What is the difference between washing clothes in cold and hot water?

What is the difference between washing clothes in cold and hot water?What is the difference between washing clothes in cold and hot water?
Well, besides a 30% difference in your energy bill.......I prefer to use warm water. Hot will set stains unless you are using bleach for whites. Cold doesn't remove all the soil and odors from fabric. The only time I use cold is when washing black or very dark colors. Something else to consider is many times, detergents will ';stick'; to fabric in cold water, causing you to use more water to re-rinse the clothes.What is the difference between washing clothes in cold and hot water?
Hot water is harder on clothes but does get them cleaner, and is usually only meant for whites and colour fast. Cold water doesn't stretch the fibres like hot water would. But apparently Tide's Cold water works really well. I have yet to try it on my whites but a friend has said it really works well and she feels liker her clothes aren't as dull as before. Cold water also sets colour so that about all I know, good luck with whatever you need for this question
Cold: doesn't shrink clothes very much. Also the dye in the clothes stays IN the clothes, and doesn't bleed as much. Sometimes cold water doesn't dissolve soap well so you have to add laundry second (top loading model).





Hot: gets out more dirt. More likely to kill off any germies. But releases tons of dye and can shrink clothes.
Your laundry detergent will work best removing dirt and such at a warmer temperture. It was designed this way.





Even the cold water laundry detergent isn't designed for Canadian cold water. Its designed for a warmer climate cold water.





But both will still clean your clothes!
A higher electric bill from heating the water.





I always wash my clothes in cold water and have never had a problem getting them clean. If you use proper stain pre-removal you won't either.
i always just cram everything in the washer and crank the hot water button and let it wash,, saves water and time
Hot water - Removes dirt %26amp; oil base stains


Cold water - I prefer to use for colors to prevent some fading.
hot is for white clothes and adding bleach...and cold for washing colored / dark clothes. so they don't shrink....but some new soaps allow u to wash colored/ dark or whites in cold water
In Hot water, it's easier to remove hard dirt from your laundry.