hand wash or machine wash????

Philippines
January 28, 2009 6:27pm CST
hi all! alright, this is a sensitive topic, because i am actually asking about underwear. do you handwash each and every piece of your underwear or do you toss them all in the washer like the rest of your laundry? as for me, i feel that the underwear is mostly made of fragile fabric. at the same time, it has special stains and smell, especially that of women's. so i would painstakingly, like scrubbing if i need to, wash each one of them and hang them up to dry. i just don't like it mixing with the rest of the laundry. how about you? do you give special attention to your underwear when washing them? or it goes with the rest of your clothes to the washer? thanks for sharing your "intimate" secret. lol take care all and God bless you! happy mylotting! :-)
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39 responses
• United States
29 Jan 09
umm me i like almost well actually i never ever handwashed a piece of clothing before lol. i like always use the washer and if something goes wrong then oops my badd. its a waste of time handwashing stuff. take it to the dry cleaners or something.
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• United States
29 Jan 09
I actually throw all of my underwear in to wash with the rest of my clothing. I'm not big on hand washing items unless I really need something and can not wait until the end of the week to wash clothes. I've hand washed bras on a few occasions and hung them to dry when they were dirty and I really needed one, but otherwise, everything gets washed together. My underwear, socks, shirts get washed in one load while I was my jeans separately.
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@annjilena (5618)
• United States
29 Jan 09
well for me only delicate under wear like lace underwear needs to be washed by hands.cotten and other can be washed in the machine that will be fine.
@Bebs08 (10681)
• United States
29 Jan 09
I do not put my undies in the washer. I usually wash it by hand piece by piece. You are right, undies should be wash separately to rake out the dirt that washing machine ca not do. Also the white socks? I always wass it by hand, scrub before putting in in the washer. But the undies? I never put them in the washer. I wash and hanged it or i will put it together of the rest in the dryer.
@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
29 Jan 09
Nope. It goes in with the rest of the washing. I don't have time to hand wash. I do drip dry my delicate stuff and hang out without spinning but that's about it. I am guilty of using the drier too much too, I hate it but I just don't have enough time!
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• Philippines
29 Jan 09
it's up to you, if you don't like washing them with your hands then toss them in the washer. i do both
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
29 Jan 09
All of mine goes into the washer, I like the comfy cotton bikini undies, they aren't delicate so no need to hand wash and go thru all that trouble. I have enough to do then to stand at a sink and wash by hands. No thank you!
@jofeli (502)
• Indonesia
29 Jan 09
I think I wash my underwear using my hands. You are right, underwear is fragile. I really don't want to ruin my underwear because I usually purchase a bit expensive ones, and it usually said in the instruction image that no machine wash allowed. Handwashing the underwear has been my habit, and I like doing it. I always wash the underwear after taking a bath, therefore it takes me somewhat long time spending in the bathroom
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@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
29 Jan 09
I usually dump all my undies into the washing machine, except those frilly/lacy ones and underwired bras. And if there are any 'stains', those I will handwash!
@Kmarie923 (875)
• United States
29 Jan 09
I wash mine in the machine. I used to handwash them, but I just got tired of it. Most of them don't get dried in the dryer though and I make sure that nothing with a zipper is washed in with the rest of my clothes.
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• United States
29 Jan 09
i throw them all in the wash - usually i have enough socks and underwear that i just make a huge load of all of them at once, regardless of color. there are instances where i prefer to hand wash (special pairs, etc), but mainly, i take advantage of our modern appliances!
@ds6413 (2070)
• United States
29 Jan 09
Hello spoiled311, it depends on the material if I wash them with regular llaundry or hand wash. It it is delicate like lace and silk I will wash by hand but if it is cotton or nylon I will put it with the regular laundry.
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@MissAmie (717)
• United States
29 Jan 09
The only "underwear" I've ever hand washed was the really nice lingere that didn't stay on long. ha ha. I don't wear silky or delicate underwear. I like the more comfortable stuff...just give me plain cotton bikinis, thank you. Now when I just don't feel like taking the extra time to handwash my delicates I use cold water and the hand wash setting on my washer. I don't know if your machine has that setting, but it works great. That gentle cycle and some woolite or baby laundry detergent is the best mix. As far as feeling weird about my underwear being washed with my other clothes...no, I don't care about that at all. To me that's kind of like thinking "well, I dried my butt with this towel, so I'll wash it by itself." If that's your quirk then that's ok, but if you're looking to save time and effort, toss those babies in the machine! They will come out nice and fresh and not ruined.
• Philippines
29 Jan 09
me i do handwash my undies to make sure that its really clean and there is no mess in it :D but machine wash will really save your strength but i do advise handwash
@mammamuh (582)
• Sweden
29 Jan 09
But you don't kill bacteria if it's not hot enough ;)
@silverjam (969)
• United States
29 Jan 09
I exactly did what you did; washing all my underwears by myself through hand washing. I did it eversince and never put them into the washing machine w/ the rest of my other clothing. I am also using bar soap for them and not the usual detergent as am thinking they are mild for fabrics like them. One time I was at work and my husband was trying to do me a favor by washing my undies in the washer when he was doing the laundry, only to find out I was so dismayed and frustrated instead of being happy and thankful for the "favor". I explained him why and from then he never cared to wash them anymore.
• Brazil
29 Jan 09
Mine are hand washed. Underwear is not only fragile but small. So it´s not the case to put on a washing machine. We have a washing machine at home, but takes so much energy to use it (it´s 10 kg) that my mother prefers to pay someone to wash our clothes. It´s less expensive.
@Raven7317 (691)
• United States
29 Jan 09
I put my everday undies in the wash with everything else. For my monthly undies, I rinse them in the sink by hand then throw them in the wash. My fragile stuff, I put in a pillow cover that has a zipper, then I throw that in the wash, on delicate. This seems to help. Without the case, the lace gets caught up and rips, the straps get tangled and stretch out... it's a mess!
• United States
29 Jan 09
I am not into the hand washing, everything gets thrown into the washing machine for me... I dont spend alot of money on them so for me I dont have that problem, I get the cotton ones on sale 3 for 10.00....etc, so I really dont have a problem with throwing my things into the wash, if I had more of expensive ones then I think I would pay more attention to them.
@DOM757 (2)
• United States
29 Jan 09
Both. Dont think theres much of a difference. lmao!
@burki1994 (141)
• Turkey
29 Jan 09
I think washer is better way because its mission is washing so i think its better way