We are getting into a right lather over the mundane task of washing our clothes, a report has revealed.
Most Brits are so baffled by washing instruction labels that thousands of pounds worth of garments are ruined.
Fewer than one in seven of us can correctly identify the six most common washing symbols.
As a result one in three simply sling clothes in the machine without checking labels. Most of us admit to having accidentally washed items that are dry clean only.
Men tend to be more careless, with 78% always using the same washing programme. But almost half of women use just three programmes or fewer.
Yet these are not the only startling stats to come out in the wash in school uniform supplier Trutex’s survey.
