Weve got bad news for you: Youre going to want to start washing your bed sheets alone.
Theres nothing quite like the feeling of crawling into bed with freshly washed sheets.
As a general rule, you should launder your sheets separately altogether.
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Heres exactly how to wash your towels and sheets to make them last as long as possible.
The thickness and heavy material can still do considerable damage to your favorite sheets.
In fact, it poses a risk for ripping, and towels also produce a lot of lint.
The balance between linens in the dryer is like a dance, the article reads.
You cant have one dancer dancing to a different song than the other.
Everything will get tangled up.
And tangled linens take forever to dry.
Instead, limit your dry cycles to one bang out of linen so the tumble dance can be harmonious.
There is an exception: You may want to wash hand towels even more frequently.
A 2015 study conducted by Kansas State University found that they were the most contaminated product in the kitchen.
Even after properly washing their hands, they reused the towel and contaminated themselves all over again.
While washing your sheets and towels separately might seem like an extra, inconvenient effort, its actually not.
On laundry day, separate bed sheets and towels into different loads.
Wash each load in the hottest water suitable for the fabric; check the care label for information.
Washing sheets on a shorter cycle helps make them last longer.
If you have a large load, separate it into smaller loads to avoid overloading the machine.
Fully dry the load to prevent mold and mildew.
Sneed, Phebus, et al.Consumer Food Handling Practices Lead to Cross-contamination.Food Protection Trends,vol.
