I'm lucky!! Cold water does not reach my washer. Don't have much to wash per load as I live alone. Use Oxyclean with Purex in every wash .(about 1/3 or the recommended amount of Oxy and 1/2 of Purex). Live happily with well water. Maybe its because all of my laundry has been washed about a billion times each piece, but no problems for me! Oh yeah, occasional kleenex but at least its clean!