My question, therefore: what is the ideal/safe water temperature setting for washing personal clothing?
Answer faq 12 You should be using the boil wash programme on domestic washing machines, or the highest temperature over 82C held for at least 10 minutes. Ideally you should have a commercial machine with a built in sluice machine which will thermally disinfect laundry safely. The main difficulty lies with the type of material being washed, as foul laundry has to be disinfected it should be made of cotton or a material capable of being washed at high temperatures with high levels of mechanical action. All these things are made clear in the pages of my web site checkout http://www.laundry-and-dishwasher-info.com/index.html and follow the pages to sluice and how to do laundry etc. read all the pages and you will get the idea. Check out the link to the Miele company which supplies the machines for the job to fit in where your domestic machine comes out. There are rules in the UK, which govern the homes, so that they must have this type of machine in care homes etc. A domestic machine is no
