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What? No more warm water?
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<h1 class="pg-headline" data-act-id="article_head_0"><span style="font-size: 36pt;">To save the planet, Tide wants you to quit using warm water for laundry</span></h1>
If you want to use cold water temperature in my 1963 RCA Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII washer it’s too bad so sad since all the temperatures are built in and if you do use cold you’ll have to put up with a 15 to 20 minute fill since the cold water trickles in and that’s because of the thermostatic water valve.
Plus cold water slowly ruins the machine over time and causes a lot of scum and residue to build up in the machine where you can’t see it and eventually it will have a smelly odor after awhile.
Plus cold water slowly ruins the machine over time and causes a lot of scum and residue to build up in the machine where you can’t see it and eventually it will have a smelly odor after awhile.
Not.
Happening.
In.
This.
House.
I don't currently use Tide products and they certainly won't be getting on cent from me in the future.
Mark my words that habits like these WILL cause a plethora of issues with future washing machines and makers will be held liable for practices beyond their control.....even with their already dumbed down water temps.
With that said, I'll continue doing tempered 120F warm washes, spray rinses, and deep rinses.
Mark my words that habits like these WILL cause a plethora of issues with future washing machines and makers will be held liable for practices beyond their control.....even with their already dumbed down water temps.
With that said, I'll continue doing tempered 120F warm washes, spray rinses, and deep rinses.
HELL NO!!! I will continue to purchase the highest model in the line if it's the only one that still has an on-board heater. Just as I see it as a joke the concept of sanitize with oxy. With all of the scent boosters in Scent beads people use to make their laundry smell better? I think it's because people have such horrible laundry habits and don't know how to do laundry it reeks unless they can make it all perfumy.[this post was last edited: 3/18/2021-04:01]
Not in our house, but thanks for laugh P&G.
Right now, the supply of cold water is 47 degrees F. Definitely not something that I am going to use for laundry.
The GE Washer has both steam and water a water heater and they definitely will continue to be used.
Harry
The GE Washer has both steam and water a water heater and they definitely will continue to be used.
Harry
Wasn't there an all cold TL by Whirlpool a couple of years ago?
Water heating IS the highest cost factor in any washing situation.
So keeping it minimal is the way to go to stay efficent.
However there is a limit to it.
I do some colder washes from time to time.
But all cold really isn't the way.
I'd never wash my bath mats, my towels or my bedding below 104F.
Water heating IS the highest cost factor in any washing situation.
So keeping it minimal is the way to go to stay efficent.
However there is a limit to it.
I do some colder washes from time to time.
But all cold really isn't the way.
I'd never wash my bath mats, my towels or my bedding below 104F.
If I wash a large 40 gallon load in my Maytag with it set to warm, it uses about 9 gallons of hot water. Figuring that it costs about 2¢ a gallon to heat hot water, my cost is 18¢
Naaaah.
Oh Dear!
What am I ever going to do?
What am I ever going to do?
Pretty much all the temperatures on my ‘63 RCA Whirlpool Imperial Mark XII are either hot or warm and the only cold water wash is cycle #4 and that only has a 6 minute wash but will be well over 35 minutes since the water trickles in on the cold setting since it has the thermostatic water valve. All the wash times and temperatures are on the lid instructions.
pierreandreply4
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The problem with cold water is the temperature varies depending on the season and the area of the country in which you reside.
AW members from the Deep South report that their cold tap water is often 80-90 degrees. That can clean effectively with today’s Tide detergents, although I’d use some stain remover on greasy stains. I like Amway’s classic stain spray.
In Minnesota, our cold water is nowhere near 80-90 degrees even in the summer. During our long cold season, cold tap temps often range from 42-50 degrees. That is not going to budge many stains, especially if they are grease-based.
Tide’s website used to claim their ColdWater liquid cleans effectively down to around 45 degrees. I tested it at about 65 degrees and cleaning was acceptable. Then I tried it in mid-winter temps in the low to mid 40s and cleaning performance dropped like a rock.
If I lived down south, I’d have no problem washing most loads in “cold” water. Up here in the frozen north, no way.
