Visiting my parents, my mom seems disappointed to find me washing my clothes in cold water, she says it’s just not right but couldn’t quite explain why.
I’ve washed all of my laundry using the “cold” setting on washing machines for as long as I can remember. I’ve never had color bleeding or anything similar as seems to affect so many people.
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Really the only thing you need to be aware of is that the hot washings also help sterilise the machine, so if you only wash cold, you can get microbial growth inside that could cause smells or skin irritations.
Even if cold washing is good enough for the clothes, it’s not a bad idea to do 1-2 hot cycles per month or use some kind of machine cleaning products.
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