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minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-214 hours agoThis is the right question. I always use cold water unless something is soiled. Or maybe towels if there’s nothing else in there. I think detergents have gotten good enough to work just as well in cold water, and that’s mostly why it’s better.
minus-square4grams@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoYeah, cold for everything except whites (they get warm plus bleach). Else these days I do still try to separate them into dark and light colors. Jeans do still fade but it doesn’t transfer to the rest.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·13 hours agoAfter switching to black socks years ago, I haven’t really had whites in a long time.
minus-squareCertifiedBlackGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·13 hours agoOnce you go black, you don’t go back ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
This is the right question. I always use cold water unless something is soiled. Or maybe towels if there’s nothing else in there.
I think detergents have gotten good enough to work just as well in cold water, and that’s mostly why it’s better.
Yeah, cold for everything except whites (they get warm plus bleach). Else these days I do still try to separate them into dark and light colors. Jeans do still fade but it doesn’t transfer to the rest.
After switching to black socks years ago, I haven’t really had whites in a long time.
Once you go black, you don’t go back ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)