Leaving chlorine in suits will trash your suits very quickly.

Camp with swimming plus swim team plus two kids and then add a husband who swims laps several days a week… it’s a lot. I hang everything as soon as we get home and then throw everything in the wash every couple to days. Towels get washed separately from suits. Suits go in with other workout clothes.

Summer is a laundry nightmare.

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Anonymous wrote:OK OP here with a follow up question. Where do you store the damp suit if not washing it? I just cannot throw it in the laundry basket wet. Do you hang it in the bathroom? Do you have another wet laundry spot? Leave it outside? I realize I sound like a crazy laundry person but have just always assumed if it's wet it needs to be washed... Im going to take your tips here! We also have multiple suits so don't need to wash and rewear.

I have one of those wet/dry bags hanging in my laundry room for all wet towels/rags. Empty it and wash 1-2x/week depending on how fast it gets full.

I hang them on the handles of my bathroom cabinets. Same for pool towels. I don't wash those everyday either.

Anonymous wrote:OK OP here with a follow up question. Where do you store the damp suit if not washing it? I just cannot throw it in the laundry basket wet. Do you hang it in the bathroom? Do you have another wet laundry spot? Leave it outside? I realize I sound like a crazy laundry person but have just always assumed if it's wet it needs to be washed... Im going to take your tips here! We also have multiple suits so don't need to wash and rewear.

I have one of those wet/dry bags hanging in my laundry room for all wet towels/rags. Empty it and wash 1-2x/week depending on how fast it gets full.

I wash them because my kid wears one to camp everyday under her clothes (changes after swim), so it's like underwear. I let it dry in her bathroom overnight and then it goes in the hamper and they get washed with all of her other clothes. She has enough to get through the week so I only do laundry once a week, which is my normal practice. Same process with towels.

If we are swimming every day, I rinse and let it air dry. Sometimes outside, or hung up in the bathroom. If I am doing other laundry, I will throw in the suits. My kids have multiple suits though, so we can rotate.

I will throw them in the dryer if I need to also. yes it wears down the suit faster, but my kids grow so fast we almost never get 2 summers out of the same suit anyhow, so I just do what works. I'd never put my own suits in the dryer because I can wear them for multiple years.

Anonymous wrote:So what’s worse, washing on cold with minimal detergent in the washer and hang drying… or letting the chlorine be in the suit for days?
Serious question…. I’m in the washer camp as of right now. Change my mind to rinsing in sink.

I'll be honest, I don't really care about what's best for the suit. I buy cheap suits, or use hand me downs, and my kids are growing fast. If washing or not washing makes them fade faster or lose their elastic faster, I can live with that.

I do what's easier for me, and for my kids' health. One of my kids is really sensitive to mold and mildew, so if it's sat long enough to be even a little smelly I wash it. Same if it's super sandy, or it's got mud or shaving cream or paint (swim team likes to do things like paint banners). If it's clean I can hang it up right away, especially in the sun, then I'll have the kid rinse it and hang it.

Anonymous wrote:The people saying that it’s fine not to wash swimsuits because of the chlorine should go read about the water quality of public pools.

I’m a non washer. I have my own pool.

Anonymous wrote:The people saying that it’s fine not to wash swimsuits because of the chlorine should go read about the water quality of public pools.

Everything I’ve read about water quality suggests public pools are on average cleaner than private pools — both are pretty gross but cleaner than the lakes and ponds I swam in growing up so I find it hard to freak out about it.

Da troof and nothing but the troof so help me god

The people saying that it’s fine not to wash swimsuits because of the chlorine should go read about the water quality of public pools.

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Anonymous wrote:I wash suits after every use and learned this the hard way after getting a serious infection from a suit that wasn't washed between two swims in a public pool. This is now a non-negotiable for me and my kids.

What kind of serious infection lives on bathing suits?

Because you specify "public pool" it feels like a troll attempt, but please do explain if not.

They don’t. Total troll

I do, but my kids each have a drawer full of swimsuits (bought second hand). They have to bring one day day camp everyday.

So what’s worse, washing on cold with minimal detergent in the washer and hang drying… or letting the chlorine be in the suit for days?
Serious question…. I’m in the washer camp as of right now. Change my mind to rinsing in sink.

Depends on the situation. If on vacation or home and swimming every day, no. If wearing it once, especially outside of a pool like a lake or river, yes because it will be awhile before using it again. If using it every day in a pool, no, we just wash it every couple of days or at the end of week. We always rinse it out in the sink before hanging to dry though. (I think this is from days when swimsuits faded really fast. It helped get the chlorine out. Not sure that is as necessary anymore.)

As for hanging it, it depends. On vacation, we just hang it outside in the sun if possible. If not, in the bathroom. If you are tight for space like in a hotel, you can hang part off of the towel rack, the shower head, etc. And, those retractable clothes lines are great.

Why wouldn’t you? Between multiple swimsuits and multiple kids, they put them in the laundry room after they wear one, grab a clean one the next time. I do a swimsuit load when I have a few accumulated