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Jamie- Also kind of funny is that all communications from Altruan are in German. I reached back to my one year of German in the 5th grade and hoped for the best.😂

Links to Altruan and NavaFresh: https://altruan.com/ https://navafresh.com/

Launderess- It has been fun trying detergents from outside the US, but storage space has definitely become an issue. It’s also been interesting living in a small apartment that smells like the detergent aisle. Going forward, I’ll probably pare the stock down substantially. Tide Professional, UK...

I rewatched ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ (1985; dir. Stephen Frears) and had completely forgotten about the punning use of the word ‘Omo’. Daniel Day Lewis uses it as a nickname for one of the other characters. Anyway, meandered over to NavaFresh and Altruan, searched for Omo detergents and ordered...

Scott- The Freddie sheets are middling performers at best. They’re fine if you pretreat stains. I use them for lightly soiled loads. I won’t buy them again.

We had an appliance serviceman named Leroy when I was a kid—1960s through mid-‘70s—who owned his own business and serviced all brands. All of our appliances were from Sears. The biggest difference is that it used to be more cost effective to repair rather than replace things like televisions...

The kitchen and bathroom in my apt have vinyl flooring. I vacuum the floor, then use a Swiffer WetJet with disposable pads. I don’t spill much, so floors stay pretty clean.

It received a 3 out of 5 on body oil and a 2 out of 5 on salad dressing, another fat-based stain. All other stains were 2/5 except chocolate (3/5) and blood (4/5). Not a great performer.

Bob- We like Tide detergents—or at least some of them—so I don’t think you can go wrong with either Tide Professional or Tide Ultra Oxi powders. I’ve found that the suds from Ultra Oxi breaks down a bit better during the drain and first spin. On the other hand, from what I’ve seen come out of...

Happy birthday to your Fisher & Paykel and congratulations to you, Glenn!

Petek- Which variant of Cascade pod do you use? While reports of sudsing issues are the biggest criticism leveled at Cascade by consumers, some say there are fewer sudsing issues with certain variants. The Platinum series, which is what I’ve used, seems to be the primary culprit in user reviews.

Stefan- I’ve found my Speed Queen model 7009 front-loader has a few quirks. One of them was discovered after I’d done the initial round of stained kitchen towel tests with it. On the Normal cycle with the max soil level selected, both the warm and hot water temps provide hot water. The warm...

Finish Ultimate Directions on the package said to use the Normal/Eco cycle. I use only the 1-hr cycle on my 2017 Whirlpool portable. It is a near BOL machine with very little sound dampening that operates the lower and upper wash arms at the same time, so it’s quite loud. I used the Normal and...

Bob- I did the first stained flour sack towel test in cool water this morning on powdered TideMatic (India) detergent. It removed tough coffee, Worcestershire, chocolate syrup, barbecue sauce and ketchup stains, but did not remove hot sauce, Rao’s marinara or mustard. Results were only a little...

I’d forgotten all about Breeze. I grew up in a household nearly devoid of grocery store brand loyalty. My mom bought whatever was on sale. We had several small—by today’s standard—bath towels and hand towels whose origin was a box of detergent.

The main character in the commercial—with the uniform washed with Gain— is on the left. Christopher Knight, on the right, pops in for one line on the football field.

Thanks to Launderess for the vintage detergent ads! Glenn- The kid on the football field in the second commercial who says, “With that outfit you belong on the bench!” is definitely Christopher Knight. Have 95% confidence it’s Mary Jo Catlett in the first commercial. Good eye!

lakewebsterkid- I’ve been surprised a number of times by stains removed from kitchen towels in cool water using a good dose of a top-performing detergent. However, I really should purposely stain a few flour sack towels with ketchup, mustard, barbecue sauce, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce...

Thanks, Tom! I’ll have to give that a try. Have around 150 Member’s Mark pacs to work through. Will use them when there are no grungy pots/pans in the load. The sudsy but very effective Cascade Platinum Action Pacs With Dawn and a GasX tablet will be used for tougher loads.

Excellent! Thanks so much for reposting it here, Launderess.