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For Longer-Lasting Clothes, Science Says Use This Wash Cycle
Popular Mechanics ^
| August 15, 2025
| Caroline Delbert
Posted on 08/21/2025 12:51:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
wash cycle length that found colder and shorter is better for clothes Common sense, right?
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:54:31 PM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Red Badger
The rule of thumb I was taught over 50 years ago was colors in cold and whites in hot.
Seems to still be true.
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:54:56 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Red Badger
Procter & Gamble funded a study of wash cycle length that found colder and shorter is better for clothes. Duh.
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:57:12 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Democrats are the Party of racism, anger, hate and violence.)
To: Jim W N
Yeah. 60 years ago we knew this.
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:57:12 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
To: Red Badger
More wash = more wear.
This is Phd. work?
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:57:26 PM PDT
by
sonova
(No money? You're free to go.)
To: Red Badger
Sheets and towels get long and hot. With borax.
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posted on
08/21/2025 12:59:09 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Red Badger
I think all of my clothes have been “cold wash” for many years now. I don’t get really dirty very often. It’s not like the old days of dirt and sweat. It’s more like getting the dust off.
To: Jim W N
Ancient Chinese Secret......................
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:01:19 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Jim W N
Ancient Chinese Secret......................
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:01:20 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Vermont Lt
Never was RED anything with whites or lights..................
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:03:04 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Heloise said soak for 2 hours beforehand.
To: Red Badger
I will sleep so much better tonight knowing this old truism is now borne out by real science.
To: philman_36
Well...times change...all underwear is no longer white, and my white blouses will never feel hot water
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:07:09 PM PDT
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goodnesswins
(Democracy to Demo rats is stealing other peoples money for their use, no matter how idiotic)
To: Red Badger
As soon as I see “science says” in a title, I prepare myself to see something stupid.
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:10:00 PM PDT
by
Preachin'
(I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
To: Red Badger
Ancient Chinese Secret...
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:11:06 PM PDT
by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: Jim W N
Except they don’t get as clean.
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:11:47 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(Annnd....TRUMP IS RIGHT AGAIN.)
To: goodnesswins
By all means do as you will with your own laundry.
BTW, colored underwear go with the colored clothes in my laundry.
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:12:08 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Red Badger
I wash everything in cold all year long, except for a few times where I’ll separate my whites and wash them in hot.
My clothes last for years.
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:12:09 PM PDT
by
Preachin'
(I stand with many voters who will never vote for a pro abortion candidate.)
To: fidelis
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posted on
08/21/2025 1:12:52 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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