• causepix@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    21 hours ago

    This almost never happens to me but I did manage to wash my favorite discontinued chapstick a couple months back 🥲

    • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      It was a pack of gum for me. It made it into the dryer. After much effort, the residue remained, fortunately made less sticky by being saturated with lint. Thank goodness it was a lease. It dried clothes fine afterward, and didn’t affect the clothes. Still, I knew it was there, and what’s worse, it knew I knew, it was there. It would stare back at me, as if looking into my soul, mocking the solemnity of my laundry rituals.

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      You know what I hate? The soggy remains of a peanut butter jar label in the dishwasher’s filter. My medical team allege I’m capable of learning but I have on occasion found evidence to the contrary.

  • DagwoodIII@piefed.socialEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Someone told me that clothes last longer if you turn them inside out before washing.

    I do notice that the colors don’t fade as quickly, and inverting things means you empty out the pockets.

        • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
          1·
          24 hours ago

          I ones accidentally washed jellybean, it melted in the machine and completely glued the pocket shut. I don’t think I’ve eaten jelly beans in about 15 years so who knows where it came from.

          Although the absolute worst one I had was when I accidentally washed some catnip. It absolutely did not wash away and just cause the complete mess.

  • proudblond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    This is not a problem I have. What happens when chapstick goes through the wash? Is it just the chapstick that gets ruined or does it mess up the clothes too?

    • ccunning@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      I don’t think I’ve ever done this either, but I have to imagine (based on having left chapstick in a hot car) that it will melt and get all over your clothes in the dryer. If it melts and solidifies on your clothes it would be hard to get out without using a very hot wash cycle and it would probably leave grease-like stains even if you did get it out.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        24 hours ago

        Yeah I don’t like putting things in on very hot washes because firstly I think it’s unnecessary for the water to be that hot and it’s just a waste of power and secondly because I think it bleaches my jeans. Colours seem to stick around longer on cooler washers and then they also don’t have to fiddle around with those squares of colour protector pad things, which don’t work anyway.

    • AFK BRB Chocolate (CA version)@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      Chapstick is basically a cylinder full of wax, so it melts if it gets hot. The hot dryer tumbles that cylinder around the whole load of clothes. Melted wax is hard to get out of fabric, and you’re likely going to be dealing with little spots of it over a bunch of items.