Rod Speed wrote:


"Etaoin Shrdlu" wrote in message
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David wrote:
The recommended wash these days for clothes is low temperature - 30C to
35C I think - and this is often quite a quick wash.

Not sure if anyone else finds this, but in my experience, bath and
hand towels get a bit smelly if they're not washed at a fairly high
temperature. I assume it's because the grease isn't getting removed
properly.

I wash everything except filthy greasy overalls in cold
water and dont get any problem with any of it smelling.

What sort of detergent do you use? I'm always looking for
recommendations for all kinds of things.

It may be that I'm over-sensitive to some things (sometimes I think pork
smells of urine, when other people don't notice it). Our towels
sometimes smell of 'head'. Not unpleasant, but I'd rather they didn't.

I'd love to know what hotels use to wash their towels - to me, they
actually smell clean, rather than scented.

I dont use scented detergent myself.

I'd guess that any scent comes from fabric softener, which we don't use.
I can't imagine that putting anything in the final rinse can be
terribly healthy, since the fabric now has something on it. I've read
good things about white vinegar, though. I might try that one day.

Concerns have been expressed, however, from time to time, over the low
temperature not killing bugs/germs/whatever. Sometimes a
recommendation to
add a disinfectant to a wash from time to time.

So - my dishwasher has various options including a fast low temperature
35C wash. We are currently using the "daily" program which goes to
65C and
takes over two hours.

Killing germs on food items is probably more important thank killing
germs
in your woolly jumper. However in the old hand wash days the water was
probably not much higher than 35-40C unless you were dead 'ard and/or
wearing thick Marigolds.

So - what does the team think about low temperature washes in a
dishwasher?

I note that there is an "auto-sensing" program which washes at
between 40C
and 65C but I have no idea how it makes up its mind.