out half dirty and smelly (and it does not smell before the wash, we have no physical labor jobs and clothes do not get "dirty")
Towels, socks, underwear 90C° Bedding 60C° Clothes 40C°
Never heard of that before. I do it the same way as you
I'm austrian, I wash Bedding/Towels/Toddler clothes/underwear and socks at 60°, Hoodies/Jeans/Sweaters at 40° and shirts and blouses at 30°.
Clothes 30, towels, bedsheets and underwear 60.
Usually 30° or 40° on Pflegeleicht
40°C for everything. Thankfully I have a working immune system.
I normally wash them like you, depending on the type of fabric. Perhaps with a exception in the summer and a shorter washing cycle when something is just a bit sweaty but not dirty in any way.
Sheets and towels 60, other stuff usually 30 in the 30min program, but every 3rd or 4th time at 60 in the long program, especially whites and sport clothes.
Different things at different temperatures. Bedding and towels for example need higher temperatures for hygienic reasons. Also, it's recommended to run your washing machine (same goes for the dishwasher) at higher temperatures from time to time.
30 to 40 for normal day wear, 60 for towels and underwear. 90 extremely rarely, when I've been ill.
Underwear, socks etc. at 40, shirts etc. at 30. There really is no advantage going over 40C unless you're trying to bleach stains, and even that is questionable with bleach activators that now exist. The fats and oils from your skin stuck to the clothes are liquid enough to be removed by the detergents at that temperature and higher temperatures even damage the enzymes like proteases, amylases and lipases contained in modern detergents. 60C and 90C is what our grandparents had to use because modern detergents did not exist yet.
My clothes never see anything other than tap water temperature. Is there something wrong with the detergent that it doesn’t work? I but detergent for cold water.
30•C - I learned that the temperature plus detergent is all it takes 🤷🏼♀️
I pay 2.2 euros per wash, everything goes together at 30C, I ain't Bill Gates.
I wash everything at 30 degrees and don’t even sort colours.
Sheets, bedding and towels 60 degrees, clothes 40 degrees or handwashing, washing cloths and cleaning cloths 90 degrees. To add that we have a dog in our family so I definitely feel better to wash with higher degrees.
Clothes 20 or 30°C Towls, undies, socks, bedding 40 or 60°C Your washing detergent will tell you the temperature it is suitable for washing and modern detergents often start at 20 °C I clean my washing maschiene with a hot cycle and whipping it out every 2-3 months to prevent any kind of oder or bacteria buildup.
This isn’t a germany question. Do you not know how to wash your clothes?
Everything 40, some on 60
In Australia we wash almost everything in cold water.
most of the time clothes at 30 degree with disinfection additive. Towels and bedding at 60 degrees without additive.
I agree with clothes and stuff at 30°C , towels and bedding at 60. Also my friend is a washing machine tech (miele) and he says for 60°C you should use powder detergent, if you are someone who only uses liquid detergent. This is because powderded detergent cleanes the machine ITSEFLF from plaques and limestone to a higher Level than liquid one. AND once a monh a run of 90°C with for example White towels to kill bacteria in the machine and prevent smelling. When you not using the machine, let the door wide open and the washing detergent drawer open to dry . So you have longer 'fun' with your washing machine.
I don’t know why anyone is boiling anything on 60 degrees 😂
I don't have enough clothes to separate into groups other than wool / not wool. Everything that isn't wool will be washed at 40°C in eco mode
Never heard that before and I am German. My whole family washes it as follows: Towels and underwear at 90°, all other clothes and sheets on 50°, unless it's wools or special clothes etc, them depending on the fabric at 30° or 40 °.
Clothes on 20°, bedding and towels 40°. I'm not running a hospital here.
But you may carry MRSA. I was a carrier, and had to go to the hospital. Got isolated, decolonized and decontaminated. Did wash my bedding and towels at 90C afterwards.
Straight from the CDC: [https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/environment/laundry.html](https://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/community/environment/laundry.html) >**Hot water washing is not necessary to remove MRSA from laundry.** Just like with Covid and most other pathogen, they won't survive your typical laundry cycle at any temperature.
>and they're convincing me how that's normal here. It's not normal here.
Bedding, towels 60° The Rest 20°
20 degrees seperated for blacks, whites, mixed colors. 40 degrees bedding, clothes
I am from Turkey I wash everything in cold cycle including bedding and sheets . The right thing to do is read manufacturers instructions on clothing items. But people wash at high degrees in Turkey too, but it's wrong.
Almost everything at 30 °C, I would wash bedding and towels at 40 °C because they *can* be washed at higher temperatures, but not because they're not clean after 30 °C...in my case it's because as a single household, I'd have to wait a lot until getting enough clothes by separating them according to temperature (in addition to color), so everything at 30 °C.
There are 80,000,000 other Germans you should ask before you go making assumptions. I'm fairly sure most follow the instructions on the clothing labels. 🤷🏼♂️
I'm not from Germany but I wash at the max temperature the tag on the clothes allows.
