If that's the case then I guess you need to find Grandma's 'boiling 
bucket' and do a boil-wash on the stove afterwards :=)

Although not quite sure it is absolutely necessary, I could probably 
find my mother's headscarf and the 'wraparound' pinny which she also 
wore on Mondays when she did the washing if that would help ....

Trevor


Bruce Napier wrote:
> I don't think 1 is correct, but haven't been inside a laundrette for  
> many a year.
>
> The microbiologist on this boat is unhappy with cold washing. It  
> certainly doesn't kill small parasites like mites and bed bugs - all  
> you get are clean bed bugs at less than 60 wash.
>
> She has trouble believing that 50 or 100 ml of detergent diluted in  
> 25 litres of water will kill bacteria at cold wash temps, and it's  
> the bacteria that cause the niff.


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