Bedding is one of the most necessary things in every home. Like any other thing, such linen needs to be washed, but how to wash bed linen in a washing machine so that it lasts a long time and nothing happens to it during washing? We will answer this question now.
Bed linen is different, it differs both in color and type of fabric, the higher the quality of the fabric, the longer the linen will last and withstand more washes. Also, relatively recently, a new type of bed linen has appeared - 3D. Well, let's start preparing the laundry for washing.
Preparing bed linen for washing
If you have prepared several sets of bed linen, then the following conditions must be met:
- Colored linens should be washed separately from whites. - this rule is observed with any washing of things, if it is not observed, then your clothes stained after washingif this has already happened, then read on our website what to do in such a situation.
- Linen made from different types of fabrics should be washed separately. - let's say if you have two sets of bed linen, one is made of coarse calico, the second is made of silk, then they must be washed separately, because even their washing programs will be different.
- Washing clothes for a newborn should be held separately with a special washing powder, so separate children's underwear from adult.
- Observe the weight of the laundry - do not forget that the washing machine is limited by the maximum possible number of loads, and if you stuff too many things into it, it will simply refuse to wash. A regular bedding set with two pillowcases usually weighs no more than 2 kg.
- Turn the linen inside out - before washing, it is desirable, especially colored, turn the linen inside out.
- Before putting laundry in the drum, check the washing rules - for each product that requires washing, the manufacturer places labels with instructions for washing. You can read on our website that mean icons for laundry.
- The laundry must fit freely in the drum - bed linen is a rather voluminous thing, and if your washing machine has a large drum, then you can put two sets into it. In any case, do not try to stuff the laundry into the drum to the maximum, it should fit freely, the quality of the wash depends on it.
If you follow these rules, then you will not be able to spoil the bedding. Next, you need to select the desired washing mode and start it.
What mode to wash bed linen in the washing machine
To determine the washing mode for bed linen, you need to know what it is made of.
- If cotton linen (coarse calico, satin, chintz, jacquard, poplin), then you can wash such linen both on the standard cotton program and on any other programs, with any washing temperature.
- If underwear made from the same natural materials, but colored, then you need to select a more delicate washing program with a lower temperature, no more than 40 ° C.
- Separately, it must be said about 3D underwear - washing of bed linen occurs in the same way as any other colored linen, because in fact it is colored. The only thing for him is that it is desirable to use an even lower washing temperature of 30 ° C.
- If your bed underwear made of silk or other delicate fabrics, then it requires delicate wash, we also wrote about it in detail.
- If you are using synthetic bedding, then you need to select the "Synthetics" washing mode. By the way, synthetic underwear is highly discouraged, because it is harmful to health.
We figured out the modes of washing bed linen, but I would like to talk about temperature separately.
At what temperature to wash bed linen
The temperature of washing bed linen is probably the most important point in the whole process, because how many degrees you wash the linen at depends on its appearance, its cleanliness and service life.
White cotton bedding can be washed at high temperatures of 90°C, it is even subject to boiling, due to the fact that it does not contain dyes that tend to shed at high temperatures.
Colored linen, on the contrary, is not recommended to be washed at high temperatures, the maximum temperature that you can set for such things is 60 ° C, and even then it is not recommended, washing at 40 ° C is ideal for colored bed linen. We have already written about 3D linen above that a temperature of 30 ° C would be better for it.
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