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I'm not your scientist.
But while we're waiting, I can tell you a bit about what i have read.
Apparently the soap or detergent acts on fabrics to help release stains and dirt. Something to do with molecules but don't ask me what exactly. But it is just a helper, making it easier for the dirt to escape. The water & agitation does the rest.
I think myself that it is the scents that are often added to detergents/soaps/shampoos that make as much of an impression on people as the actual clean.
No reason why your sheets and towels wouldn't have had any light soiling removed in a cold water wash but for stains you might find something extra helps.
That's my take on it.
I've noticed an amazing thing. Since my children have left home, washing is a breeze. Ironing never builds up or if it does, it is the work of 15 minutes, not 1 or 2 hours.
And as for washing powder. I changed over to a front loader several years ago & was warned not to overdo the laundry powder and I find I only buy one packet every few months now.
When the kids were at home, it was more like a pack a week or fortnight if I could stretch it. And every towel seemed to get one use and then thrown in the wash.
Nice if you have someone else doing it, I suppose.
They don't seem to be so fussy in their own homes, I have noticed!
@springyzone wrote:I've noticed an amazing thing. Since my children have left home, washing is a breeze. Ironing never builds up or if it does, it is the work of 15 minutes, not 1 or 2 hours.
And as for washing powder. I changed over to a front loader several years ago & was warned not to overdo the laundry powder and I find I only buy one packet every few months now.
When the kids were at home, it was more like a pack a week or fortnight if I could stretch it. And every towel seemed to get one use and then thrown in the wash.
Nice if you have someone else doing it, I suppose.
They don't seem to be so fussy in their own homes, I have noticed!
About to find out. Moved my son and his partner into their own little shack today. My 75 mum came around to wish them well and brought a few towels with her as a gift. They where wedding presents given to her over 50 years ago. She had folded them a particular way and put them in a high cupboard in her holiday house. Family and friends have been coming and going from that place for decades, but mum swears the towels are still folded exactly as she left them so years ago. She is certain they have never been used.
We then had to explain to the lads partner with tatoos down her neck and piercings in places that make your eyes water that these where from Nans glory box for her glory box. Whats a glory box ???
Just one of those funny little things that happen in life sometimes.
