• 4grams@awful.systems
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    3 天前

    It must be detergent or washers are easier on clothes. Growing up, all my clothes eventually became the same dirty pink color when I’d wash colors together. These days I just dump everything in and toss in some laundry soap, maybe some softener if we have it around, and I still have clothes that are 20 years old and in regular rotation. Colorful as always.

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        2 天前

        Yeah, could be. I still have some old stuff though (my grandpas shirt which has got to be 50 years old). I don’t wear it much, but I still wash it when I do…

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        2 天前

        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.

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          2 天前

          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.