What is the benefit of washing clothes in warm water? Can’t they all be washed cold and still come out clean?

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What is the benefit of washing clothes in warm water? Can’t they all be washed cold and still come out clean?

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Answer 1

There’s an old “chemistry rule of thumb” that every 10degrees hotter, the rate of reactions doubles. So water and soap should work better dissolving any contaminant at higher temperatures. Besides that, most bacteria and fungi (thanks The Last of Us for the rabbit hole!) don’t survive at hotter temperatures.