percentage of machine washables?

Taffy

In the vein of all the MOTG outfits, and because I have a spitty newborn at home,
I'm curious how much of all of your wardrobes are machine washable? Most of my nice tops are hand wash, which is better than dry clean, but I find myself short on time and motivation to wash them.
Also, if you have a great top that is machine washable would you be willing to share it with us?

Thanks!

16 years ago

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Latest reply was from Tanya

chewyspaghetti

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The only things that I have that are not machine washable are knitted items- sweaters mostly.

16 years ago

Ellen

Active Member

Pretty much everything I have is machine washable. Very few handwash items and those are more rarely worn pieces, not really used for day-to-day baby care outfits.

I have found that most items that say handwash do fine in the gentle cycle of the machine with a delicates detergent. I lay a few things flat to dry (mainly knit tops), or hang them as appropriate to regain their shape. That gives a lot more flexibility because you can wear things that are technically handwash without the bother of actually handwashing.

I own nothing that requires dry cleaning (spot treatment in the right ways for various stains generally deals with even those more finicky items). I don't like the bother, expense, or environmental effects of dry cleaning.

16 years ago

londonkiwi (now back in NZ)

Veteran

Almost all of my clothing is machine washable. I do wash woollens in the machine as well, on the wool cycle and with detergent for wool. I also make sure that I use a delicates bag. I very rarely dry clothing in the machine, I have a clothes horse and that allows me to dry things flat and in shape. In New Zealand I would only use my drier about 5% of the time, most things are hung on the line outside to dry. You can't beat the smell of sun dried clothing!

I also have a front loading machine, which having used a top loaded in New Zealand I am convinced is gentler on clothing. On the other hand the hard water in the UK is harder on clothing than the soft water in New Zealand.

I hand wash silk items and anything with hand sewn bits.

16 years ago

Louise

Veteran

100% of my wardrobe is machine washable. I can easily drop all sorts down my clothes and working with children i won't take the risk with dry clean for work x

16 years ago

Tanya

Veteran

Hmm, I'd say about 70 % of my clothes are machine washable. I dry clean items like coats, wool suiting, silk blouses etc. and hand wash most of my knitwear. And among the machine washable items, at least half do not go in the dryer.

16 years ago

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