8 Reasons Using Liquid Detergent Is Better

[launderess]

Just wanted to say

In aid of using up stash of liquid laundry detergents finally got to tons of table linens that have been sat sitting since Thanksgiving and some from bit before. Many napkins and few of tablecloths were badly marked with set in soils.

Used small amount of Persil Pro Clean with bit of Tide "stain release" powder and everything came out quite clean. Marks gone, clean rinsing... am that well chuffed.

Find with this Persil liquid key is to sort out dosing, that is to use minimum amount that will do job. That way one has less issues with froth, rinsing is far easier. During washing scent wafts about and there is a bit of powerful scent upon opening washer door after cycle finishes. This and things do still have a strong scent while air drying, but find once that is complete scent tends to tone itself down.

 

[mark_wpduet]

I think at some point I'm going to try Persil Pro clean... but I just don't run into a lot of difficult laundry... Only very occasionally.. and I'm usually able to deal with it with what I've gone on hand.

scent toning down... I once tried this fabric softener (I forget the name) I think it was Mexican and started with the letter F.. anyway, I thought it was HORRIBLY scented...but when used, and the load is done and dried... it was barely even noticeable... only a faint scent...I did get through the bottle but it took forever since I use so little. But I never bought it again... If I do use FS now, which is rare, it's the store brand because I find it smells like the old Downy from years ago..

 

[launderess]

"Just be aware that Aldi's Tandil Premium Free and Clear detergent contains optical brighteners. Bought a bottle to use on my colors and darks and was very disappointed when I found out."

Unfortunately comparatively few laundry detergents sold in USA do not have OBAs. MOL and even BOL products may not have enzymes or complex cleaning systems, but they've usually got fluorescent brighteners.

One usually finds specialty or niche products such as Woolite for darks don't have OBAs. P&G removed OBAs from some versions of Tide (such as Free and Gentle), but you have to look up ingredient to find out which.

 

[mark_wpduet]

OK so I'm finally using the Tandil since I used all my other liquid....and surprise, the lines on the cap are also invisible! Same exact color as the cap....so again, I have to use a flashlight only this time I can mark the lines with a magic marker because the color on the cap... anyway, instructions: For normal soiled loads, fill to line 1... easy enough. So I did...when I filled to line one I'm thinking, "wow, this is so little detergent" like 1/2 what I was using with the Purex line 2 for normal loads...but I went ahead and put that amount in but now I'm paranoid that I wasn't using enough. I mean, I know it doesn't take much but this was a ridiculously little amount.

 

[user 12105]

Here's another thing...

A&M liquid in one's stash is quite low on froth and rinses quite easily. That always gets one's vote so there you are.

I have to say I do love the smell of arm and Hammer liquid and it does rinse quite clean.

 

[maytaga806]

Saw this article online.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...1&cvid=f26f1749733c4db4a474e496278de597&ei=23

I love liquid. It’s so much stronger scented and lasts in the fabrics, as far as Tide liquids go. They work so well too. When you clean your machine as often as I do there is no problem with it but I’m the one in a million.

 

[user 12105]

#96

Using both liquid and original Tide powder and the liquid definitely has a nicer smell no doubt.

 

[robbinsandmyers]

I just switched from Persil Pro Clean liquid to imported German Persil Universal Pulver Tiefenrein and love the job it does and the mild fresh scent

 

[launderess]

Hydrogen peroxide is a biocide, thus it stands to reason it will destroy enzymes in laundry products if left sitting too long. Indeed common good accepted laundry practice calls for delaying addition of oxygen bleach or enzyme boosters for bit to give one or other time to work. My AEG washers have a "stain" option that does just that. Whatever booster product chosen is flushed down machine at later point during wash.

Miele TwinDos system is really nothing more than liquid laundry detergent and oxygen bleach kept separate and dispensed in proper dosages as required. Commercial/industrial laundries have been using such automatic dosage systems for both liquid and powder products for years.

As for rest of it, no, liquid laundry detergents and other products aren't very shelf stable. This explains why tons of liquids, pods and similar formats are unloaded to discounters, auctions and other off price places.

Just looking at HiBid alone there are pages and pages of either single or job lots of liquid laundry detergents. Much of that stock are shelf pulls from Amazon, Walmart and other places where either in store or warehouse products reached sell by date and didn't move, so they're moved on via auctions or other channels. Good amount of this sort of product ends up in Dollar Store or similar discounters or again being auctioned off online. Where do you think the latter gets all their products?

Utah is known to be happy hunting grounds as Amazon (maybe others) sends trailer loads of goods to various auction houses in that state. People buy up job lots and make their money reselling stuff online or elsewhere.

There are some products one shouldn't purchase online or from discounters without knowing what one is getting.

Chlorine bleach deteriorates when sitting on shelves, you want fresh product, not stale. Ditto for any liquid hydrogen peroxide product.

Fabric softeners have been known to curdle resembling badly made Hollandaise sauce when left sitting too long.

Will "stale" products still work as intended? Maybe, then again maybe not. Effectiveness depends in large part how far from peak things have gone south due to sitting around.

