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44. Yes it is

Reply to pangaia (Reply #42)

Tue Aug 13, 2019, 01:05 PM

Aug 2019

exhausting. I don’t obsessively hand wash, or have OCD, but food handling and safety is an obsession.

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Are you supposed to wash new underwear? [View all] backtoblue Aug 2019 OP

I do still_one Aug 2019 #1

Uh oh backtoblue Aug 2019 #4

strongly recommended SCantiGOP Aug 2019 #46

Yes. Nt Ninga Aug 2019 #2

I always do. Ohiogal Aug 2019 #3

I do... now backtoblue Aug 2019 #6

Do you know the name of everyone who has touched them? jberryhill Aug 2019 #5

Not a one... backtoblue Aug 2019 #8

Well... jberryhill Aug 2019 #11

Whoever that is, they don't say Hanes until she says they say Hanes. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #13

Inspector 12's obit jmowreader Aug 2019 #48

Nobody has touched mine. I am sure. I buy them in a plastic package. pangaia Aug 2019 #14

Inspector 47, of course (n/t) PJMcK Aug 2019 #19

Yes, and clothes you buy at Goodwill, but I never do. Croney Aug 2019 #7

I always do. I've read sometimes fabrics have some chemicals in them that can RKP5637 Aug 2019 #9

did you ever get a rash from unwashed new underwear? pangaia Aug 2019 #15

Yes, actually it was itching. That's what started me looking into it. It was some years ago, so RKP5637 Aug 2019 #18

I was kind joking... but only half. pangaia Aug 2019 #21

OMG ... I've gotten sort of that way ... now with all of the bed bug stuff and RKP5637 Aug 2019 #25

My dear ex-wife's husband suffers from the absolutely worst case pangaia Aug 2019 #29

Seriously, there was a mud hole in the front yard and I recall even now taking a spoon and RKP5637 Aug 2019 #30

OMG, you were worse(better) than me.. pangaia Aug 2019 #43

Thats me Clarity2 Aug 2019 #37

That, I can understand. pangaia Aug 2019 #42

Yes it is Clarity2 Aug 2019 #44

Yes. You don't know what chemicals are on there by way of the factory. DetlefK Aug 2019 #10

What's new underwear? NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2019 #12

winnerrrrr pangaia Aug 2019 #16

Oh, it's just underwear you've never seen before! LOL n/t RKP5637 Aug 2019 #23

More importantly, you are supposed to wash old underwear. n/t PoliticAverse Aug 2019 #17

Winner! jberryhill Aug 2019 #20

At least once every 4 uses. NT Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #51

Are you supposed to wash your underwear? Botany Aug 2019 #22

It's news to me too underpants Aug 2019 #35

Get back in the washer! backtoblue Aug 2019 #41

After 4 wears Major Nikon Aug 2019 #50

Inspector # 6 touches everthing... Historic NY Aug 2019 #24

new clothes have formaldehyde on/in them . stonecutter357 Aug 2019 #26

Please Post Off the Wall Questions in the OFF the WALL Forum sagesnow Aug 2019 #27

Always wash new garments, especially those procon Aug 2019 #28

Yep, and everything else. You don't know what's on it. Shrike47 Aug 2019 #31

I almost always wash any new clothing I buy TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #32

An item always in high demand from a homeless outreach center is new packaged underwear Brother Buzz Aug 2019 #33

Yep. virgogal Aug 2019 #34

Really all clothes should be washed before wear to remove any chemicals. lark Aug 2019 #36

Yes Clarity2 Aug 2019 #38

No. The Polack MSgt Aug 2019 #39

Thank for the laugh! 3catwoman3 Aug 2019 #59

Only if you're an extremely paranoid germaphobe. They don't make new clothes out of dirty fabric. brush Aug 2019 #40

Me either... Callmecrazy Aug 2019 #49

probably, but do I? Kali Aug 2019 #45

Only if they're pre-dirtied. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2019 #47

Underwear worn on the head should be shampooed at the same time as your hair. Only common sense. dameatball Aug 2019 #52

I don't feel like applying random Chinese Codeine Aug 2019 #53

Are you implying we're supposed to wash old underwear after we wear it? Generic Brad Aug 2019 #54

Yes, It Helps Remove Chemicals in the Material From the Manufacturing Process dlk Aug 2019 #55

Yes. Three times...... Hotler Aug 2019 #56

Hells to the yes. Iggo Aug 2019 #57

Yes, and after you wear them too. GeorgeGist Aug 2019 #58

I don't know. Harker Aug 2019 #60