Anyone remembers the time when powder detergents were sold in cotton bags?
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electron1100
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T Bags
I remember in the 1980s you could buy what looked like very large T Bags these had two lots of powder in them seperated by the same sort of disolvable paper as the bag, i cannot remember the name a freind of mine bought them and showed me.
I remember in the 1980s you could buy what looked like very large T Bags these had two lots of powder in them seperated by the same sort of disolvable paper as the bag, i cannot remember the name a freind of mine bought them and showed me.
I remember some of the 'bargain' or store brands of laundry detergent in plastic bags, but I don't recall ever seeing cloth bags.
kenmoreguy89
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Not here in Italy from what I know..... only paper cylinders, boxes and plastic refills, then after the 80s plastic bags became the main container because bags were and are self standing with a large base and detergent coming in them were cheaper....infact here very few people almost nobody still transfer bags content into paper or plastic conrainers...
I'm just not 100% sure about the first detergents of Mira Lanza such as Triton and Neptun in the 50s.
Triron was powdered soap while Neptun was surfactans based detergent...
But I think they were paper bags...not cloth bags...I find it pretty strange.
Was not unusual for Sugar, Flour and Rice....some rice,corn and flour still come in cloth bags over here, the ones you buy directly from small country towns groceries or directly from farmers and I live in an Area famous for Wheat, Corn and Rice production....
But elsewhere not....you can't just find stuff coming in cloth bags...
Here a website showing how a Triton and Neptun looked like:
I'm just not 100% sure about the first detergents of Mira Lanza such as Triton and Neptun in the 50s.
Triron was powdered soap while Neptun was surfactans based detergent...
But I think they were paper bags...not cloth bags...I find it pretty strange.
Was not unusual for Sugar, Flour and Rice....some rice,corn and flour still come in cloth bags over here, the ones you buy directly from small country towns groceries or directly from farmers and I live in an Area famous for Wheat, Corn and Rice production....
But elsewhere not....you can't just find stuff coming in cloth bags...
Here a website showing how a Triton and Neptun looked like:
The only detergent in cotton bag I remember is Yugoslavian Persil from the early 80's. For my mother it was a real treasure beacause obviously it was great. My grandmother brought it after a trip to Yugoslavia.
I also remember that in my country Yugoslavian and Hungarian detergents were thought to be fantastic, especially Hungarian Biopon was very famous, but very rare.
I also remember that in my country Yugoslavian and Hungarian detergents were thought to be fantastic, especially Hungarian Biopon was very famous, but very rare.
In Yugoslavia...
Just as "dixan" implied, at one point, all detergents that were made in Yugoslavia were actually sold in cotton/linen bags.
I have some of them at my grandma's place (Persil and Faks I think), however I don't have any pictures of them. If anyone has any picture of linen bags, I'd be happy to see it
Thiese days, in 2013, Serbian company Beohemia launched beautiful advertising campagin "Like the old days" where they sell their powder detergents like...well, picture will say more than I can with words
Just as "dixan" implied, at one point, all detergents that were made in Yugoslavia were actually sold in cotton/linen bags.
I have some of them at my grandma's place (Persil and Faks I think), however I don't have any pictures of them. If anyone has any picture of linen bags, I'd be happy to see it
Thiese days, in 2013, Serbian company Beohemia launched beautiful advertising campagin "Like the old days" where they sell their powder detergents like...well, picture will say more than I can with words
Is it supposed to be unseamed when empty to get a nice free dishtowel ?
@mrboilwash
yes, exactly, there's even instruction on how to do that
I'll post a pic of it how it looks as dishtowel when I unseam it
yes, exactly, there's even instruction on how to do that
I'll post a pic of it how it looks as dishtowel when I unseam it
danemodsandy
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Yep, Dishtowel Promotion!
And it looks like it will remind you to buy Duel for as long as you have it, LOL!
P.S.: It's a very handsome windowpane check, that's for sure.
And it looks like it will remind you to buy Duel for as long as you have it, LOL!
P.S.: It's a very handsome windowpane check, that's for sure.
kenmoreguy89
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Oh Okay, now that makes a little more sense.....then it become a dishtowel....
The era of gifts in detergents in Italy was from the 50s to the late 80s....some even in the 90s also as Dash and Dixan...
I recall the cards of Mira Lanza viewable in the link above and the plasic toys of Tide with Disney characters, these plastic toys are a childhood remember of almost every italian born and raised in 50s, 60s and early 70s...including my father...
It raise up even a saying over here, people of a certain age used to say for example while meeting a crazy driver: "Hey, who gave you the driving license? Did you find it as gift in the Tide?"....
These Tide gifts are now became really collectibles over here as for some of the gift gadgets in detergents...
A typical example of a Tide gift of the 60s a Snowhite doll:
Others then indeed used to drop every kind of gifts in detergent packages in 80s and 90s, from dishtowels, drinking glasses, dishes, calculators, clocks, portable radios etc....
There is even a facebook page aboust nostalgic of gadgets in detergents, and I raised up during the era of gadgets inside the Dash....
Here is a Dash calculator:
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The era of gifts in detergents in Italy was from the 50s to the late 80s....some even in the 90s also as Dash and Dixan...
I recall the cards of Mira Lanza viewable in the link above and the plasic toys of Tide with Disney characters, these plastic toys are a childhood remember of almost every italian born and raised in 50s, 60s and early 70s...including my father...
It raise up even a saying over here, people of a certain age used to say for example while meeting a crazy driver: "Hey, who gave you the driving license? Did you find it as gift in the Tide?"....
These Tide gifts are now became really collectibles over here as for some of the gift gadgets in detergents...
A typical example of a Tide gift of the 60s a Snowhite doll:
Others then indeed used to drop every kind of gifts in detergent packages in 80s and 90s, from dishtowels, drinking glasses, dishes, calculators, clocks, portable radios etc....
There is even a facebook page aboust nostalgic of gadgets in detergents, and I raised up during the era of gadgets inside the Dash....
Here is a Dash calculator:
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kenmoreguy89
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A Dixan Photo camera, probably of later 80s and early 90s and I would bet I have one like that somewhere in the basement:
A Dixan radio of the 90s:
A Dixan radio of the 90s:
Soap Chips Yes, But Don't Recall Powdered Detergents
Coming in cotton bags.
Even soap chips didn't last long as even for large commercial/insitutional use they switched to huge cardboard containers, just as detergents.
Considering how powdered detergents should be kept dry, storage in a natural textile sack alone seems not to fit the bill. Especially as at least on this side of the pond many Americans had laundry areas in damp basements. Those cotton sacks would moulder and the contents absorb moisture to the point of becoming rock hard.
Coming in cotton bags.
Even soap chips didn't last long as even for large commercial/insitutional use they switched to huge cardboard containers, just as detergents.
Considering how powdered detergents should be kept dry, storage in a natural textile sack alone seems not to fit the bill. Especially as at least on this side of the pond many Americans had laundry areas in damp basements. Those cotton sacks would moulder and the contents absorb moisture to the point of becoming rock hard.
Hi Dejan,
I do because the two of us lived in the same former Country.
I guess Yugoslavia was the only (or one of the few) Country where detergents were sold in cotton bags to be reused as dishtowels.
I like this "revival" of the DUEL detergent
Here are some of the old "bags" ...
Ingemar
I do because the two of us lived in the same former Country.
I guess Yugoslavia was the only (or one of the few) Country where detergents were sold in cotton bags to be reused as dishtowels.
I like this "revival" of the DUEL detergent
Here are some of the old "bags" ...
Ingemar
