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Formil in the UK and the one here are the same. It's great detergent. The German version is somehow better. I've never had any residues in the drawer or on the clothes; it removes all the stains and it's cheap. I don't really like liquids, but I tried Formil superconcentrated liquid detergent...

Aside from the smell, McBride formulations are bad. Not good quality at all. And this is the largest private label manufacturer in Europe... I wonder why.

Launderess, I find it strange, because usually private label products are much cheaper than branded ones. Cheap means that some ingredients are missing or the quantity is lower. Take the bleaching system: for a good bleaching system you need certain ratio between persalt and activator...

Unfortunately compact powders are available only in Germany and two-three other countries. It's normal to be better - they contain higher amounts of bleach and surfactants. The zeolite content in compact powders can't be decreased with the current granulation technology. I know the results from...

"Since this new product is designed to go into wash tub mayhaps lack of bleaching agents is a way to avoid possibility of textile damage." Interesting logic but not quite correct in my oppinion. The product is not designed to go into wash tub; it have to put into the drum because obviously...

Tetrasodium EDTA is not toxic, mrboilwash. Anyway, zeolites are not much better for the environment either. They are removed from the waste waters, but they are very expensive to reactivate, so there are mountains of used zeolites. Phosphates were processed to fertilizers in the past; zeolites...

"But still it is just a powder that has gone through an extruder in the manufacturing process. Just like Megaperls. Nothing new or groundbreaking about it, but they look nice and I`d like to try those Power Gems." In fact, nothing like Megaperls. Completely different technology with minimum...

"I know Dejan has it in Serbia but I don't think he rates it very highly." Yes, they export it there. I've never read anyone mention or rate it. That's normal, because it's rubbish, but at the same time it's very popular (market leader for two years), because it's cheap and it smells very...

A lot of French detergents and - oh my God - Bulgarian detergent. I can't believe it! Picture 4, third row from the top - Savex is made in Bulgaria. Funny.

Optical brighteners and enzymes (two cellulases) do the job.

"If you'd need 120F or more to get bleaching from H202, how come that I use it on my hair?" Concentration of H2O2, dear henene4. Try to bleach your hair with washing powder or pure percarbonate and tell me the results.

"The addition of the latter makes for a more powerful bleach and one that will work in cooler water temps than sodium perborate." Good point but it doesn't make it more powerful and it doesn't work better in cool water. For bleaching with hydrogen peroxide you need high temperature and high pH...

This is not true. Both chemicals release hydrogen peroxide. What is the difference between hydrogen peroxide released by sodium perborate and the one released by sodium percarbonate? There is absolutely no difference. It is still hydrogen peroxide - ineffective bleach under 60°C. The difference...

Powders are in fact more expensive to manufacture. You need drying tower and granulation equipment - very expensive initial investment. Drying process is related with energy costs. They contain expensive ingredients like activators (TAED or NOBS), oxygen bleach, etc. When you manufacture...

The colour granules are there for aesthetic reasons. They have no function at all. They are usually made of bentonite or soap. The pigments used cannot dye, blue, whiten or whatever the clothes. Just aesthetics. In some part of the world (Scandinavia) the powders are white with no colour...

Yes, salt is used but also other thickening, viscosity controlling and stabilizing agents.

Well, there are exceptions obviously. :) In household chemistry thiazolinones are mainly used nowadays.

AquaCycle, powders do not contain preservatives - they are dry, they have very small residual moisture, so they don't need preservatives. Formaldehyde precursors are not used in household chemistry any-more. In liquids, the biocide preservatives (sold under the brand name Kathon) are...

What P&G told you about the powders is not true. The shelf life of a powder detergent when stored in a dry place can be as much as 3 years (sometimes even more - up to 5 years) and after that you can use it safely as a detergent without bleaching system and enzymes. The shelf life of the liquids...

Yes, but I also said that the formula will be unstable, with very short shelf life - not related with the enzymes. If there was a way, they would add bleach in the liquids long time ago.