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Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd. is a professional underwear sourcing & supply-chain management company based in Xiamen, Fujian Province, in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster of south-east China. Founded by Will Lin, who has worked in the apparel trade since 2004, the company has been exporting since 2009 and was incorporated in Xiamen in 2013. It runs its own liaison office in Jinjiang and works with a network of BSCI & OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified partner factories to serve retailers and brands across Europe, the US and Australia.

For every female friend who pays attention to physical health and personal hygiene, changing and cleaning underwear every day is a must. Under normal circumstances, women’s underwear needs to be changed at least once every two days, but there are very few people who can clean up the changed underwear in time. Underwear is clothing that directly touches women’s private parts. For other clothing, the status of underwear is quite special. Underwear must be kept clean and hygienic, so as to reduce the risk of women getting gynecological diseases. Some women may not be able to wash immediately because of their busy work, so they save their underwear together, and some female friends are lazy and don’t even bother to change them. There is also a certain amount of attention to washing underwear, and many female friends have certain misunderstandings when washing underwear, so as to cause gynecological diseases, especially the following bad habits. I hope that females will pay attention to it together.

Can women’s underwear be washed together?

Women’s underwear belongs to close-fitting clothing, which is stained with a lot of sweat and secretions, and because women’s private parts are relatively hot and humid, bacteria and mold are easy to breed. If the unwashed underwear is left unwashed, bacteria and mold will grow more. When washing underwear, if the cleaning is not clean enough, these bacteria and molds will enter the women’s body through the vagina, causing women to suffer from vaginitis, cervicitis and other diseases.

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What aspects should women pay attention to when cleaning underwear?

 

1. Change and wash

Underwear such as underwear must be changed every day, and it must be washed clean at any time. You can’t be without changing your underwear for several days, and you can’t put your underwear together and then wash them. These behaviors are not good for women’s reproductive health. Change it every day, wash it every day, and be responsible for your own health.

 

2. Wash separately

All intimate clothes should be washed separately (especially women’s bra and panty sets underwear) and not mixed with other clothes, especially not all clothes, including underwear, should be washed in the washing machine. Especially socks, do not wash them together, otherwise mold and bacteria will easily cause vaginitis. It is best to have a special basin for underwear, and also use underwear cleaning solution to wash it, so that it is more reassuring to wash it alone, and it can reduce the chance of suffering from gynecological diseases.

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3. Clean carefully

When washing underwear, you must be very serious. You can’t wash it casually after a few rubs. In this way, there is no way to completely clean the dirt and bacteria on the underwear. When washing, you must use warm water, then rub it carefully, rinse it with clean water several times, and there should be no detergent residue, otherwise it will be a kind of irritation to women’s private parts.

 

4. Put it in the sun to dry

For the sake of convenience, some women put the underwear indoors to let it dry naturally after washing. In fact, this kind of behavior is not appropriate. The best way is to dry it in the sun, which has a better anti-virus effect. In addition, drying underwear in the sun can dry relatively quickly. If it is placed in the bathroom, it should not be easy to dry. The humid environment is also easy to breed bacteria, which is not good for women’s health.

 

Cleaning underwear is also a matter that requires effort. After all, underwear is close to women’s private parts. If the underwear is not cleaned, it is also a danger to the health of women’s private parts. I hope everyone can do a good job in the above points that need to be paid attention to when cleaning underwear. The details determine success or failure.

 

In fact, underwear cleaning is mainly for the purpose of cleaning and sterilization. Ultraviolet light itself is a good disinfectant, so special cleaning fluid can be bought and used, as long as it is a regular brand, but the main thing is to do a good job of cleaning, because the vulva itself also has a good antibacterial effect. barrier to prevent infection.

 

Unitex Underwear manufacture is a sourcing partner for underwear programmes, able to provide deeper professional knowledge, if you have various questions about underwear, we will be happy to provide services for you.

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Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.
Supplier Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — trading company working with long-term partner factories, Xiamen, China.
Question Whether women's underwear can be washed together in one load
Condition 1 Colour families — dark and light separated on the first few washes
Condition 2 Fabric and construction — a delicate knit and a bonded construction have different limits
Condition 3 Temperature — set by the most sensitive item in the load, not the average
Condition 4 Fastness — new dark garments release dye for the first washes
Condition 5 Loading — an overloaded drum increases friction and abrasion
Condition 6 Trims — hooks and any hardware can catch finer knits
Practical rule Wash by the most sensitive item in the load rather than by the majority
Common error Setting the temperature from the largest item and running everything at it
Buyer action Write the care instruction so that the mixed-load case is covered

Buyer checklist

  • Separate dark and light for the first washes.
  • Set the temperature by the most sensitive item in the load.
  • Check the fastness of any new dark garment before mixing.
  • Avoid overloading, since friction rises with a full drum.
  • Protect fine knits from hardware with a laundry bag.
  • Confirm the care instruction covers a mixed load.
  • Check the fabric and construction limits rather than the fibre name.
  • Confirm the temperature limit for any bonded construction.
  • Check the label instruction is legible at label size.
  • Review washing complaints against the instruction rather than the fabric.

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.)

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Sources & references

  1. OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 — harmful-substance testing and certification for textiles https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/oeko-tex-standard-100
  2. ISO 3758:2023 — Textiles: care labelling code using symbols https://www.iso.org/standard/74401.html
  3. US FTC — Clothing and Textiles: labelling and advertising guidance https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/industry/clothing-and-textiles
  4. ASTM — textile standards and test methods https://www.astm.org/
  5. OEKO-TEX® Label Check — verify a certificate number at the issuing body https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/label-check/
  6. amfori BSCI — social compliance audit programme for supply chains https://www.amfori.org/amfori-bsci
  7. ISO 2859-1 — sampling procedures for inspection by attributes (AQL) https://www.iso.org/standard/2859-1
  8. ISO 6330 — domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing https://www.iso.org/standard/75934.html

Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.) — OEM/ODM underwear sourcing and supply-chain partner in Xiamen, China; in the trade since 2009, incorporated in 2013. Based in the Xiamen–Quanzhou–Jinjiang knitwear cluster, Fujian Province, south-east China.

Buyer Questions

MOQ, lead times, certification and trading terms

Usually yes, with two conditions: separate dark from light for the first few washes, and set the temperature by the most sensitive item in the load rather than by the majority. Those two rules cover most of the risk in a mixed load. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Because new dark garments release dye for the first washes. Once that has settled the separation matters less, which is why the rule is about the first few cycles rather than about every wash. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

The most sensitive item in the load, not the average. A bonded construction or a delicate knit carries its own limit, and running the load hotter to suit a heavier item is what shortens the life of the rest. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

They are separate risks. Colour is about transfer between garments, while fabric is about the temperature and agitation each construction tolerates — so both conditions apply at the same time rather than one replacing the other. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

Hooks and any hardware can catch finer knits and cause snags in a mixed load. A laundry bag is the simple answer, and it is worth stating in the care guidance because it is not obvious from the garment itself. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).

By covering the mixed-load case rather than only the ideal one, since most households wash a full load rather than a single garment. That means the instruction names the colour separation and the temperature limit rather than leaving them implicit. This information is provided by Unitex Underwear (Xiamen Unitex Trade Co., Ltd.).