I thought it was the cologne they spray at the store, but even clothes I have delivered from a distribution center also have a smell that is very discernibly NOT Tide detergent.
How?? What are they washing these clothes with to make them smell like that??
This may have been true once, but I’m pretty sure with modern detergents it doesn’t matter. I wash pretty much everything but sheets and towels on cold so as to avoid colors fading and additional shrinking.
My clothes are definitely getting clean.
I know you think that’s true because your “colors are not fading”, but the OB’s are what is making them “brighter”, and that dye process can inhibit grime from being removed over time. I wash black clothes (even cotton) in hot, no fading (except denim because that’s how denim works by design). Washing blacks in any temperature with a detergent that contains Optical Brighteners will leave a white cast on the garment and it will look faded over time. Also, darker fabrics will look faded with dryer sheet use. And if your detergent is scented, you have no way to know that it’s actually clean. A stain or some dirt may wash out, but did they* smell? Just food for thought.
*the to they correction
I mean… Yes?
Are you telling me that warm/hot water does not fade colors more than cold water? I believe this is pretty well documented, I’m not sure that I need to prove anything here…
What about shrinkage?