Here’s why you should wash most clothes in cold.
Warm water can make fabrics shed fibers,bleed dyeor fade, and slowly (or dramatically) shrink.
Cold water reduces those problems for all your clothes and linens, giving them a longer lifespan.
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Cold water even works better at removing organic stains like grass stains, blood, and urine.
Washing everything in cold also makes your home more energy-efficient.
Warm water is more effective atremoving oily stains, cleaning heavily soiled clothes, and removing odors.
Yourbath towelsand stinky socks should probably be washed in warm.
Cloth diapers should also get the hot-water treatment.
Cold water makes it less likely that your clothes will shrink.
However, you’ll also need to dry fabrics on very low heat or air dry them toprevent shrinking.
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