Are you supposed to wash new underwear?

[backtoblue]

Before you wear them?

[still_one]

1. I do

[backtoblue]

4. Uh oh

[SCantiGOP]

46. strongly recommended

It can have chemicals that will wash out, and there could even be insect or bacteria contamination inside the packaging.

[Ninga]

2. Yes. Nt

[Ohiogal]

3. I always do.

[backtoblue]

6. I do... now

[jberryhill]

5. Do you know the name of everyone who has touched them?

[backtoblue]

8. Not a one...

I buy in a package and didn't think about it before.

I've been a gross mofo I guess

[jberryhill]

11. Well...

I’m pretty sure that whoever made them, handled them, and packaged them washed their hands after using the bathroom, so you probably have nothing to worry about.

Or maybe not. Spin the wheel. Life is like a trip to Vegas everyday.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Whoever that is, they don't say Hanes until she says they say Hanes.

Last edited Tue Aug 13, 2019, 05:46 PM - Edit history (1)

Edited title. Original: Whoever that is, it doesn't say Hanes until she says it says Hanes.

Hat tip for the correct line, jmowreader, in https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181250306#post48

[jmowreader]

48. Inspector 12's obit

Her name is Polly Rowles.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-21-me-59784-story.html

Polly Rowles' IMDB page:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0746790/otherworks?ref_=nmbio_sa_1

[pangaia]

14. Nobody has touched mine. I am sure. I buy them in a plastic package.

[PJMcK]

19. Inspector 47, of course (n/t)

[Croney]

7. Yes, and clothes you buy at Goodwill, but I never do.

I have no excuse.

[RKP5637]

9. I always do. I've read sometimes fabrics have some chemicals in them that can

give you a rash, etc. ... left over from the manufacturing process. I wash them just to be sure.

[pangaia]

15. did you ever get a rash from unwashed new underwear?

[RKP5637]

18. Yes, actually it was itching. That's what started me looking into it. It was some years ago, so

now I just do it for any new underwear.

[pangaia]

21. I was kind joking... but only half.

my sister is a hotel bed bug freak..she researches hotels online before reserving...
I have never ever had an issue with either..


KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK on WOOD!!

[RKP5637]

25. OMG ... I've gotten sort of that way ... now with all of the bed bug stuff and

all I start wondering who slept in the bed before me. Can I smell any BO? The remote is supposed to be super dirty. You know, I never used to think about any of this stuff. I don't obsess with it, but it crosses my mind. I've heard of some people wiping everything down with Clorox wipes. I haven't gotten that bad. I just fall asleep and think F it, I'll see what happens the next day/week. OMG, any itches or something!

[pangaia]

29. My dear ex-wife's husband suffers from the absolutely worst case

of OCD I have EVER seen, also a germ/dirt freak.. (poor woman).

He bought a vacuum cleaner to vacuum the SPIDERS outside their front door!
When they bought a 2nd home-a townhouse- near me ( his wife and I are still good friends) he cloroxed (or something) every freakin' surface in the place... walls, windows, floors.. took him days..

Doesn't want his 6 year old son to get his hands dirty.( son likes me much better than his father cause I play baseball and soccer with him and let him get dirty..) LOL

I mean it gets much worse than that, --you can imagine... he's also a control freak, but that's another story..
Only HE knows anything---

-aerospace engineer

Hell, when I was a kind I grew up eating dirt... !!

[RKP5637]

30. Seriously, there was a mud hole in the front yard and I recall even now taking a spoon and

eating some dirt!!! I think I was about two years old, something like that. OCD and control freaks really freak me out.

[pangaia]

43. OMG, you were worse(better) than me..

[Clarity2]

37. Thats me

sort of. That kind of germaphobia is usually triggered by a serious illness or chronically getting sick. My father was the same way because he had chronic gut issues. For me, it was multiple episodes of food poisoning. Sometimes it is triggered by the loss of a loved one too. Thank goodness though I wasnt that way when my son was little.

[pangaia]

42. That, I can understand.

Sometimes there is a valid rationality behind it.
But, also often it becomes obsessive.....

[Clarity2]

44. Yes it is

exhausting. I don’t obsessively hand wash, or have OCD, but food handling and safety is an obsession.

[DetlefK]

10. Yes. You don't know what chemicals are on there by way of the factory.

I once had a colleague who bought a dress for his 5yo daughter at TK Maxx.

