There are some chores around the house that hit differently than others, and even if you normally hate doing laundry, your sheets might be a different story.
At least, they do for me, because even though taking them off, washing them, and putting them back on might be a pain in the rear, getting to sleep on clean sheets is delightful.
How often should you be accomplishing this little task, though?
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Experts have a few thoughts on the matter!
Everyone’s life is busy, but consider this – you spend about a third of it in your bed. Your sheets collect dust, mites, dead skin, pet hair, human hair, and all sorts of other gunk you wouldn’t willingly sleep in if you could see it. So here are a few tips on how you clean your sheets.
First, make sure you pretreat any stains before they go into the washer. You can use a stain remover like Shout, but I’ve found that Dawn PowerWash really does the trick, too. You’ll want to check to make sure they come out before running them through the dryer.
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Second, experts recommend washing in cold water and drying on the lowest setting possible, too, in order to help your sheets last as long as possible.
Third, you might also want to avoid using fabric softeners and dryer sheets, which both leave residue that harms breathability and absorbency. Over time, that can leave you feeling hot between the sheets.
The answer to how frequently you should be washing? Most experts recommend changing your sheets once a week. So whether that means changing the sheets out or laundering and putting them back on the same day is up to you.
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Hopefully you’ve got a few spare sets in case you don’t have time to go through the whole process that often.
Just keep your eyes on the prize, y’all, because clean sheet night once a week sounds pretty good to me.
