All laundry is washed on cold cycles. Washing your laundry on cold instead of hot is not only better for the environment, but it is also better for your clothes. Hot water can cause clothes to shrink, fade, and wear out faster. Cold water is gentler on fabrics and can help them last longer. And thanks to improvements in modern detergents, cold water can get your regular, every-day items just as clean as other water temperatures.
If you would like or have a need for a sanitizer cycle for your clothes, we would ask that you set those aside for a load to do at home or at the laundromat, as we are not able to add this into our current process.
When it comes to the heat level for the drying cycle, your laundry in our regular wash, dry, fold bag is dried at around 140°. Our commercial dryers include sensors that monitor moisture in the load. Once the desired dryness level is reached, the heat shuts off. At that point, the dryer will continue tumbling for some minutes to cool down. Compared to a conventional dryer that is time-based, our dryers reduce the risk of shrinkage.
We are not able to make modifications to the temperatures of the washing and drying cycles, as we standardize our processes to ensure optimal efficiency.
My care labels say items should be dried on "low heat", what should i do?
If you have items that indicate they should be handled as delicates or dried on a lower heat, please place them in our pink bag for delicates or in a disposable bag clearly labeled "delicates" for pickup. Items in our delicates bag are dried on a lower heat setting.
Why Can't You Make Changes To Your Washing and Drying Settings?
We rely on standardized processes from bag to bag in order to keep efficiency. Efficiency is directly tied to all costs and to your pricing. As stated, modern detergents allow for laundry to be just as clean in cold-water cycles.