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I couldn`t tell what is actually made by Henkel but the "Kirkland Ultra Clean Free & Clear" liquid`s ingredients share some eye catching similarities with "All Fresh and Clean Oxi Plus Odor Lifter" and to some extent also with Persil. Of course it doesn`t proof anything but it makes me...

According to this press release Henkel sells its North American store brand business, so it might be a good time to stock up on your favorite Kirkland, Aldi or whatever else that *could* be Henkel quality in cheap disguise before new owners get a chance to fiddle with formulas...

"One thing I never understood was where the moisture is supposed to go with heated dry and no fan or vent." I think the idea of heated dry has always been more about rising the temperature of the dishes even higher and more efficiently than a heated rinse alone would do. You are still supposed...

My mom`s first dishwasher (late 70s) did exactly the same thing on cups in the corners of the upper rack. Leaving gritty redeposits that were not there before. It was a Bauknecht which had the same spray arm and rack design as Whirlpool used to have in the US back then. Today I still can`t bring...

Here in the "Homeland" of locked shopping carts a lot of people also prefer tokens to coins and surprisingly everybody still seems to return their carts. You really never see a stray cart on the parking lot and if you do it`s a very rare sight. Might be because of a sentimental to the tokens...

Zinc ricinoleate and cyclodextrin work by trapping and binding odors, but most so called odor fighting detergents simply work by masking odors with a strong perfume. Non of it is a great solution in the long run. Depending on what is causing the odors you might have better results by fighting...

I still found it fun to watch just for the pictures alone

Enjoy it Henrik, the possibilities are endless. When I was growing up both my mom and my grandma had one and making dishes like pot roast, goulash or beef broth for noodle soup were unthinkable to do any other way. My grandma made the best baked rice pudding by starting to cook the rice in milk...

So US Tandil is made in Canada and has nothing to do with Dalli. The link to the Dalli ingredients list seems to be for a German Tandil version from like 10 years ago when almost all liquid detergents here including the big name brands were much weaker performing just because consumers still...

Launderess, is this the American Tandil? It seems to be different to the German Tandil (only 3 enzymes, no sodium laureth sulfate but sodium borate which isn`t used here anymore)

I think just the number of enzymes alone does not tell much about the quality of a detergent. Enzymes are among the most expensive detergent ingredients and while they don`t get used up in the washing process (they can do their magic over and over again) a higher concentration of enzymes still...

Stains that were not visible before washing *might* be caused by Polyquaternium or similar chemicals commonly found in personal care or hair care products and so on. Maybe even in some hand sanitizers. Those stain are per se invisible but they attract dirt and dyes from the wash water which in...

Thanks for posting! Maybe it should be pointed out that the article only applies for products that carry the EU Ecolabel. Regular products seem to have different testing procedures like a wider temperature range for example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_Ecolabel

So, for the price of two smaller sized Miele washer-dryers or three MOL Miele washers or 12 BOL Beko washers I can have: -A washer-dryer that fits just through my kitchen door but not through my bathroom door, oh and what fun it has to be to get this 147 kg beast through a narrow staircase into...

Purex and Arm & Hammer offer both types, enzyme and no enzyme detergents. The no enzymes liquids are high in pH just like powder detergents because they contain washing soda whereas their enzyme containing version`s (while still not being very "top shelf") are much milder in pH almost neutral...

On a side note the older generation may still remember the chemical toxic fumes from the flame retardants coupled with burned dust when radios and TV sets still had "hot" tubes and came in wooden cabinets. Even back then our grandparents knew it was essential for our health to open the windows...

I find it hard to believe that recycled plastic can find its way into articles for food. Aren`t there any regulations in the US like we have them in the EU to avoid this or are they simply ignored by careless manufacturers? Whatever the reason is it has always been good advice not to buy...

A friend of mine once mentioned he`d always make a larger batch of bolognese and just put some of it boiling hot into super clean twist off glasses the same way as you`d do when making jam. No canning involved. It`s supposed to keep up to a couple of weeks in the fridge then. Not sure if I`d...

Don`t mix quat based sanitizer with detergent. Most detergents contain anionic surfactants (negatively charged) and quats are just like fabric softener cationic surfactants (positively charged). When mixed the two will cancel each other out which means either poor cleaning and or poor...

Pink whites It could be rust from older zink coated steel water pipes or iron or manganese naturally occurring in the water. You could try to restore the items by soaking in white vinegar water, but don`t expect a huge success. If the acid is strong enough to work well it might also damage...