AW members from the Deep South report that their cold tap water is often 80-90 degrees. That can clean effectively with today’s Tide detergents, although I’d use some stain remover on greasy stains. I like Amway’s classic stain spray.
In Minnesota, our cold water is nowhere near 80-90 degrees even in the summer. During our long cold season, cold tap temps often range from 42-50 degrees. That is not going to budge many stains, especially if they are grease-based.
Tide’s website used to claim their ColdWater liquid cleans effectively down to around 45 degrees. I tested it at about 65 degrees and cleaning was acceptable. Then I tried it in mid-winter temps in the low to mid 40s and cleaning performance dropped like a rock.
If I lived down south, I’d have no problem washing most loads in “cold” water. Up here in the frozen north, no way.
I'm sick and tired of companies, people, or politicians, all three with either way more money or power than I'll ever have telling me to stop doing so many things people have grown accustomed to in daily life to " save the planet" as they say, while they still live it up in luxury and dont change a thing. Hmmm, does the CEO of Lever or whoever makes Tide have his maids use only cold water now to do his families laundry? DOUBT IT. Don't use hot water, dont use excess electricity, buy fuel efficient cars, energy efficient appliances, etc all to keep our planet cleaner. I love all the sacrifices people in this country and Europe have made for a cleaner planet and air in so many capacities and extra costs. I'm all for having a cleaner and greener planet BUT FFS can the entire planet get on board with it already? You could spend the next 10 years watching all the You Tube videos you like of factories and people in China, Russia, Asia, Middle East etc polluting rivers, air and the ground like its 1909 all over again. Even back yard shops in India or Thailand etc are pouring lead and battery acid right into the ground while they repair radiators in trucks, fabricate various tools and products etc or even rewind armatures for vehicle starters or alternators etc with open burning, cleaning copper windings off with acid then pouring it on the ground. The EPA would have a field day with fines if they went there, they wouldnt be able to give them out fast enough. I wonder just how much gain the western world is keeping ahead of the curve with all the polluting unchecked countries or are we just barely breaking even pollution wise world wide?
vacerator
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Oye Vey!
I'm not chastizing anyone, butthen boil water on the stove and add it to your dang washer machine, or use a board and a galvanized tub.
It ain't just politicians, companies, or environmentalists. I'm older, with more insurance, barely. You're old enough to recall the tv commerical with the indian in the canoe paddling past the smog spewing smoke stacks, Chemical and sewage run off, and dead fish. I don't know how else to put it to you.
The Ozone hole was not made up. Global warming is not made up. Carbon dating proved that before each ice age it got warmer. There will be another.
Of course, it's mostly all about money, and making more for companies and investors. However, maybe you don't have grand kids or care about thier future or that of the planet. Some of us do.
Being nostalgic is fine. Living in the past should have a limit.
Adapt, change, or move out of the way then.
I'm not chastizing anyone, butthen boil water on the stove and add it to your dang washer machine, or use a board and a galvanized tub.
It ain't just politicians, companies, or environmentalists. I'm older, with more insurance, barely. You're old enough to recall the tv commerical with the indian in the canoe paddling past the smog spewing smoke stacks, Chemical and sewage run off, and dead fish. I don't know how else to put it to you.
The Ozone hole was not made up. Global warming is not made up. Carbon dating proved that before each ice age it got warmer. There will be another.
Of course, it's mostly all about money, and making more for companies and investors. However, maybe you don't have grand kids or care about thier future or that of the planet. Some of us do.
Being nostalgic is fine. Living in the past should have a limit.
Adapt, change, or move out of the way then.
bradfordwhite
Well-known member
While I appreciate the effort to dumb down the laundering public, it's not happening here.
It also helps to explain the 3 colds options. I'm just wondering where in the world this came from.
Are they hoping to bump off the hot and warn selection in the future?
Will the three colds leave people feeling as though they haven't lost any choices?
It also helps to explain the 3 colds options. I'm just wondering where in the world this came from.
Are they hoping to bump off the hot and warn selection in the future?
Will the three colds leave people feeling as though they haven't lost any choices?
The ATC on one of my toploaders targets 115°F for warm. Another is 122°F.