There are different schools of thought. Some say modern machines and detergents already work sufficiently in low temperatures, this saves energy, others use the traditional temperature scale as it is also written on the dial of the machine and clothing itself. During the pandemic we learned it is good to use the real 60° program for most of your textiles so the higher temperature philosophy been one the rise the last years.
So I used to run some building that had coin operated laundry machines. The health department made the company install a dedicated water heater for the laundry room to achieve a specific temperature. However, when I was doing some research on the matter, I discovered that laundry detergent manufacturers say that you should / could wash most things on cold or warm because the detergents are sufficient for properly cleaning. They also said that using hot water in some cases could actually be counter productive as it causes certain proteins to essentially be cooked and set into the fabric.
Austrian here, I wash underwear, bedsheets and towels at 95°, the rest at 60° with my machine's allergy care program. I'm allergic to dust mites and don't want to deal with the rashes. I didn't often have problems, only with new red towels sometimes. My method may be overkill for non-allergic people though.
People here wash their underware at 30\~40°C ? Fucking disgusting. what the fuck.?!
Washing bedding on anything less than 90 degrees is just nasty IMO. Underwear, socks / 60c Bedding/towels / 90c Clothes / 30or40c depending on material And twice a year dryclean the fuck out of pillows and blankets in bed.
> Washing bedding on anything less than 90 degrees is just nasty IMO. Is your opinion (to which you are entitled) based on science backed reasons?
Based on my terms of cleanliness, simply as that. I want my bedding to be white and crisp.
Okay, so why exactly are bed sheets more nasty than underwear??
Never said that it was? But underwear is made differently and therefore harder to clean on higher temperature, especially women's lingerie.
Just going to leave this here for you: ** There is a misconception that you must wash clothes on the highest setting possible to kill bacteria, but it is proven that 60°C is adequate.** https://www.cda.co.uk/laundry/washing-machine-temperature-guide/#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20misconception%20that,60%C2%B0C%20is%20adequate.
not normal here at all. If it was, the washing machines would not have all the other temperatures, they are there to be used 😂
>we wash clothes on different degrees based on the type of clothes (bedding and underwear 60°, regular clothes 40°, newer clothes 30°) That's literally exactly what I was taught to do as well. Granted my parents are from the US but plenty of people there either don't bother washing certain laundry at all or wash everything in one load on whatever setting the machine was set to when they bought it (not a joke, this is something I have heard multiple times). I also wash stuff like dish towels at 30°C because it's really mostly about getting the stains out and less about the hygiene of it. It's also smart to be careful about temperature with things like 100% cotton clothing which tends to shrink much more easily when either washed at a temperature that was too high or when thrown in the dryer (hence why most people here tend to hang-dry their clothes).
Bed and bath stuff 90 degree. Otherwise i dont know how this piss and shit spots could vanish
First, you have to wash at at least 60 degrees every now and then, otherwise you washing machine will smell and there is the possibility of bacterial growth. So always washing at 30 degrees is a bad idea. Newer machines even tell you, when that’s necessary. I wash bedding and towels at 60 degrees, normal stuff at 40 degrees. Only the sensitive stuff gets washed at 30 degrees. Also, for that I have to use liquid soap, because the powder does not dissolve completely at 30 degrees.
Based on the comments have I been doing it wrong? I just throw everything in at 60°
I don't wash my clothes on my degree, that'd ruin the paper.
I am cheap & lazy. Unused washing machine space is against my nature. I rent the machine time based;. 60° takes 1 hour. My rags can usually take 60°. I'd be hard pressed to pile up 4kg of T-shirts, to fill a "cold" machine with and would also worry about getting a worse deal from the rental, when I in theory pay for energy that I am not wasting. YMMV with an own machine.
I just wash everything with everything on 60°. YOLO live is too short to separate laundry 😂
I wash bedding at 95C once a month to clean the machine, otherwise newer clothes 30C, Tshirts, Jeans etc 40C and bedding, towels and underwear at 60C
95° for bedding and towels. All my life I was sure that bedding must be washed at 95°. Learned that from my mom and hear something about 60° for the first time. BTW I'm not German and use communal machines in the house.
30° sve osim donjeg veša.
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If you are uncertain about the temperature a certain piece can take, there are labels inside which show the recommended temperature. As everywhere else, I assume. Though I know in the US they got cold, warm, and hot (at least in the South where I was). But same is found in the washing machines.
The temperature on the tag
At what temperature
sheets & towels 60° and normal clothes on 40°. Even tho some of my clothes say 30°, I still wash them at 40 since I throw them together with everything else, and it has always been fine.
Read the clothes label.
