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Kittigate

If you used hotter water and a longer soak time do you think your clothes would be reasonably clean without soap?

And help avoid polluting the water.

Posted - December 26, 2021
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  • 19942
    No.  For one thing, not all fabrics can be washed in hot water - some shrink.  There are detergents that are out now that don't pollute the water because they don't use those chemicals to clean your wash.
      December 26, 2021 4:25 PM MST
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  • 10474
    No.  It's not the temperature of the water that cleans, it's the soap.  Soap bonds with dirt and such, and the water rinses it away.
      December 26, 2021 6:02 PM MST
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  • 17432
    No worries if your detergent has no phosphates.   Most today do not.  I don't even have the hot water line connected to my washer; I used cold for all laundry.   
      December 26, 2021 6:41 PM MST
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  • 44256
    Laundry? That's what wives are for.
      December 26, 2021 7:28 PM MST
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  • 13395
    Right, I just ain't never had one.
      December 26, 2021 9:14 PM MST
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  • 2217
    All very well till the wife passes away. 
      December 27, 2021 5:05 AM MST
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  • 44256
    Then I'll be a sugar daddy.
      December 27, 2021 9:26 AM MST
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