Eli5 Why does it matter what temperature the water is when we do laundry?

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I’ve been a “throw everything in and wash on cold” person forever, but I started to notice certain things such as towels that typically require hot or warm water didn’t feel right anymore. Once I switched back they came out feeling soft and fluffy as usual. Why does it matter?

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Different fabrics like different things, that’s about it. Towels usually hold onto more bacteria, odor, etc. So hot water works better to clean them. A cotton T-shirt doesn’t benefit much from hot water, and might even shrink form it, so cold is fine to use.

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