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Does anyone keep finding themselves going back to Tide Original? Does anyone end up missing the suds, the smell, the looks, the results that come with it? While Tide Professional is great for stained items, I find Tide regular is great for greasy soils and average wear items. I also like the light scent it leaves on clothes at the end of the cycle.


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I never cared much for Tide.
It always generated a lot of suds which I figured would not rinse out of the wash.
A few times it even foamed up and out of the lid.
Especially when I used my Kenmore portable, with that high-speed agitator.
I prefer low-sudsing detergent.
 
Chetlaham said:
IMO you're overdosing. Some suds are good, I love suds, but foaming out of the lid is to much for the load. Tide is potent detergent and meant to be used relatively sparingly.
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True story...
I once went to a party at a friend's condo.
Typical bunch of drunks and pot smoking going on.
I passed out on the sofa all boozed up, and woke the next morning.
The first thing I saw was white foam coming out of the kitchen doorway.

Apparently, one of the drunks at the party decided to help clean up the dishes and stuff.
Loaded the dishwasher and poured in a cup of Tide.
Need I say more
HAHAHAHA! 😄
 
Chetlaham said:
Does anyone keep finding themselves going back to Tide Original? Does anyone end up missing the suds, the smell, the looks, the results that come with it? While Tide Professional is great for stained items, I find Tide regular is great for greasy soils and average wear items. I also like the light scent it leaves on clothes at the end of the cycle.


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I miss the old Tide original and Downy April fresh. I now use Persil Advanced Clean oxi+odor with Snuggle super fresh and they smell way better. They suds less in my Kenmore Elite by LG.
 
Interesting results.

I find Tide Professional gets grease and oil out better then regular Tide by quite a long shot. Maybe my higher temperatures and water softener are the reason. I do use regular Tide for normal stuff as it seems wasteful to use Tide Pro where it can't shine.
 
qsd-dan said:
Interesting results.

I find Tide Professional gets grease and oil out better then regular Tide by quite a long shot. Maybe my higher temperatures and water softener are the reason. I do use regular Tide for normal stuff as it seems wasteful to use Tide Pro where it can't shine.
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Honestly, so do I. Tide Pro is king, but for light to low to moderate soil loads Tide regular works just as well. Also, I've noticed minimal increase in cleaning when using Tide Pro on Hot vs on warm which is great for me in terms of saving energy. Tide regular is similar for average soils- great results on warm with suds to.
 
agiflow said:
i have been using Tide original powder for years. It's my go to in my little arsenal i have of detergents I'm using at the moment. Currently using:
Tide original powder.
Tide original liquid.
Ariel powder.
Cheer colorguard liquid.
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Pat, order yourself some Tide Professional while on Amazon:


https://www.amazon.com/Professional...ional+laundry+detergent&qid=1756686738&sr=8-1

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This detergent is great for heavily soiled items, stains, mud, grease, and thing that need moderate whitening. In fact it is such a good detergent you can use it at lower doses for everyday items. Lots of suds if you want them. And the best part is it works just as good if not better in warm water than hot water. Soaking also provides great results.

My honest opinion is Tide Professional is the best laundry detergent you can use today.

Ideally, you can select between Tide Regular and Tide Pro best on the soil level, garment, ect.
 
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I'm probably going back to Tide if I can't get anymore of the Kirkland kind from Costco. If so, this time I'd use the free & clear kind they brought back. Not a big fan of scents and I certainly don't like the new regular Tide scent as much as the old one. I looked at the price for Ecolab Royal Brite Plus and wow that is the most expensive powder detergent I've ever seen, I love that stuff for the place I volunteer at once a week but I can't see myself paying that much for it. Still would like to give some others a shot like Ariel.
 
panasonicvac said:
I'm probably going back to Tide if I can't get anymore of the Kirkland kind from Costco. If so, this time I'd use the free & clear kind they brought back. Not a big fan of scents and I certainly don't like the new regular Tide scent as much as the old one. I looked at the price for Ecolab Royal Brite Plus and wow that is the most expensive powder detergent I've ever seen, I love that stuff for the place I volunteer at once a week but I can't see myself paying that much for it. Still would like to give some others a shot like Ariel.
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You're not missing that much with Ecolab Royal Brite.

