Has a study ever been done?
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I usually buy jeans at the thrift store, because I just use them for gardening, I always wash them before I wear them...I pay $3 - $5. no sense paying $35 - $50.. They do wash some of the clothes but just to make sure, I like the smell of my own detergent.
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Location: Piedmont Virginia in the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mtns.
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Because I usually read QB late at night, Sharon, some of your Brambles give me a headache! LOL!
I try not to hold on the questions when I get up from my chair for bed or I'd never fall asleep! You have one of the most thought full (philosophical?) brains I know; wish we could visit in person.
Jan in VA
I try not to hold on the questions when I get up from my chair for bed or I'd never fall asleep! You have one of the most thought full (philosophical?) brains I know; wish we could visit in person.
Jan in VA
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Location: Myrtle Beach, SC
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I wash before I donate, and wash what I purchase from thrift stores. When we moved to SC, I bought what I call 'hard' furniture from thrift stores, but nothing that was stuffed or fabric and could not be washed. These days I don't buy too much from thrift stores, but I still donate.
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I clean up donation items as well as I can before I send them on their way.
Most of the clothing I've seen at yard sales looks and smells clean.
Occasionally someone uses a detergent that is very strongly scented, but I have never come across a garment with body odors. I did buy some jeans that smelled of detergent and smoke. They got washed again.
Most of the clothing I've seen at yard sales looks and smells clean.
Occasionally someone uses a detergent that is very strongly scented, but I have never come across a garment with body odors. I did buy some jeans that smelled of detergent and smoke. They got washed again.
#16
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I volunteer at our local thrift store and we wash and dry most all of the clothing, bedding, stuffed toys, etc. Some things people donate go right to the trash. Why do they think anyone would want that awful stuff? I always shop at yard sales and wash everything. One of my "friends" always brags about how expensive her clothes are, when I tell how what I pay for mine (just as nice!) she rolls her eyes and mutters Ehhh. Anyway I consider myself sooo much smarter to pay 50cents for a blouse instead of 50dollars.
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I volunteer at our local thrift store and we wash and dry most all of the clothing, bedding, stuffed toys, etc. Some things people donate go right to the trash. Why do they think anyone would want that awful stuff? I always shop at yard sales and wash everything. One of my "friends" always brags about how expensive her clothes are, when I tell how what I pay for mine (just as nice!) she rolls her eyes and mutters Ehhh. Anyway I consider myself sooo much smarter to pay 50cents for a blouse instead of 50dollars.
#18
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I always donate clean things and wash what I buy in thrift stores. I don't always wash things new from the store. Sometimes you can just tell the way they are packaged or hung that no one has tried them on. I wash everything after I wear it, so that's soon enough for me. As for chemicals, we don't appear to be sensitive to them, and being elderly now, I guess there haven't been consequences of being exposed. There are so many ways to be exposed. If we get new carpet, some paints, flooring, etc. it all outgasses. And we live with it unless we are severely compromised by it. People we encounter may be wearing something they didn't wash first and we are in close proximity. So I guess I'm not going to worry about it. I know I'm clean and my things are too. I have a cousin who brags about herself being "Mrs. Clean" and how often she washes towels, sheets, dusts, etc. She is sicker than I am always catching a cold, rash, etc. So hard to tell if it is the clothes, the chemicals, a germ not related to them unless someone has a sensitivity or allergy. Mr. Stitchnripper has a sensitivity to dairy (not lactose intolerant and not an allergy) that gives him migraines. If this were a chemical sensitivity, our lives would be different.
#19
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Hey Stitchripper, I have seen studies where "over cleaning" is actually bad for your health. I grew up on a farm with animals, dirt, etc. and a one-room school with a water bucket and dipper as did many of our generation. We kept our house as Mom used to say "Clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy." My MIL house was a museum where the grandkids could not touch, or even stay (we always got a hotel). Sometimes Moderation is good. Yes, bearisgray I have been the original owner and hope when I donate it someone else appreciates it too.
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Hey Stitchripper, I have seen studies where "over cleaning" is actually bad for your health. I grew up on a farm with animals, dirt, etc. and a one-room school with a water bucket and dipper as did many of our generation. We kept our house as Mom used to say "Clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy." My MIL house was a museum where the grandkids could not touch, or even stay (we always got a hotel). Sometimes Moderation is good. Yes, bearisgray I have been the original owner and hope when I donate it someone else appreciates it too.
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