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[Kenzo]

Following on from my 'How to keep your whites white?' post in CR I washed my lovely new dressage square the other night.

Baring in mind OH does all the washing, I'm not really familiar with a washing machine (I know how to switch it on) but all those settings and buttons baffle me

OH has always insisted that I was not to wash my ''filthy disgusting flea ridden horse stuff'' in the washing machine but to hand wash them but while he was out on Sunday, I ventured into the unknown.

muaaaaaaahh


Wasn't sure which side to put those squidgy orange things in so I put them in both sides of the draw, some fabric conditioner in both sides and for extra whiteness some in the tumble bit where I put the numnah, moved some settings to hot wash colour fast cotton...I think.

I was very proud of one's self watching it when it fired up but it was taking ages, the lights were on but it wasn't doing anything....then realised I'd not closed the door properly but then it started and it was tossing and turning my numnah round good and proper, but it seemed to take ages...and ages, I think it was washing my one numnah for about an hour? why so long for one thing?

Anyway all excited once it finished, pulled it out, lovely and clean and white no boot stains etc, smelling all lovely but it was half the god dam size!!!!

I nearly cried, in fact I think I did!

So after a huge sulk and a glass of white wine I tried stretching it but it seemed dry, why would it come out dryish when it’s been washed?

Anyway OH washed some clothes yesterday and went mad, he didn't know I'd fiddled with the settings and washed my numnah the other day, only done a 'full load' as he called it and went mad once he realised I'd used his washing precious washing machine when he pulled everthing out.

Apparently I've shrunk all our clothes.

He's not a happy bunny

 

[Lanky Loll]

Doh! Best you don't go near it again

I'd suggest not using the hot wash again

 

[Kenzo]

Doh! Best you don't go near it again

I'd suggest not using the hot wash again

But I thought hot would give whiter whites, not a My Little Pony sized numnah

 

[Gluttonforpunishment]

Ooo, not good.

Essentially you boil washed it and then hot tumble dried just for good measure???

On the plus side, you have a good excuse for buying both you and horse a new wardrobe.

 

[Lanky Loll]

Hot wash possibly would have meant whiter numnah... the hot tumble however will definitely have been the shrinkage

 

[skychick]

:-D :-D :-D Now thats a girl after my own heart!! If you dont want to do something on a regular basis..........do it BADLY!!

Just after my horse went out on loan a few weeks ago....i had come home and cleaned the house, cut the grass and was cooking a lovely dinner....when i nearly choked on the glass of wine i have having as a reward when i thought....oh *****.....he is going to like the new non horsey me and wont encourage the next horse......so i made sure that the hoover broke and spat dust everywhere and he had to fix it and that i burnt the dinner good and proper! And filled the kitchen with washing up :-D
I think that did the trick!

Shame you lost your saddle cloth though!

 

[Kenzo]

the hot tumble however will definitely have been the shrinkage

oh, I see, I didn't know I tumbled dried it, was 60 too hot then?

 

[baymareb]

Oh, dear, that sounds like something I'd do! Well, the only logical solution is that you now have to get a pony!

 

[tinkandlily]

I wish my OH did all the washing, where did you find him, i want one

 

[Kenzo]

Oh, dear, that sounds like something I'd do! Well, the only logical solution is that you now have to get a pony!

Too big for a ponio (can I call them that? ) oh well I just did, otherwise I would have a little Welsh section C I think

 

[Faro]

Sorry you shrunk your saddlecloth Kenzo, but cheer up - it can't be all bad! Some of us are actually jealous of you for being able to shrink a saddlecloth - in other words, some of us (i.e. me) don't have a tumble dryer and my other half wouldn't go anywhere near a washing machine (or the washing up, the hoover, the lawnmower.....)

 

[Kenzo]

I wish my OH did all the washing, where did you find him, i want one

I found it in a pub about 15 years ago, a rare find indeed.

However anything can be 'for sale'....at the right price

 

[Kenzo]

Sorry you shrunk your saddlecloth Kenzo, but cheer up - it can't be all bad! Some of us are actually jealous of you for being able to shrink a saddlecloth - in other words, some of us (i.e. me) don't have a tumble dryer and my other half wouldn't go anywhere near a washing machine (or the washing up, the hoover, the lawnmower.....)

I didn't know we had a tumble dryer!! lol, I thought it was a just a washing machine.

Now I'm even more confused

 

[tinkandlily]

I found it in a pub about 15 years ago, a rare find indeed.

However anything can be 'for sale'....at the right price

LOL how much, i'll give you anything

 

[Gluttonforpunishment]

oh, I see, I didn't know I tumbled dried it, was 60 too hot then?

Well - I just sort of assumed it must be a washer/drier since you said it came out dry??? I may have got that wrong

If you venture into the washing game again I'd try 40 next time

 

[Kenzo]

Well - I just sort of assumed it must be a washer/drier since you said it came out dry??? I may have got that wrong

If you venture into the washing game again I'd try 40 next time

I don't think I will, I'll hand it wash the next one!

Anyone want a Shetland sized white dressage square with removeable memory foam pads?