Steve- Two 1kg bags of Ariel (India) powder arrived yesterday. The scent is certainly lighter in nature than my previous daily drivers Tide Ultra Stain Release and Persil + Stain Fighter, both liquids; both available in the detergent aisle in the local HyVee grocery store. Not sure how to describe it, but I like it. It’s just less blatant than the detergents I’d been using. I’ll let you know if it smells like the powdered TideMatic (also India) which is scheduled to arrive Feb 24. You’d mentioned the liquid versions of these detergents were virtually indistinguishable from each other.
There are no dosage instructions on the bag, showing only the picture of a scoop which was not enclosed. I visited the website (www.ariel.in) and found that a scoop is 60 grams. So the recommended dosage for a front-loader is 60 grams for a normal load and a whopping 90g for very large or heavily soil loads.
I washed a large load of thick, heavy white bath linens and half a dozen dish towels and bar mops with various stains on them. Used 40g of Ariel on the Whites cycle, selecting warm water (assuming the detergent relies on a cocktail of enzymes) and the Max soil level, which provides a 30 minute wash tumble and two rinses. I have softened water.
The suds level during the wash tumble seemed fine: more suds than powdered UK Persil Bio; about the same as that produced by UK Persil Non-Bio. The difference, however, became very apparent with the first spin. It immediately triggered the Speed Queen’s “suds removal” protocol. I quickly added two extra rinses to the cycle (for a total of four). The fourth rinse still had a little suds in it, but not enough—by my standards, anyway—to warrant yet another rinse.
I was certainly impressed with Ariel’s stain removing power. Only the faint remnant of a mustard stain remained on the white kitchen towels and bar mops. Ketchup, coffee, and a few other stains were vanquished.
I’m going to wash sheets & pillowcases this morning. Will use a 40g dose with the same cycle & settings. My hunch is the lighter weight fabrics will not cause such a suds ruckus. Will report back on that.
Update: Not surprisingly, 40g of Ariel washed and rinsed a load of sheets & pillowcases without incident. There was a bit of suds in the second (final) rinse, but not the foamy, lathery kind; more like bubbles that popped quickly as the water ran down the bottom of the glass window and into the boot. At any rate, will probably use 20-30g going forward and see if it diminishes the cleaning power.
Photo #3: The dosing chart from Ariel’s website (www.ariel.in)
Photo #4: Ariel is proudly “No.1 Recommended by LG.”
[this post was last edited: 2/13/2024-07:23]
There are no dosage instructions on the bag, showing only the picture of a scoop which was not enclosed. I visited the website (www.ariel.in) and found that a scoop is 60 grams. So the recommended dosage for a front-loader is 60 grams for a normal load and a whopping 90g for very large or heavily soil loads.
I washed a large load of thick, heavy white bath linens and half a dozen dish towels and bar mops with various stains on them. Used 40g of Ariel on the Whites cycle, selecting warm water (assuming the detergent relies on a cocktail of enzymes) and the Max soil level, which provides a 30 minute wash tumble and two rinses. I have softened water.
The suds level during the wash tumble seemed fine: more suds than powdered UK Persil Bio; about the same as that produced by UK Persil Non-Bio. The difference, however, became very apparent with the first spin. It immediately triggered the Speed Queen’s “suds removal” protocol. I quickly added two extra rinses to the cycle (for a total of four). The fourth rinse still had a little suds in it, but not enough—by my standards, anyway—to warrant yet another rinse.
I was certainly impressed with Ariel’s stain removing power. Only the faint remnant of a mustard stain remained on the white kitchen towels and bar mops. Ketchup, coffee, and a few other stains were vanquished.
I’m going to wash sheets & pillowcases this morning. Will use a 40g dose with the same cycle & settings. My hunch is the lighter weight fabrics will not cause such a suds ruckus. Will report back on that.
Update: Not surprisingly, 40g of Ariel washed and rinsed a load of sheets & pillowcases without incident. There was a bit of suds in the second (final) rinse, but not the foamy, lathery kind; more like bubbles that popped quickly as the water ran down the bottom of the glass window and into the boot. At any rate, will probably use 20-30g going forward and see if it diminishes the cleaning power.
Photo #3: The dosing chart from Ariel’s website (www.ariel.in)
Photo #4: Ariel is proudly “No.1 Recommended by LG.”
[this post was last edited: 2/13/2024-07:23]
