Do you wash clothes in cold, hot or warm
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Do you wash clothes in cold, hot or warm
| Tue, 06-12-2007 - 3:41pm |
This might seem like a silly question, but I am curious what temperature water do you wash your clothes in? Mainly I'm wondering if cold water does the job, or do I really have to use warm to get all those germs and stains out? Does it depend on the detergent?
I use Tide, what do you use?
If you use cold water, do you think it saves on your energy bill?
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i use tide
i wash sheets and towels in warm and most of the darks in cold
I wash my icky sweating Nike clothes in cold and they come out sparkly clean
With the exception of underwear and towels, you don't really have to disinfect your clothes. Allergy experts recommend using Borax powder along with the detergent to kill dustmites, and it also kills germs, so I use it when I do sheets, towels or undergarments. Drying on high finishes the germs off.
BTW, if you switch to an unscented detergent (better for you, your clothes, and the environment) you'll be able to tell how clean your clothes are becuase there won't be any scent to mask bad smells.
You can wash your clothes in any kind of water, but I've found that when the water has a high mineral content (hard water) as ours does, it's best to use warm or hot. (I use cold for things that say "dry clean only" LOL).
Yes it gets everything out...... I do not know about the energy thing.
I just got a new ac system last september so my bill spit in half anyway...
I like the cold water it keeps the sizes just right of all the clothes.
Linda
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Alex (16), Rachel (14), Matthew (12)
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