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Jane S

Do you launder new clothes before wearing them for the first time?

Posted - February 20, 2023
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  • 11151
    For sure because you don't know if someone tried them on in the store before you bought them. Cheers! 
      February 20, 2023 1:51 PM MST
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  • 34432
    Not normally. 
      February 20, 2023 4:47 PM MST
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  • 11151
    I was just thinking that even when I buy new clothes from amazon I will wash them before I wear them. That's probably being a bit of a cootiesaaphob because it is not likely some one tried them on at amazon but better to be safe than sorry. Also I don't try clothes on at the store before I buy them. Cheers!
      February 20, 2023 5:39 PM MST
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  • 844
    Yes, I do. It's not only because someone may have tried them on (they could even be returns to Amazon that a customer had tried on at home), but they often have very itchy or uncomfortable finishing chemicals on them.
      February 20, 2023 6:45 PM MST
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  • 11151
    I never thought about the clothes from amazon could be returns. So now I don't feel silly for washing them before I wear them. Cheers!
      February 20, 2023 7:17 PM MST
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  • 11087
    They've also been handled by multiple people and maybe not in the hygienic environment. 
      February 20, 2023 8:02 PM MST
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  • 11151
    Yikes. Now I feel like washing my new Christmas robe I got from amazon a few more times. Cheers!
      February 20, 2023 8:48 PM MST
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  • 3024
    Usually. 
      February 20, 2023 7:48 PM MST
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  • 17614
    Always. 100%.  Same for my family except for dry clean only pieces, and those get pressed.  Not much to dry clean these days, thank goodness.  We wear clothes made from natural fibers so we still do have to use the iron some.
      February 20, 2023 9:45 PM MST
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  • 10662
    Always.   That's because there can be chemical residue on the fabric (from the manufacturing process) that can irritate your skin.
      February 20, 2023 9:46 PM MST
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  • 23641

    "Always," to quote Shuhak and Thriftymaid. And NYAD. And Nanoose.




    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at February 21, 2023 5:46 PM MST
      February 21, 2023 6:41 AM MST
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  • 44649
    I don't do laundry; that's what I have a wife for, but she washes many, but not all of the new purchases.
      February 21, 2023 8:26 AM MST
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  • 329
    No, I never thought about doing that.
      February 21, 2023 3:59 PM MST
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