Home & Garden Do you wash new bed linens before putting them on your bed?
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
I swear, I don't have enough fingers & toes to count the things that I learn on tPF every day. thanks for the info!
