HOW DO YOU WASH AND DRY BRAS, WASHER, DRYER?

[Guest Jenny Lou]

Hi everyone, I am really new here, I am learning fast because there is just so much info on this site, but whats is the correct way to do my washing and drying of my so many lovely bras i own?? please help me.

[VickySGV]

Check the laundry instructions that come with it first!!

Rule of broken thumb, if they are lace or fancy or cost more than $35 each, hand wash cold or cool, and air dry on the shower rod.

My daily bra's are all Just My Size Brand in cotton, so they can go in with my general underwear, and then go in the dryer on "auto sense" setting along withthe other junk.

If in doubt see above, hand wash in the bathroom sink with a couple tablespoons of liquid detergent or use Woolite, and air dry by haning up at the chest middle between the cups. .

[Guest Sabrinaxx]

My bras aren't that expensive, but I love some of them. What I do is fold them with the cups facing outwards, put them in a washing bag and make the washing machine use a cautious program.

[Guest Carla_Davis]

Like Vicky, my bras are cotton also.

I do not have a dryer so I only wash them in a Lingere Bag and hang them to dry.

Hugs,

Carla

[Guest DianeATL]

I wash on delicate cycle and hang to dry. I love that I have experience and an opinion on this subject.

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

I put mine in the washer on the delicate cycle and air dry them over the shower curtain rod.

[Charlize]

I wash mine with the other laundry and dry them on a rack in the bathroom. Fancy ones best by hand but i rarely go there any more.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest lostflower]

I just shove mine in a cool wash according to the colours, darks, reds and whites and hang them to dry in the utility room

But pretty much all my lingerie is from M&S and as such is basically indestructible compared with anyone else's, even the pretty delicate silk ones will handle abuse that would turn Victoria's Secret stuff into confetti

Hannah

[Carolyn Marie]

I have no idea. My wife does mine.

Carolyn Marie

[Guest WFane]

Ladies, do yourselves a favor and get a salad spinner. Best invention EVER.

[Ravin]

Any bra will last longer if you wash cold and hang to dry. Dryers are hard on elastic.

[Guest MaudeB]

According to instructions: bodydresses in the washing machine at "delicate", bras are hand washed in sink with cold water. Then gently "pressed" to remove excess water and hanged to dry by the middle on shower pole. No squeezing.

Silk: according to mood, waiting for full moon and a lit candle in offering: hand washed, one at a time in kitchen sink with 20-25°C water... Changing water for each garment. Darn! These things are precious to me but hard to maintain...

[JenniferB]

I use a Tide bag, made for washing bras. My bras used to tangle with everything, but no more. And then I hang it up to dry.

Jenny

[Guest Eve Caillard]

Hannah you made me laugh! M&S - indestructible. So true. Thanks!

I'm sorry but I'm a charlatan and throw mine in with the regular 40 degree wash and hope that something resembling the original article comes out the other end. Same with my much-loved hold-up stockings except I use a net laundry bag for those, which seems to keep them in very good shape. Though I love lace and pretty clothes, I stay away from very delicate stuff as I don't have the patience with them.

I have too many bras anyway . Oddly, my favourites actually tend to be very plain, slightly saggy non-underwired things that have no frills or lace on at all. But they are so comfortable and modest they just wear well and work for me. And they wash easily! Boring, but I love them.

Eve

[Guest Guest_]

Hand wash them in cold water with Woolite, then hang them up to dry. Hugs Amber L.

[Guest Freegrl]

I'm sorry if I gross anyone out, but I like to _not_ wash most of my bras. I have one for cooking that I handwash with shampoo sans-conditioner, and I have a few sweat bras that I use to dance in and work a sweat up. It might be really strange, but I actually like it if a darker bra gets dried sweat salts on it. It makes me want to dance and sweat more when I put it on and I think it makes the bra more slippery without being sticky.

