Cold water washing- WHY?!?!?

[qsd-dan]

I use cold water on dark clothes with the adjustable temper valve set at 80F (as low as it goes). IMO, 80F seems a bit on the teetering edge of being a little too warm. I notices a bit of bleeding occurring in every cold wash before the spin occurs. 85F is too hot IMO, at least for a top loader anyway. Cold water washes should include liquid detergents only, IMO. Save the powder detergents for warm/hot washes.

 

[dustin92]

well...

I was visiting again today, and did 2 loads of laundry properly! I separated the colors and did them in warm water,(actually almost hot because the cold fill valve screen is clogged), and did a load of whites/ light colors in scalding hot water, probably at least 160 degrees, maybe more! (there was steam coming out of the washer), and the water was gray/ brown/ mud colored! yuck! the coloreds smelled much better, and they were drying when I left, and the whites were still washing. I almost expected to get a phone call "WHY were you doing laundry in HOT water!" I would have answered, "thats how I do it at home!" now, I admit I do throw in a cold wash now and then, to save a little bit of energy, BUT, I normally use warm or hot.

 

[dustin92]

well...

I was visiting again today, and did 2 loads of laundry properly! I separated the colors and did them in warm water,(actually almost hot because the cold fill valve screen is clogged), and did a load of whites/ light colors in scalding hot water, probably at least 160 degrees, maybe more! (there was steam coming out of the washer), and the water was gray/ brown/ mud colored! yuck! the coloreds smelled much better, and they were drying when I left, and the whites were still washing. I almost expected to get a phone call "WHY were you doing laundry in HOT water!" I would have answered, "thats how I do it at home!" now, I admit I do throw in a cold wash now and then, to save a little bit of energy, BUT, I normally use warm or hot.

 

[dustin92]

oooooopppppsssss!!!!

sorry for the double post!!!

 

[washerboy]

body make up

I've come to the conclusion that the reason why some detergents do well for one person and poor for another has something to do with body chemestry. I think when dirt and body oils/funk are mixed together it has a bearing on how well a detergent cleans. For example, if I wash my partners clothes and towels with Tide or Purex, the clothing still smell of his skin after being washed and dried; but if I use wisk or gain there's no smell. I think that's why some folks have good results with certain products and others dont. I read of post the other day where someone was saying the Mexician deterget was their go to product. I bought some of it and about the only thing it did was make a lot of suds; my clothes and sheets did'nt seem clean; I tossed it in the trash. This on the other hand is just my preception, I could be totaly off base and just have a thing for wisk and gain.