Have you ever wondered how long it’s been since someone took a shower? However, sometimes the problem does not come from personal hygiene, but rather from the frequency of washing clothes. Various perfumes and deodorants mix with the acrid perspiration forming a joyous tumble on the fibers of the clothing. We therefore cannot keep clothes or sheets indefinitely. It’s the same thing for our old kitchen towels, this time for health reasons. So how long before putting sheets and other clothes in the dirty laundry basket? The answer in this article!
1) New clothes (and linen)
It’s necessary always clean them after purchase. The clothes we buy are often treated with chemicals in factories. However, this can cause allergies or skin reactions. Furthermore, clothing sellers have seen some tough times with customers who are not always clean or careful, throwing clothes on the ground, walking on them as if nothing had happened, putting their dirty hands on them (with extracts from lunch or sticky ice cream at four o’clock) sweat in it or worse. If all these reasons don’t make you want to wash your new clothes, we don’t know what you need…
2) Underwear
These are the clothes that are closest to the body and private parts, it therefore need to be changed more often. Whether you’re more into boxers, kangaroo briefs, panther thongs or granny panties, put them all in the washing machine after wearing them for a day (unless you want to risk a fungus). Leggings, tights, socks and other stockings are in the same boat.
The bra can be worn two to three times before cleaningbut try to give your bra a day of rest between two days of wearing it so that the elastic is spared and the bra loses its shape less quickly. For the sports bra on the other hand, no problem: you wear it once and you wash it!
3) Jeans
Chip Bergh, the boss of Levi’s, always said that jeans should only be cleaned after a year of wear and then 2 or three times a year for maintenance. Suffice to say that when you hang around there, the jeans stand up on their own and will do the shopping for you… Without going that far (and because if you are as good as us, you will surely have made a big stain on them after the ‘have worn for a while), you can wash it after wearing it 3 times for the most manic and up to 6 times for the most airheaded. And of course, if it smells bad or has stains, we put it directly in the washing machine.
4) Dresses
They are popular all year round. You can wear them several times in a row, but judge carefully based on the fabric and temperatures. If it’s hot, washing will be much more regular.