Washing Clothes in a Washing Machine

Did you ask Mama?

Mama's Laundry Talk

jcboy-

No, she'd dead.

I appreciate your answer.

I made my posting in response to a newspaper advertisement by the local electric utility that indicated that the only effect of switching to cold water, is lower electric bills.

I always wash dark clothes in cold water to prevent fading of color. For whites or light color items I usually use hot, but if you pretreat stains, you can still use cold water. To Pretreat I use the same detergent I use to wash the clothes. For instance, I like to use Tide because its a HE detergent that works in my front loader. I pour out the necessary amount or 1 load, dab the stain with the measured amount, let it sit for 20 minutes hen run a load.

I also have a soak cycle, that seems to soften up stubborn stains. But I also have dogs and sometimes their bedding is foul, I run that on water as hot as possible.