It was a lovely dress, she put it on before it was washed... and she got a terrible rash.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

12. What's new underwear? NT

[pangaia]

16. winnerrrrr

[RKP5637]

23. Oh, it's just underwear you've never seen before! LOL n/t

[PoliticAverse]

17. More importantly, you are supposed to wash old underwear. n/t

[jberryhill]

20. Winner!

[Midnightwalk]

51. At least once every 4 uses. NT

[Botany]

22. Are you supposed to wash your underwear?

Now you tell me.

[underpants]

35. It's news to me too

[backtoblue]

41. Get back in the washer!

I'ma hafta take you back to the store! Underpants moving around too much. Stay still dammit!

[Major Nikon]

50. After 4 wears

Forwards/Backwards, inside-out and repeat. You can stretch that to 8 wears if you swap with a buddy.

[Historic NY]

24. Inspector # 6 touches everthing...

he/she leave their calling card behind, like the TSA does when they rumple through your clothes.

[stonecutter357]

26. new clothes have formaldehyde on/in them .

[sagesnow]

27. Please Post Off the Wall Questions in the OFF the WALL Forum

Please do not waste the precious time and reading talents of the denizens of the DU Lounge.

Post questions such as:
"When will I be arrested for removing that tag from my mattress?" in the OFF THE WALL Forum on DU.

Thank you.

https://www.livescience.com/33039-why-do-mattresses-have-do-not-remove-tags.html

[procon]

28. Always wash new garments, especially those

pieces worn next to the skin. The washing process will remove sizing, a plastic substance used to strengthen yarns before weaving and can cause skin problems. Washing also removes residues from chemical dyes that can irritate sensitive skin. Washing removes critters like bed bugs and lice, or their eggs and pieces of them that can contaminate fabric stored in warehouses.

Washing removes and chemical coatings that manufacturers apply to enhance the visual appearance and feel of clothing. The garment you purchase might have been tried on by other customers, even worn before getting returned and resold, so washing is a good idea for many reasons.

[Shrike47]

31. Yep, and everything else. You don't know what's on it.

Back in the 70’s I read a great article in the New Yorker about a mysterious medical problem some people had. It was eventually determined that their new jeans had been shipped in a truck and placed next to a shipment of a pesticide, which unexpectedly, and invisibly, leaked. If people didn’t wash the jeans before wearing, they were poisoned.

[TheRealNorth]

32. I almost always wash any new clothing I buy

Maybe its depends on where you buy your clothing, but I like to wash the department store smell out before I wear it.

[Brother Buzz]

33. An item always in high demand from a homeless outreach center is new packaged underwear

Nobody bothers washing them.

[virgogal]

34. Yep.

[lark]

36. Really all clothes should be washed before wear to remove any chemicals.

That goes double for underwear.

[Clarity2]

38. Yes

Because I recall when they mentioned DNA being on underwear of JonBonet Ramsey possibly from handling at the underwear mfg.... Dont know if they handle it with bare hands, or gloves, but I guess that doesnt matter, as long as its being handle by humans.

[The Polack MSgt]

39. No.

My wife drives me nuts with this - Everything has to be washed before she uses it.

She pre washes everything except TP. Dammit woman fresh socks and boxers feel good, washed socks just feel old

[3catwoman3]

59. Thank for the laugh!

Every thing but TP -

[brush]

40. Only if you're an extremely paranoid germaphobe. They don't make new clothes out of dirty fabric.

I never have felt the need to wash new underwear and have never had a problem.

[Callmecrazy]

49. Me either...

This is all bullshit.

[Kali]

45. probably, but do I?

nah, clothing is so shitty nowadays washing it wears it out fast. figure not washing gives an extra day of use. I'm old and haven't had any problems with new underwear yet.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

47. Only if they're pre-dirtied.

That's a luxury option, ya know........

KY........

[dameatball]

52. Underwear worn on the head should be shampooed at the same time as your hair. Only common sense.

[Codeine]

53. I don't feel like applying random Chinese

sweatshop factory detritus directly to my junk.

[Generic Brad]

54. Are you implying we're supposed to wash old underwear after we wear it?

Because it you wash it, you no longer know for sure if it's old or new.

[dlk]

55. Yes, It Helps Remove Chemicals in the Material From the Manufacturing Process

[Hotler]

56. Yes. Three times......

[Iggo]

57. Hells to the yes.

[GeorgeGist]

58. Yes, and after you wear them too.

[Harker]

60. I don't know.

I can't recall ever getting instructions with them.