Yes, it's more concentrated which equals less per pound of laundry used, but formula otherwise isn't that much different than top shelf powder detergents such as Tide or Persil (Henkel).

https://assets.pim.ecolab.com/media/Original/10086/US-Z8-916791-ROYAL BRITE PLUS.pdf

Ecolab Royal Brite does contain sodium percarbonate, but no activated oxygen bleaching system. That means for best results on certain wash loads will require hot water at or > 140F. Commercial or industrial laundries often use "hot" water in that range anyway for wash cycles. Ecolab's literature states product's active bleaching works at temps low as 120F. Meanwhile Persil and others with activated oxygen systems will work at 104F or even low as 86F-90F (cold water).

Regarding cost remember a commercial or whatever laundry can deduct cost of supplies as CODB. They're also pricing cost of supplies into whatever service they're offering.
 
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Launderess, do you have any idea what temperature is officially recommended or best based on your knowledge for Tide Original and Tide Professional?

I have discovered that Tide Professional works about the same if not identically well in warm water as it does with hot water.
 
Chetlaham said:
Launderess, do you have any idea what temperature is officially recommended or best based on your knowledge for Tide Original and Tide Professional?

I have discovered that Tide Professional works about the same if not identically well in warm water as it does with hot water.
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IIRC Tide "Professional" powder is rated for temps low as 95F which is par for course since it does contain an activated oxygen bleaching system with TAED (P&G has discontinued using NOBS).

https://pgpro.com/en-us/brands/tide-professional/powder-detergent

As for other versions of Tide powder laundry detergent cannot help you. There are so many and have been so frequent changes in formula have long since not bothered. Some have oxygen bleach but no activator, others have both.
 
Keep in mind there are "professional" laundry products and also "commercial/institutional", and there can be a difference.

Professional P&G offerings same as with those from Henkel generally are geared for OPL, home style washers (top loaders) and so forth. These products tend to have milder pH levels and perhaps include enzymes and thus will work in cooler wash temps and or longer cycles.

OTOH commercial/industrial products tend to be highly concentrated, usually don't contain enzymes and have mixtures of substances including solvents and pH adjusters designed to work in higher temps and shorter cycles. Industrial/commercial laundries rarely run total cycles longer than say 33 to maybe forty minutes. That's one or two flushes, one or maybe two (or three) washes, several rinses, then extract done and dusted.

Have given up using any top shelf laundry detergent when going to laundromat. Wash cycle is barely 10 minutes on those SQ front loaders. Enzymes don't get enough time to reach full potential in terms of cleaning power.

A commercial laundry is more likely to have an assortment of detergents, solvents, and other chemicals to add as suits a particular load. Hospital laundry is different than say meat packing/slaughtering which in turn is different than hotel/hospitality linen.

There are of course one shot/built detergents claiming to have everything needed, but some places would rather start with basics then add what's needed.

 
Lately I’ve been liking the new Tide Free and GentlePowder.
Seems to be good all around.
I beef things up a bit..
I weigh it out into a separate container and mix in 10% STPP by weight. For a white load I’ll add about 2 TBLS of pure sodium percarbonate to the machine, along with the dose of my Tide which's brew.
Line dry outside (no added scent is better than the scent of line drying) )
This is with old TL DD Kenmore.
 
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qsd-dan said:
I use the same amount as regular Tide powder.
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So if you have a large dirty load about how much ? The scoop that comes with the box? Or do you use old measurements like maybe a cup ? Know the question may sound a little weird but with these concentrated he detergents the package directions are kind of vague. I generally use enough until the water has a slippery feel to it.
 
agiflow said:
So if you have a large dirty load about how much ? The scoop that comes with the box? Or do you use old measurements like maybe a cup ? Know the question may sound a little weird but with these concentrated he detergents the package directions are kind of vague. I generally use enough until the water has a slippery feel to it.
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It will depend on your water hardness. I have a water softener so Level 3 on the detergent cup works great for the dirtiest of loads. Harder water will require more detergent but if you have used regular Tide powder in the past, I find the same amount works just as well if not better.
 

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