Washing Instructions

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tyred

Squire
Location
Ireland
It's telling you to stick some tissues in the pocket before washing.
 

winjim

Straddle the line, discord and rhyme
Oh yeah, about two years now.

As per my post I wondered how enzymes that process mucky stuff could affect Lycra, so open to explanation - I've started googling it and can't find anything other than third hand repeated info.

I will hold off until the non bio arrives tomorrow, just in case ;)
I would imagine it might be because Lycra contains polyamide. An amide bond is the same thing as a peptide bond in a protein so would be cleaved by proteases in the same way.
 

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
Doesn't everyone just stuff as much as possible into the machine and put it on 40 degrees.

It has served me well for years. Very few of Mrs Bs items have been damaged. Even hand wash only items get the same generic treatment.
 
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Tin Pot

Tin Pot

Guru
Doesn't everyone just stuff as much as possible into the machine and put it on 40 degrees.

It has served me well for years. Very few of Mrs Bs items have been damaged. Even hand wash only items get the same generic treatment.

Doing something just because everyone else does is not how I live my life.

:smile:
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
If i tried that there would be a lot of different piles and a lot of wasted water.
Maybe a lot of different piles, but not much wasted water if you have a modern machine because many measure the water based on the weight of what's in it. If you've got an old machine, it's probably wasting gallons and kilowatts anyway.

My 2016 A++-rated washing machine takes less energy for the wash/rinse/spin cycle than it takes to heat the drying rails long enough to dry stuff. I used to set the washing machine to use the cheap overnight 'leccy, but now I wash in the evening and stick it on the rails overnight with a timer switch controlling that and the fan. It's a strange new world, I tell you!
 
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