How often do you wash your curtains?

lovetruly06 · September 2014

Beeorange said:

riderchik said:

I wash the curtains sometimes I don't have a set schedule. The walls have to get washed twice a year but I married a mechanic and I can not get some of the grease off my walls. Open for suggestions if anyone has ideas.

Same issue at my house - I've found vinegar works really good. I also use magic erasers, Clorox wipes, and bleach spray. They all work well for me when cleaning black handprints off the bathroom walls. 8-|

Question for you though... do you have to wash your shower EVERY day too because of the grease?

ETA: words

Same problem here. Im for sure gonna try the magic erasers. The shower and sheets have to be washed all the time and im so over it.

fridaynightlights · September 2014

I haven't even hung all my curtains and we moved in 5 months ago.

3houlagirl · September 2014

I vacuum the (window) curtains when I can see dog hair on the bottom. I have yet to wash them, but they're new and dry-clean only, so it will probably never happen.

The other kind get washed daily.

Pintobean39 · September 2014

I have no curtains. I have plantation shutters and roman shades. The shades never get dusted, the shutters get dusted when I dust. As far as walls, they get dusted when they need it, when the dust is visible. I didn't know you had to wash them, I've never done that. I might have to wipe where ppls feet hit on my island and my light switches.

I wash my sheets once a week. The best night sleep ever is clean sheets and freshly shaved legs. I also have battenburg lace pillowcases that I iron but it's only on my favorite pillow.

PrimRoseMama · September 2014

I need to wash them, but I usually use it as an excuse to replace them every 6 months to a year. Allergies & work lol :P

But really, I take them outside to brush/beat every couple of months, but they wouldn't fit in my washer.

renbee · September 2014

Lol that everyone is specifying (window) curtains now. Good job @GhostMonkey.

MrsC0617 · September 2014

When I had curtains, about 2x a year. I always thought I was super gross for that. But it's such a pain in the ass to do.

DaBearsFansWife · September 2014

ColeRose said:

DaBearsFansWife said:
I am crazy obsessive about cleaning. It's my shtick. I wash baseboards and walls monthly. Wash all linens including curtains at least once a month. Light fixtures, pictures, ceiling, stove, and blinds are biweekly. Everything else is daily. I can't relax until my routine is done.
You clean everything else daily?! I couldn't get to those things you just listed biweekly either. How do you find the time?

I have a super efficient routine that I follow to make sure everything is done each day. If I don't get to do something (like vacuuming or laundry) that day then I have anxiety. Not like AW anxiety, but legitimate can't fully function anxiety. I've been like this since I was a child. If my room was messy I refused to sleep in it. I had to be able to see the vacuum lines in my carpet or i would sleep in the living room. I've actually been working on it in therapy because I know if I ever have children I will need to be more adaptable. My therapist doesn't think it is full blown OCD but rather Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder which basically means I'm very picky about how a lot of things are done but I'm not necessarily fixated on them.

DaBearsFansWife · September 2014

rainbowsandunicorns said:
**** Frantically adds "clean curtains, not meat curtains" on to-do list. ****

I mean, if you're choosing I would rather you wash your meat curtains than your linen ones

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catwine · September 2014

I've lived here 2 years and washed the curtains maybe twice...the first time was when we moved in because the sellers left them behind and they are actually pretty nice looking. I might have washed them again after my cat rubbed against them and got them covered in hair...or I may have washed them in my redneck way, which is hanging them on the clothesline for a week during a rain storm.

hollyk224 · September 2014

Yeah, I don't do that. I guess I should start?

nandaboob06 · September 2014

DaisyCat11 said:

MeatandBandP said:

why did @kemcc13 get banned? What am I missing?

I was wondering this too.

Maybe shes just using it as her avi as a joke? I noticed it too and that was all i could come up with.

niki1209 · September 2014

DarcyHermione said:

MeatandBandP said:

why did @kemcc13 get banned? What am I missing?

I'm not sure. I'll look into it.

And GhostMonkey?? Wow.

danascullyx · September 2014

dmsmth said:

I dont have any now but when I did, I washed them 1x in the 6yrs we lived there

This becomes amazingly funny when you imagine @dmsmth talking about her meat curtains.

ETA: I wash sheets once a week.

mamahawk12 · September 2014

I've never washed our curtains and don't plan on starting. In fact, they can't be washed. I vacuum them about once a month.

mechedes · September 2014

I will never think of curtains the same way again..

dmsmth · September 2014

danascullyx said:

dmsmth said:

I dont have any now but when I did, I washed them 1x in the 6yrs we lived there

This becomes amazingly funny when you imagine @dmsmth talking about her meat curtains.
ETA: I wash sheets once a week.

THAT would be gross!

I washed the "window" curtains once in 6 yrs

Meat curtains get washed much, MUCH more frequently, lol

HippoTooth · September 2014

MeatandBandP said:

why did @kemcc13 get banned? What am I missing?

She was banned yesterday I believe. At least that's when I noticed it. Shits getting crazy round here. Someone's putting their foot down.

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