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These treatments are hydrophobic by their nature which in turn makes oil based stains harder to shift. Same thing as with synthetics like polyester.[this post was last edited: 2/26/2023-10:12]

I`m surprised your shirts wrinkle-free finishing is only supposed to be good for 30 washes. We`ve had a brand name called "Cottonova" in the 60`s and 70`s which according to the ad was the finest boil-proof no-iron cotton. Some washers even had Cottonova cycles which were more or less just easy...

I don`t miss the up to 20 Watts ghost loads of some older electronics nor the old fashioned incandescent lamps on my power bill. I also wouln`t go back to a resistant wire heated clothes dryer even if I could have a TOL one for free. For some things the free market seems to work very well...

Thanks for the detailed explanation about legality. When I was a kid in the 70s to early 80s we had hard rubbish collection twice a year and appliances were still part of it. Those were the days! I found lots of vintage small appliances and as I was always equipped with pliers and...

What a great find! Finding a new toy for free is so much more fun than buying something. I think a top spray arm (or nozzle) is only necessary if you block most of the middle spray arm. Like if you wash a large cookie sheet in the upper rack. Is it legal in Australia to take things from a...

I don`t even like wool pullovers because they seem to fill the whole room with a wet sheep smell when you dry them indoors after washing. Much better than wet dog smell, but still... LOL Isn`t terribly itchy to have wool on such a sensitive body part?

I think most of the damage was done from the heavy lime scale build up, not the cleaning. If you use a good quality detergent and use enough of it according to water hardness, soil level and load size you should never have a problem with lime scale and a failing element again.

The challenge is to find one with a drum larger than 4.5 cu ft

MOL Miele model WXF660 has an "AllergyWash" option mentioned in the operating instructions. "This option should be used where high standards of hygiene are required. Energy consumption is increased to lengthen temperature holding times" and so on Some of Bosch`s stain options might be useful...

Matt, I think you`re wrong on this one. I does make a lot of sense to temper the incoming water and then reheat it at least if cleaning efficiency is a priority. Even if the enzymes in a detergent aren`t bothered that much up to 60°C/140°F some stains are certainly altered by 150°F incoming...

My preference for traditional washing habits must be just about as well known to everybody here like Tom`s aversion to the Republicans, so this time I won`t bore you guys with the details again and just leave it at that ;-)

Rayon can be super sensitive like Acetate fibers to quite resistant like Lyocell fibers. Seems to depend a lot on what the primary cellulose fiber has been sourced of, what the manufacturing process was like and finally weather the wet pulp was died before extruding and spinning or if the...

There`s a lot of Samsung bashing here so there must be some truth to it but IIRC a few years ago our consumer magazine had all 3 LGs fail whereas the Samsungs held up well. Am on my 3rd Samsung phone and have always been happy with them. My first VCR in the late 80s was a dirt cheap Samsung and...

Good point Joe

From what I gather it`s mainly Alcohol Ethoxylates (a nonionic surfactant) commonly found in rinse aid and DW detergents that have the potential to destroy the protective layer in gut. "A defect in this barrier is associated with conditions such as food allergies, gastritis, diabetes, obesity...

Thanks guys for clearing this up, I missed that it`s only the scented versions that may be contaminated. It`s still kind of scary to see two similar cases from two entirely different parent companies (Unilever and Clorox) within a few days only, isn`t it?

So, just to make sure I got this right there`s a recall of PineSol because of drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa? Isn`t this the same bacteria they found in The Laundress laundry products in the other thread? Isn`t PineSol a disinfectant cleanser that contains nowadays a quaternary...

Well, it`s not like natural preservatives in liquid preparations didnt`t exist. Ecover use huge amounts of alcohol in their liquid detergents which could be considered "non toxic" but of course it isn`t cheap. Their FS`s contain a combination of p-anisic and lactic acid maybe not so "non toxic"...

The Laundress brand is more or less a green washed livestyle brand that sells overpriced conventional products in handsome bottles to the rich. They use stuff like synthetic musk compounds, polymeres (liquid microplastics) or the controversial preservative benzisothiazolinone, non of these a...

I was wondering if GPDR is in deed the one and only reason for some US sites to block us out. Additional site traffic also causes additional electricity costs for the owner of the site. Not much per click but it does sum up. Not letting us window shop from EU counties because we won`t...