“Hubby prefers I wash all his clothes on cold so they last longer”
My wife washes the clothes and I don’t know what she does, but seems like hot water would soften grease so the soap could work on it better. Also, hot water is thinner than cold water (lower viscosity) so it would penetrate better. That’s what I think, anyway.
I agree. We both get oil on our clothes from various things we do around the house/farm and I need the hot water (and I often add a touch of Dawn) to get it out of mine. His tend to set and that’s probably the number one reason they start to look so bad.
I might start soaking his clothes first to see if that helps.
I think using the dryer probably wears out clothes more than anything