One finds first thing to go with both powder and liquid products is scent. Things may still have a whiff in container, but after wash is done and dried things can be barely detectable. For some this may not be an issue, but for products purchased expressly for scent it can matter.

 

[jrap330]

I too was a latecomer to Aldi. Up until 18 months ago, the nearest one was about 20 away so hadn't bothered to make a special effort to go there. Also, the two that I did visit were generally cramped, not so clean and not well stocked. however, one opened in my town on the site of an old Kohl's store and it has been a real boon to the area. It is generally very clean and shelves are full. While I don't buy everything there, I have been a regular customer and have been very happy with all of my purchases there. I have noted though, that prices on certain items have crept up lately. For example the price of heavy cream (which I use in my coffee) has increased from $4.39 to $5.59 per quart. While it is still cheaper than Stop & Shop and Shop Rite (two major dominant market chains in our area), BJ's price of $4.59 and Costco at $4.69 is much better. So it pays to shop around, like our parents did in the 1970s. All that said (and slightly off topic), I will definitely make it a point to try Aldi's Tandil liquid detergent. While I am still mostly a powder person, I will use liquids so this one bears trying. Adjacent to this topic, has anyone tried Aldi's Radiant Dishwashing liquid or their dishwasher detergent?

Just finished the dishwashing liquard..it is good. How do I judge it...it lasts a long time. Equivalent to all major brands, but not sure if equal to Dawn.

 

[jrap330]

I think at some point I'm going to try Persil Pro clean... but I just don't run into a lot of difficult laundry... Only very occasionally.. and I'm usually able to deal with it with what I've gone on hand.

scent toning down... I once tried this fabric softener (I forget the name) I think it was Mexican and started with the letter F.. anyway, I thought it was HORRIBLY scented...but when used, and the load is done and dried... it was barely even noticeable... only a faint scent...I did get through the bottle but it took forever since I use so little. But I never bought it again... If I do use FS now, which is rare, it's the store brand because I find it smells like the old Downy from years ago

I think at some point I'm going to try Persil Pro clean... but I just don't run into a lot of difficult laundry... Only very occasionally.. and I'm usually able to deal with it with what I've gone on hand.

scent toning down... I once tried this fabric softener (I forget the name) I think it was Mexican and started with the letter F.. anyway, I thought it was HORRIBLY scented...but when used, and the load is done and dried... it was barely even noticeable... only a faint scent...I did get through the bottle but it took forever since I use so little. But I never bought it again... If I do use FS now, which is rare, it's the store brand because I find it smells like the old Downy from years ago..

Was it Suavitel, has a stronger scent than other brands.

 

[mark_wpduet]

It was ensueno

 

[mark_wpduet]

It takes me YEARS to go through a bottle of fabric softener because I use so little of it...and I've never seen it curdle

 

[DADoES]

It takes me YEARS to go through a bottle of fabric softener because I use so little of it...and I've never seen it curdle

I've incidents of softener deterioration, thickening, curdling. Two instances were Downy Wrinkle Guard, or Wrinkle Resist or Wrinkle Prevent ... whatever was the name of the particular products of the time.

 

[vacerator]

I only use liquid. powders and tabs buildup cake. I also don't use fabric softener. Only free dryer sheets. I run the self clean cycle within 3 loads of the icon lighting up after a load of whites with bleach. I don't add any washer cleaning agent.

 

[launderess]

It takes me YEARS to go through a bottle of fabric softener because I use so little of it...and I've never seen it curdle

But I have....

Mostly with P&G made FS products such as Downy and Vernel. Had to rubbish a job lot of Vernel "Rose" scented FS nabbed on eBay at very good price because stuff curdled and separated after sitting about unused. When this happened with bottle of Downy "Free" reached out to P&G CS and after giving code on bottle was told stuff was "old" product. CSR also went on saying P&G has definite shelf life on such things (as can be determined by code on bottle), and that one shouldn't use old product. Explained had purchased two bottles of said Downy and was sent two coupons for free new P&G product of choice.

IIRC a member purchased liquid FS from Miele and had same issues.

One largely no longer buys liquid FS. Just don't use enough of the stuff to empty one bottle in say < one year. Find if things don't turn into a gloppy mess scent is largely gone.

 

[supersuds]

Yes, I got a coupon to replace a bottle of unscented Downy Wrinkle Guard or whatever it's called that had almost solidified. The nice lady on the phone said it was three years old based on the serial number, but I'd just bought it, albeit at a smaller supermarket that probably didn't sell much of it.

 

[launderess]

At least around here and many other larger markets P&G reps routinely pull old shelf stock, and or shops do it themselves and return to distributor or whoever for credit.

Discounters and others who do not buy directly from P&G or it's distributors for new product are another matter. Selling three year old product is just not something any reputable supermarket or shop would do IMHO.

 

[supersuds]

I'm sure this chain store doesn't ban P&G reps. Somebody must have goofed.

Incidentally P&G removing discontinued products so fast is pretty annoying. I liked the Dawn New Zealand Springs scent, but it was gone in nothing flat. I would have bought some bottles from a closeout shelf but P&G doesn't seem to do that.

 

[mark_wpduet]

I barely use any FS either... Most of the time I find I don't use it...even if it's a small bottle it takes forever. I can totally do without it.