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[llmaytag]

Does anyone remember a laundry bleaching product from perhaps the late 1960s or early 70s called "Action?" They were pre-measured translucent little packets that contained blue powder. You'd drop them into a hot load and they'd dissolve with agitation.

 

[polkanut]

Yes, my Grandmother used it all the time.

 

[danemodsandy]

Oh, Lord!

I'd almost forgotten Action. Mom tried the stuff several times, but those packets were problematic in Georgia. In summer, it gets very humid here, and the soluble packets would burst as you tried to handle them.

I have no idea how well or badly the detergent performed; my laundry consciousness was not all that high back in my teens, LOL.

 

[gansky1]

I found a sample-size box of these at an estate sale but have never opened it...

It would be a good idea except that you cannot vary the amount you use - all or nothing.

 

[magic clean]

Didn't

Arthur Godfrey promote Action bleach on TV?

 

[laundryshark]

Classic TV Ads: Clean (Household Cleaner Commercials)

Along with the Arthur Godfrey spot, here are some other relevant classic commercials.--Laundry Shark

http://www.roadode.com/clean_1.shtml

 

[laundryshark]

Action or Axion?...

Apologies for contributing to the confusing mixup here, but for clarification, *as far as I know,* Arthur Godfrey did do the Axion ad *as mentioned in my previous post.* However, I do not know who did the Action Bleach commercial.--Laundry Shark

 

[scott55405]

Remember it well....even if it wasn't pre measured packets like this, I wish someone would come back out with a powdered CHLORINE bleach.

 

[peterh770]

Scott: This is what I sell in the vending machine at my laundromat.

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