My spouse has discovered enzymes that need hot water to activate and eat away at laundry stains. So we recently had our laundry sitting in a sous vide bath and everything came out super clean!
And in theory, laundry detergents like Tide should have those enzymes . . . yet they are telling us all to wash in cold water to save electricity/resources. 🤦
I put the soap in, I turn on the machine. When the machine stops I take out the clothes. I don't inspect them, they are by definition now "clean". That's good enough for me.
I know my detergent isn't what causes my shirts to come out of the washing machines dirtier than they went in, since I use the same shit I used before I moved when I had my own washer and dryer. It's the filthy af machines at my apartment. I don't think they clean them ever.
Pisses me off because all my lighter colored shirts look like they were ran through mud. My pink shirt is fucking gray. 😡
14 Comments
Antagnostic@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 19d
cowboydan@quokk.au · 14 pts · 19d
Oh so you clean the dirt?
darkdemize@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 19d
Well, no, my pre-wash does that!
edgemaster72@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 19d
So then, you physically move the dirt away from the clothes after it's been removed?
chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz · 8 pts · 19d
Well, the water does that.
hakunawazo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d
Regarding to ancient internet memes, tide is only used as food for teenagers.
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 19d
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heydo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19d
My spouse has discovered enzymes that need hot water to activate and eat away at laundry stains. So we recently had our laundry sitting in a sous vide bath and everything came out super clean!
Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 18d
And in theory, laundry detergents like Tide should have those enzymes . . . yet they are telling us all to wash in cold water to save electricity/resources. 🤦
Dojan@pawb.social · 3 pts · 18d
There’s enzymatic detergent too.
nodiratime@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
They are claiming that it works at lower temps - making energy savings possible. They are not telling you to save energy.
I do, though.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d
I put the soap in, I turn on the machine. When the machine stops I take out the clothes. I don't inspect them, they are by definition now "clean". That's good enough for me.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 18d
I know my detergent isn't what causes my shirts to come out of the washing machines dirtier than they went in, since I use the same shit I used before I moved when I had my own washer and dryer. It's the filthy af machines at my apartment. I don't think they clean them ever.
Pisses me off because all my lighter colored shirts look like they were ran through mud. My pink shirt is fucking gray. 😡
nullspace@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d
Communal machines? You could try running a cleaning tablet yourself and focus on using the one machine every time.