Hot water is crucial for removing soil and killing bacteria and fungal spores in fabrics. Always use hot water to sanitize undergarments, wash cloth diapers, and remove mold. Hot water can also help ...

For years, I approached laundry much the same way criminals handle incriminating evidence: annihilate the offending material beyond recognition. Water temperature? Hot. Dryer temperature? Like the ...

Running hot water in the washing machine can run up your energy bill. But do you actually need to crank up the temperature to clean your clothes? A laundry expert explains. In a video with over ...

Separate your wash by color. Use hot water for whites and cold water for darks. Standard laundry instructions right? Wrong. Times have changed, as have our washing machines, laundry detergents and ...

There are more benefits to washing laundry in cold water than you may realize. Thankfully, the days when dirty laundry was thrown in a big pot and boiled with lye soap to get it clean are gone. (No ...

Most cotton items can be washed in hot water, but check the garment's care tag to be sure. White and tightly woven fabrics have the highest potential to be washed in hot water. Before you wash cotton ...

Zachary Pozniak and his father, veteran dry-cleaner Jerry Pozniak, own a luxury dry-cleaning company. They wrote about everything you'd want to know about laundry in their new book "The Laundry Book." ...

In the world of household tasks, few are loathed more than laundry. Sure, it's great to have fresh, clean clothing, but putting in the work to properly clean, dry, and fold all the garments in your ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Doing laundry is a frequent chore for many of us. Industry ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...