paulc
Well-known member
I'm always dubious about anything written in the daily mail! Scaremongering to the extreme. I agree the article makes some valid points however I have yet to hear of anyone becoming ill from bacteria on domestic laundry. The cold v's warm/hot debate has been done to death on here and really doesn't need to be discussed further. What I would say is the shear amount of hot water in your new washer plus quality detergent plus mechanical action is more than enough to get your clothes clean.
One thing I would not do though is put UK washing powder on dry clothes before your machine fills as you run the risk of "bleach" marks if using a non colour format. I think using chlorine bleach may not be so effective if you have used a detergent with oxy bleach as the two tend to cancel each other out, however if you are still working through your stash of US detergent I'd say a thin bleach would work very well, plus it's super cheap.
One thing I would not do though is put UK washing powder on dry clothes before your machine fills as you run the risk of "bleach" marks if using a non colour format. I think using chlorine bleach may not be so effective if you have used a detergent with oxy bleach as the two tend to cancel each other out, however if you are still working through your stash of US detergent I'd say a thin bleach would work very well, plus it's super cheap.
which, I have to add, is fabulous and does NOT have mucky bacteria as it's regularly run with 60c cycles.
