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Washing new clothes before wearing them

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  • 11-11-2017 01:33PM
    #1
    Specialun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    Lad at work does this. Washes everything including socks & jocks before he uss them for the first time

    Do you wash all clothes before wearing


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    #2
    Timberrrrrrrr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,300 ✭✭✭✭Timberrrrrrrr


    Of course! Who knows what sweaty fcuker has tried them in before?


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    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Stuff like underwear, that I buy in cheap multI-packs in Penneys and that has gone through god knows how many sets of hands in dodgy third world factories - definitely.

    Other clothes - usually but not always.


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    [Deleted User]
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    No, never. :o

    But now I feel like I should..


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    #5
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭brevity


    I don't because I'm not crazy.


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    #6
    Rologyro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46 ✭Rologyro


    People who do this have too much time on their hands, and need to get over themselves.


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    DoozerT6
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    Definitely underwear (socks/undies/bras).

    And everything else too if I had time to before I needed to wear it :) Who knows how many people have tried on whatever you bought before you got it? I also do the same if I buy new sheets etc.

    And as a woman, the AMOUNT of makeup left on clothes that others have tried on can be mank. If I see badly stained items on display I always bring it to the attention of one of the shop assistants.


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    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    You can't wash away the feeling of shame lads.


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    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »
    Of course! Who knows what sweaty fcuker has tried them in before?

    Not jocks surely :eek:


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    server down
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    People don’t try on underwear in shops, do they?


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    daisy123
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    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Stuff like underwear, that I buy in cheap multI-packs in Penneys and that has gone through god knows how many sets of hands in dodgy third world factories - definitely.

    Other clothes - usually but not always.

    I only read during the week, that people do this as if it was normal...and I'd never thought about it before.

    Will I change?

    Probably not.


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    Cheshire Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭Cheshire Cat


    I wash everything before first use. Not so much because of other people handling the clothes. It's more to do with the amount of pesticides and surplus dye in them.
    The containers of clothes are treated with pesticides before they are shipped. If I go into a place like Penney's I have to leave after a short while because my eyes water and I start coughing.
    Would hate to work there and breathe in the rubbish every day.


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    DoozerT6
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    Cheshire Cat wrote: »
    I wash everything before first use. Not so much because of other people handling the clothes. It's more to do with the amount of pesticides and surplus dye in them.
    The containers of clothes are treated with pesticides before they are shipped. If I go into a place like Penney's I have to leave after a short while because my eyes water and I start coughing.
    Would hate to work there and breathe in the rubbish every day.

    Yes. This.


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    LadyMacBeth_
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    I have heard of people doing this, it never occurred to me beforehand though. I feel a bit uneasy thinking about people trying on the clothes and whoever made/handled them but not enough to wash them before I wear them, I'm too lazy for that shyte.


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    DeanAustin
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    Never have and never will. And never had a problem.

    Makes me laugh that people are saying “Jaysus you wouldn’t know who touched them” when most people I know would happily go out on a Saturday, pull someone and stick body parts into each other without much of a second thought.


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    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,178 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    Im 27 and would consider myself to be very hygienic and I've never done this. I haven't died yet so I think I'll be fine.


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    Donal55
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Donal55


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    Never have and never will. And never had a problem.

    Makes me laugh that people are saying “Jaysus you wouldn’t know who touched them” when most people I know would happily go out on a Saturday, pull someone and stick body parts into each other without much of a second thought.

    The 'dirtier' the better in that scenario!


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    #18
    s4uv3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 952 ✭✭✭s4uv3


    I do it for anything new for the baby, purely because of the chemicals used on them, and she's prone to getting patches of irritated skin. For my own stuff I dont bother.


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    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,347 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    DeanAustin wrote: »
    Never have and never will. And never had a problem.

    Makes me laugh that people are saying “Jaysus you wouldn’t know who touched them” when most people I know would happily go out on a Saturday, pull someone and stick body parts into each other without much of a second thought.

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    #20
    tupenny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭tupenny


    I did when i had a baby on the way and was being ****ing insane

    People really do this?!
    No1 tries on underwear do they?!


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    Big C
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    :
    server down wrote: »
    People don’t try on underwear in shops, do they?


    :D:D:D


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    server down
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    tupenny wrote: »
    I did when i had a baby on the way and was being ****ing insane

    People really do this?!
    No1 tries on underwear do they?!

    I think people are worried about pesticides and foreigners pawing clothing now. We’ve moved on.

    I’ll worry about this when I hear a case about someone getting an illness from newly bought unwashed clothing.


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    #23
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Clothes are at their best straight out of the sweatshops


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    Harika
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    server down wrote: »
    People don’t try on underwear in shops, do they?

    For some fun, take a package of condoms, walk to a member of the staff and ask for the dressing room for them, as you would like to try them on.
    Else I think the chemicals keep the clothes longer fresh so don't wash them before wearing.


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    #25
    Peatys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭Peatys


    No, never gave it much thought.


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    retro:electro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,039 ✭✭✭✭retro:electro


    No and it would never even occur to me to do so. As far as I'm concerned, clothes fresh from the shop are clean. My sister washes all the baby clothes first but that's different.


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    OldMrBrennan83
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    #28
    Grab All Association
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    No problem, you can wear the store sock.


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    r93kaey5p2izun
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    Yes because of the chemicals they are sprayed with. I worked for years in a major department store and you had to leave the area after a new shipment was opened due to the fumes.


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    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    anna080 wrote: »
    Ah yes. And washing them in more chemicals should get rid of that.

    Well I'm allergic to many things and react to new clothes but not to my one particular washing powder. So yes. Washing them gets rid of the problem chemicals (insecticides).


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    Prune Tracy
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    DeanAustin wrote: »
    Makes me laugh that people are saying “Jaysus you wouldn’t know who touched them” when most people I know would happily go out on a Saturday, pull someone and stick body parts into each other without much of a second thought.
    It's kinda like "I'd never take anti depressants and I avoid antibiotics" - then take a load of coke and pills of a Saturday night. :pac:


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