I have some "training bras" that I use to stretch my chest muscles to form faux cleavage. Aside from the bra that I use to cook, I kind of like the scents that come from repeated wearing. I handwash these in the sink using shampoo if they start to smell not nice.

I am the oppsitie with my bottom shapewear though, and I like to hand wash them in the sink and hang dry them (prefereably on on sunny day) on an outside line, but never in a dryer. Because a lot of shapewear is synthetic, I don't want to wash those items with cotton items because testicles with form. I didn't know that this was a general rule until I was in my mid 20s but I think it's a good rule to follow for all fabrics.

[Guest Melissa~]

I used to hand wash, I discovered they do okay in a lingerie bag in the washer, then open air dry.

[KathrynJulia]

I wash in cold water on delicate cycle in a laundry bag to keep them from tangling with other clothes. Then I hang them to air dry. If my mom who is looking down on me from above ever saw me put a bra in the dryer, she would cause bad things to happen to me. Kathryn

[Guest]

According to instructions: bodydresses in the washing machine at "delicate", bras are hand washed in sink with cold water. Then gently "pressed" to remove excess water and hanged to dry by the middle on shower pole. No squeezing.

Silk: according to mood, waiting for full moon and a lit candle in offering: hand washed, one at a time in kitchen sink with 20-25°C water... Changing water for each garment. Darn! These things are precious to me but hard to maintain...

I fold a towel length ways and then place the item in the middle towards one end. Then I start at that end and roll the the towel and item together like rolling up a sleeping bag. Next I place the item on the the floor and press down with my knee only using the weight of my body. When I unroll it, it is only slightly damp. It can air dry from there in only a few minutes.

If I have many everyday bras to wash, I place them in a mesh laundry bag. I wash them on gentle with other delicate blouses and skirts. The bag keeps the agitator from harming the straps and bands.

I take them out of the bag and dry the whole load in my electric dryer on low or air fluff settings. The other clothes cushions the bras while tumbling and they all come out great.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hug. JodyAnn

[Guest Jenny Lou]

Hi Like Everyone, Thanks so much for all the info. Also if you line dry bras outside, what is the correct way to hang them, one pin hanging a bra straight down or my preferred way, opposite of straight down. I just love looking at a bra the way it should be seen. hey lets do a vote and see which way wins, lol!!

[Guest]

I abstain. If I hung them out at my apartment complex, I may be bra-less. Giggle. Hug. JodyAnn

[Charlize]

If i'm hanging my flags of femininity outside i hand them right side up with two pins. Any other way would be a sign of distress.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest Freegrl]

For bottom-wear, I use two pins as I only use shapewear and it dries better.

For bras, I hang them by the non-hook side because I don't want any perverts eyeing up my bras (my male side included).

[Guest April Kristie]

Hi girls, both my SO and I own expensive bras, I like French Empriente, and also Prima Donna and if you are familiar with these you know they are expensive. There is an excellent product out there made especially for fine garments. It is called Forever New Fabric Wash. It can be gotten at Amazon and other places as well. You only use a little of this in your wash basin. It is not a detergent which Woolite is, you soak or gently wash your bra or other garment then rinse with fresh water twice. You can roll it in a towel, if an underwire do not bend or twist as you can misshapen the expensive garment. Then you can dry on the shower bar or if you want to not clean the dirt off your shower rod with your garment, those plastic hangers with the little hooks on each end? They are for those little straps in your dresses or skirts, and for drying your bras in the shape they will be worn in. If you have a more pedestrian undergarment you can use your salad spinner to remove excess liquid from the garment, just remove the lettuce first! By the way, after you use your salad spinner to dry your garment, do you serve the food you eat from the same spinner? I remember the character Kramer from Sinefeld washing his lettuce as he showered yum!

[Guest lostflower]

I'm so glad my stuff is all M&S I don't need to spend any time looking after it specially I just wash it on a delicate cycle and hang it on the lines over the machines to dry

Hannah