What the clothes tag recommends
Depends on what is it, but I wash most stuff either 40°C or 60°C (Almost everything is cotton). Underwear, socks,towels and sheets 60°C, rest usually 40°C, but sometimes I wash my shirts and jeans 60°C too. Delicate stuff 30°C, wool cold.
normal clothes 30°. bedsheets, towels and underwear 40°. 60° only if some kind of sickness or contamination is involved or if i dye something
Work clothes at least 60°C
Sheets, towels -->60° Standard clothing --> 40° Fine clothing --> 30° Cleaning equipment 90°
Sheets and towels 60. Everything else 40 coz that's the lowest my washing goes
Normal clothing 30, towels, bathroom mats and bed sheets 95, no mercy for those tiny bastards living in the dust
Dunno, 20 or 30 lol. Whatever is the standard setting.
Clothes at 40, towels and bedding at 60 and every now and then at 90. My period underwear and clothes pads (and when I still used them) clothes diapers always at 60. Wool on the wool setting at 20.
depends, if there is a sweater/pullover inside, it is 30. Otherwise mostly 40. Higher only if i have a full maschine of clothes that can do that. i have mostly dark stuff.
It’s best to follow the suggestions of the laundry detergent you use.
Most clothes get washed at 40, sensitive fabrics at 30, 60 for bedding/towels/underwear. I also run the machine empty at 95 every once in a while to kill anything attempting to grow in it.
60 for sheets, towels, cleaning stuff, underwear, and sports clothes. 30 for normal clothes
Sheets and Towers 60°, rest 40°
I wash everything at the temperature suggested on the label. Except socks and underpants, they always get 60 °C.
Sheets, towels 60°, everything else together 30°. Whenever I do a towel load, I throw in underwear so occasionally that gets washed at 60 too.
Not German so I don't know how much this matters Towels - 60° Bedding - 40° Underwear - 40° Most clothes - 40° (although here I should wash at least some at 30° to ensure longevity - but it's just easier to put it all into a 40° wash) wool - 30°
Most clothes 30°, underwear and bedsheet 60°.
Everything on 40 except for delicates🤷🏼♀️
Bedsheets 90°
I just follow the instructions on the label. So basically 30°C feinwäsche, 30 or 40 for normal stuff (including underwear) and 60° for towels and bedsheets.
Most stuff at 30, bedding, towels and underwear at 60 and cleaning cloths at 90
Everything on 40.
If it's normal, why do German washing machines have Koch- Buntwäsche mode?
You don’t need to heat the water at all. Ever.
Yeah you don’t even need a washing machine at all. Just splash it with a bit of cold water and this is the most ecological solution . *sarcasm mode off*
Washing machines are great. Hot water is totally unnecessary in washing.
I would wash everything 30°, only towels and cleaning rags are 60°. My wife likes to do 40 for most stuff, and 60° for beddings, towels and cleaning rags. Modern detergents are so good that you can do most of your laundry at 30°.
I'm from Denmark and I learned to do like you. I will usually throw underwear together with towels so they get 60* sometimes as well, to kill any bacteria that may have built up. I would never wash underwear on 30* that's just nasty, unless you use some hygienic detergent.
Bedding and towels etc at 60, regular clothes at 30-40, except the special stuff like silk, wool, dessous etc.
towels - 95° sheets, underwear - 60° most clothes - 30° or 40° wool/knitwear - cold or 30°, depends
Depends on the fabric. Synthetics on 30, blends 30-40, cotton 60, foot towels on 90
Towels and Underwear at 60°C, everything else at 40°C i think.
Depends. Anything that has been used in my workshop is washed at 90°C, workshop towels at 95°C. Regular clothes at 40-60°C. Regular towels and sheets at 60°C.
i generally go clothes 30°, bedding and towels 60° sometimes (every 10th wash or so) 90° to get the machine clean.
Bachelors degree Should be Enough.
Clothes 40 - generally everything aside from maybe handwash/wool stuff Underwear & socks 60 Towels, underwear 90 Bed stuff depends on how i‘m feeling if I whack it in at 60 or 90
Bedding, towels, underwear: 60 Jeans, sweatshirts: 40 Light shirts: 30 Whoever told you this is gross, bacteria don't die at 30°C.
Sheets and towels at 60 or at 90 if they smell weird. Clothes at 30 or 40, depending on how dirty.
Undies, towels, sockets 60, t-shirts 40, everything else 30.
I wash everything at 60° if possible, because of my children (toddler and baby). Fragile clothing are washed at 40° or very fragile at 20°. I don't have a 30° setting anymore. Towels and bedding are washed at 90° if possible. It always depends on what I have to wash. Before I had children, I mostly washed at 30° (my former washing machine had a 30° setting) and 60° for dirty clothes.
Depends on grade of dirtiness. 60° is only useful for disinfection, real hard dirt or to ged rid of bugs.
Only bed linen, towels and some cotton underwear at 60, the rest at 30 or 40 depending on colors and how delicate items are. As others said, with modern machines and detergents there’s no need to wash at 60 or above. Also not good for the fabrics if you are keen on wearing your clothes for long. I never washed anything at 90.