Organizing Ideas
How Often You Should Wash Your Bed Sheets?
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Organizing Ideas
How Often You Should Wash Your Bed Sheets?
Keep your sheets squeaky-clean with these tips.
There's nothing like getting into a bed with freshly washed sheets. But once that clean-sheet feeling fades, it can be hard to know when you should give them their next wash.
Bed sheets are a cozy hub for bacteria, dead skin cells, dust mites, and allergens. Keeping them fresh is important for your health just as much as your sleep enjoyment.
Here's everything you need to know about washing your sheets.
How often should you wash your sheets?
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As a general rule, experts recommend tossing your bed sheets in the laundry once a week. If you tend to be a hot sleeper, you're sick, or are deep into sweaty summer nights, consider refreshing them more often.
Also think about who is sleeping in the bed. Is it just you, or does your partner or child snooze alongside you? What about pets? More bodies equal more sweat and dirt that might lead you to wash your sheets more frequently.
Keep two sets of sheets on hand to make swapping out sheets even easier.
What about your pillowcases?
If you're able, experts typically recommend washing your pillowcases more frequently since they accumulate extra bacteria and dead skin. Toss them in the laundry along with your sheets, or if you prefer to wait a bit longer between bed sheet washes, give them their own cleaning once a week.
Tips for washing bed sheets
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- Pre-treat stains by spraying on a stain remover then lightly scrubbing them with a soft brush.
- Wash cotton sheets in hot water to kill allergens and bacteria. Cotton/polyester blends and microfibre sheets are best washed in warm or cool water.
- Dry your sheets on a gentle, low-heat cycle. Even better? Hang them outdoors to dry—the sun acts a natural disinfectant and lightener.
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