Eli5 why do people say to wash dishes or your hands in warm water when cold slows down bacteria growth?
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Alright so from learning from my step father who worked as a dish washer in a restaurant. He told me to wash with hot rinse with cold washing with hot ensure an easier time to remove grease, stuck on food and helps break things down where as rinsing in cold helped kill bacteria ensuring a clean plate, or whatever ur washing. Been doing dishes this was now for 20yrs.
Alright so from learning from my step father who worked as a dish washer in a restaurant. He told me to wash with hot rinse with cold washing with hot ensure an easier time to remove grease, stuck on food and helps break things down where as rinsing in cold helped kill bacteria ensuring a clean plate, or whatever ur washing. Been doing dishes this was now for 20yrs.
For dishwashing – Heat softens grease and helps soap lift it away.
For hand washing – there’s no practical difference as long as good technique is followed.
For dishwashing – Heat softens grease and helps soap lift it away.
For hand washing – there’s no practical difference as long as good technique is followed.
Alright so from learning from my step father who worked as a dish washer in a restaurant. He told me to wash with hot rinse with cold washing with hot ensure an easier time to remove grease, stuck on food and helps break things down where as rinsing in cold helped kill bacteria ensuring a clean plate, or whatever ur washing. Been doing dishes this was now for 20yrs.
For dishwashing – Heat softens grease and helps soap lift it away.
For hand washing – there’s no practical difference as long as good technique is followed.
“Explain it like you’re 5” up in here today.
Lots of people reverse clarifying their previous bold claims that removing more oils/fats with warmer water had no impact on effectiveness in terms of bacteria/virus removal or otherwise.
ELi5: because you don’t want to slow down their growth. You want to KILL them and hot water is effective at that.
I watched a video on a similar topic about this. It was focused on dishes, but hand washing was mentioned.
Basically, the water temperature doesn’t matter much unless it is able to kill germs. It’s the soap that does the work. The only time warm/hot water will help is if it helps remove whatever is on the surface of the item you’re cleaning.
“Explain it like you’re 5” up in here today.
Lots of people reverse clarifying their previous bold claims that removing more oils/fats with warmer water had no impact on effectiveness in terms of bacteria/virus removal or otherwise.
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