Or do you use sheets straight out of the package? What about quilts? Does a quilt have to go to the cleaners first or is it ok to take it out of the package and put it straight on the bed?

I always wash my sheets, towels, blankets, & duvet covers before using. I would not wash a comforter or coverlet or quilt before using because I don't sleep with those "on" me. instead I fold them down at the bottom of the bed or take them off the bed entirely when I go to sleep.

Goes straight on the bed. I figure it's brand new, still in a package, sealed, so it's clean enough.

i wash EVERYTHING before i use it, this includes new sheets and blankets.

Yes, I wash any bed linens before I put them on the bed.

I wash my linens before I put them on my bed, seems kinda gross not to. (not to offend anyone)

Yes, always. I love that 'fresh clean sheets' smell.

Originally Posted by exotikittenx

Goes straight on the bed. I figure it's brand new, still in a package, sealed, so it's clean enough.

this reminds me that the biggest reason why I wash everything before I use it is that linens often have a weird odor to them...that "new" smell. my allergies are very sensitive to smells, so I need to get rid of that (& whatever chemicals are causing it) right away.

YES!!!
Just like F&F said, sheets, towels, etc. . . anything that TOUCHES me.
There is "sizing" added to all new products {clothing, sheets, etc...} to make them stay wrinkle free and new looking, you do not want to roll around in it. . . . icky.

Wash wash wash, never know where it came from. Or how the factories are, and the residue on the material. Good to wash it.

I don't know what kind of quilt you got, but if it's washable then that's fine, but they're not meant to go directly on you, there is a sheet in between usually. If it's a duvet then it has a cover so you can wash the cover.

Originally Posted by Swanky Mama Of Three

YES!!! Just like F&F said, sheets, towels, etc. . . anything that TOUCHES me. There is "sizing" added to all new products {clothing, sheets, etc...} to make them stay wrinkle free and new looking, you do not want to roll around in it. . . . icky.

is that what the "smell" is? sizing? am I even making sense (I am tired, & am dying to crawl under my freshly laundered sheets )? maybe it's just my sensitive nose, & I'm the only one who notices a smell.

but adding to what swanky said, the "sizing" is the reason why I DON'T wash the comforter/quilt/coverlet. somehow in my willy-wonka-type mind I think that the manufacturer puts something on the fabric that makes it stain resistant. & when you have 2 large labrador retrievers, that is a very good thing! but again, those things don't touch me. when it's cold, I sleep with a down comforter inside of a duvet cover (that is washed).


& don't even get me started on my oxyclean, fabric softer, dryer sheet rituals...

absolutely! I always wash everything first...

when I worked in retail I learned it was "sizing" once. It makes clothing looks so starched and pristine, seems to resist wrinkling so I bet stains at first as well.

Originally Posted by Swanky Mama Of Three

when I worked in retail I learned it was "sizing" once. It makes clothing looks so starched and pristine, seems to resist wrinkling so I bet stains at first as well.

I swear, I don't have enough fingers & toes to count the things that I learn on tPF every day. thanks for the info!

LOL! I know, we're a plethora of obscure information aren't we?
There's also "brightening agents" in new things, that's why they look so different, less bright after a wash or 2. . . it's really so silly.