Buying something new and washing it.

I wash sheets and towels when they are new becasue they soften them up. I don't usually wash clothing when it is new. On the other hand, my husband will not wear new clothing until it is washed. I guess it is all personal preference.

I wash anything that isn't packaged that will touch my personal areas..otherwise outside clothing, rugs, etc...I use them hoping that someone dirty hasn't handled them.

I wash new towels, undergarments, and swimsuits before I wear or use them. They are used in a manner to where hygeine is of the utmost importance, so I don't want anything invisible to my eyes, to make it onto certain parts of my body, which I guess includes towels as well.

I was just wondering this the other day, when i was sorting through baby clothes to wash for the new baby. Half of them are brand new and i was thinking, "why do i need to wash perfectly clean clothes?" A friend answered this when i asked her, and she said that we have no idea what the warehouse or factory was like, where the clothes were made. Wedon't know if rats have been walking through them, or bugs or spiders. I thought that was a good point. So i wash baby clothes before they wear them, just to be on the safe side, as baby's have very gentle skin. But i do not wash clothes before i wear them, neither with sheets or towels. Unless of course they are for the baby. Once my toddler got given some bright red elmo pyjama's I couldn't be bothered washing them first, i thought he was old enough to risk it, you know? But in the morning the sheets of his bed were stained red from the dye in the pyjamas! When he dribbled or sweat, the dye ran onto the sheets. So i learnt me lesson there! Thanks for this topic, i just remembered i have a washing machine full of baby clothes that need to be dried. :)

yeah like u, sometimes i wash it, sometimes I dont. depending on how the item looks like when I want to use it he h ehee.... cheers. .... myhandbaghaven.blogspot.com

I was all things new, my husband it the complete opposite. He says he likes wearing it brand new before I get ahold of the laundry and shrink it or something. Thats when I tell him he can do his own darn laundry!! :)lol