Poll: do you wash new clothes before wearing?

[talasiga]

why wouldn't you wash it?

there being no answer to this question
I declare the topic fatuous

[SteveShaw]

why wouldn't you wash it?

there being no answer to this question
I declare the topic fatuous

It's rare but I tend to agree. I asked my wife last night about this washing of new clothes malarkey. It took me a quarter of an hour to stop her laughing.

[Nanohedron]

Not entirely fatuous. I have worn new clothes right off the rack mainly because of timing issues, although I prefer not to. So, talasiga, your question has been answered.

My mom has a mild allergy to sizing (different "sizing" from dwest's meaning, and not the allergy that Levi and Co. seem to have developed to that), and on a bad day gets eye-puffy and stuffy when she goes into a clothing store. I don't get quite the same reaction, but I know what she's talking about. You walk in, and you can smell it.

Just like my mom, I prefer to wash my new clothes before wearing them, come to think of it. I really hadn't thought of it, before, but it's definitely a getting-the-sizing-out issue for me.

If that is cause for hilarity, I'm only too glad to be of service in brightening someone's day.

[talasiga]

........
It took me a quarter of an hour to stop her laughing.

How do you know she wouldn't have stopped in 15 minutes anyway?

[SteveShaw]

I know her limits.

[talasiga]

so what's "her limit" if you hadn't have stopped her?

[SteveShaw]

Depends. If I put an episode of Fawlty Towers on once the 15 minutes are up she could go on all night.

[talasiga]

Polly, do you wash your clothes before wearing?

[s1m0n]

:lol: Yeah, the self-cleaning bit...well, at least I suppose the cat thinks it has a nice clean arse!

No doubt it would say the same about you.

[rodfish]

Not to derail the thread but what kind of harmonica would you recommend for a beginner Steve? I want to try and learn how to play one.

Speaking of washing new clothes; I used to wash everything before wearing....until I got married. My wife has a different opinion and since she does 90% of the washing (her choice; something about me screwing up the washer ) so now I wear most of the new stuff first.

However; after reading this thread I think I'll go back to washing everything-TWICE!!

[Lambchop]

In the interest of being helpful, let me pop in here to share that soaking new clothes in cold salted water will help set the dye. Rinse and then wash to remove any excess, and you will find the colors won't bleed as badly. There will be much less transfer to other items.

[Nanohedron]

Polly, do you wash your clothes before wearing?

Who is Polly?

[dwest]

In the interest of being helpful, let me pop in here to share that soaking new clothes in cold salted water will help set the dye. Rinse and then wash to remove any excess, and you will find the colors won't bleed as badly. There will be much less transfer to other items.

Salt will not help set dyes. Fabrics are dyed with a variety of processes, to set a dye you have to know what kind of dye was used. Test with a dampened white piece of fabric and a hot iron if color comes through to the white fabric wash in cold water until it's clear. But excess dyes alone should be enough reason to always wash new clothes.

[Lambchop]

In the interest of being helpful, let me pop in here to share that soaking new clothes in cold salted water will help set the dye. Rinse and then wash to remove any excess, and you will find the colors won't bleed as badly. There will be much less transfer to other items.

Salt will not help set dyes. Fabrics are dyed with a variety of processes, to set a dye you have to know what kind of dye was used. Test with a dampened white piece of fabric and a hot iron if color comes through to the white fabric wash in cold water until it's clear. But excess dyes alone should be enough reason to always wash new clothes.

It always worked for my mother.

Maybe it was just for wool.

[dwest]

In the interest of being helpful, let me pop in here to share that soaking new clothes in cold salted water will help set the dye. Rinse and then wash to remove any excess, and you will find the colors won't bleed as badly. There will be much less transfer to other items.

Salt will not help set dyes. Fabrics are dyed with a variety of processes, to set a dye you have to know what kind of dye was used. Test with a dampened white piece of fabric and a hot iron if color comes through to the white fabric wash in cold water until it's clear. But excess dyes alone should be enough reason to always wash new clothes.

It always worked for my mother.

Maybe it was just for wool.

Salt is sometimes used to help set acid dyes in yarns and threads but that process requires heat over a period of time.