Ariel Bio

[electradeluxe]

I'm a bit disappointed with the stain removal,
My other half spilled a jar of pasta sauce and used my lovely white tea towel to mop it up with,then threw it in the basket,
so when doing the towel load i noticed this dried in monstrosity whilst sorting through the loading,so i just threw it in with a good dose of powder and a boil wash,and it's not come out,so i threw it back in with the next load on 40c and there's still faint traces of the stain,

Am i doing something wrong?

Any suggestions would be a great help as boil washing seemed to be a waste of time and energy

thanks

Neil

 

[DazLover98]

No

I don't use boil washes, higher I ever go up to is 50c.

If you can get it, buy Napisan, you can get it in Tescos, Sainsburys & Wilkos & soak the towel overnight in a solution of 5l hot water & 2 tbsp Napisan. Wash it with whites at 40c using a further 2 tbsp with normal detergent. Try using bio powder, not Ariel, try Daz & select 40. Whites come out lovely & completely stain free.

Don't waste your money on Ariel, can't trust team, too many harsh ingredients.

I'm Daz & Surf fans now, great cleaning, great prices & great smells!

HOPE THIS HELPS!

 

[electradeluxe]

Thanks for the tip,i might try napisan,it might help to buy some stain remover incase of heavy stains,

How can Daz be cheaper and better powder than Ariel when they are from the same company?
seems strange to me,I've just started a box of Almat Colour Tablets so i might give the Biological tablets a trial

 

[chestermikeuk]

Leave it ...

soaking in a strong solution of Ariel overnight and then wash, let the enzymes do their work...then wash as normal!!

 

[electradeluxe]

Thanks Mike,i never actually thought of soaking,
My dear old Nan used to steep heavy stained articles in a bucket before washing,i'll take a leaf out of her book in future

 

[electron1100]

Bolognese sauce

if I get spills of it on tea towels but don't want to boil wash them I just spray the marks with vanish spray stain remover that works, or as mike says soak them over night, I use the machine and let the chemicals do there stuff.

 

[ozzie908]

Its my belief that Ariel is ...

weaker than it used to be even the professional version seems to be less able to shift some stains.

Maybe its so that we the discerning consumer buy the Ariel stain booster as well ??

Or is this just me being cynical?

Austin

 

[spoodles]

Isn't a boil wash for pasta sauce stains a bad idea? I've always thought you risk setting the stain in place that way, especially if it's dried in. I've never washed anything like that above 40ºC and after a soak, Ariel does shift it then.

 

[paulc]

I use Ariel Professional on my T-towels, kitchen hand towels and cleaning cloths. I have 40 or so white t- towels and save them up over the week. The afore mentioned all go in the one load, cottons 60 deg if not to dirty, if stuff is heavily stained then the load gets a 95 deg wash. I have never had a problem with stains not shifting on the first wash.

 

[DazLover98]

No need for stain remover

Napisan does that better than Vanish in my opinion, Vanish is just overpriced & expensive, & you only need a little bit per load. Might smell odd on the first use, but it has been tested & proven to kill germs at 30c.

Also, Denture Tablets work great for whitening whites

 

[electradeluxe]

Thanks everyone,next time i do a towel load i'll soak the teatowels first and wash on 60c

 

[MrX]

For most stains, a long wash on 40ºC is probably more helpful as it will activate the enzymes and let the product really get to work.

Boiling the item will tend to activate the bleach quite strongly, but it will also destroy the enzymes once the water becomes very hot.

If Ariel won't shift it, try Persil too. Somewhat different formulation.

 

[launderess]

At least as far as the French Ariel "Excel" Gel Goes

Found it nearly useless for most stain removal Alpine Frachie or not.

Stains on dinner linens that came out with other products didn't shift when done using Ariel in the wash. Persil (Henkel) and even Tide liquids both Coldwater Free and Free & Gentle OTHO are fab for removing stains. The former in particular is brilliant for removing stains even in cold or warmish water. Just bung the lot into the Miele set for 85F or 100F, add a bit of the Tide and some oxygen bleach (sodium percarbonate), a that is that. Everything comes out clean and stain free.

IIRC another member from the UK posted he found Ariel gel useless for removing a tomato based stain (curry?). IIRC even Which and other EU consumer product testing types found the stuff was next to useless on a majority of stains.

 

[mich]

Ariel Excel Gel IS CRAP! Plain & Simple, it's crap.

You'd be better off just washing with plain water.

 

[paulc]

Mich

What kind of washer were you using Ariel Excel Gel in? Remember it is formulated for European F/L washers that fill from cold and have longer wash times than US F/L machines. I used to use it a lot and found it great for darks and coloureds in cool water washes, however it's performance seemed to lessen if used at higher temperatures.

 

[mrboilwash]

Ariel Excel Gel

I found it`s cleaning ability decreased dramatically when they changed the formular. The original product was very high sudsing for a "HE detergent" and the color version oddly had OBAs in it. I know that suds are not needed for cleaning, but since they have changed it to a lower sudsing formular I found it didn`t clean as well anymore and never bothered again with the gel type.

IIRC Which? also rated it very good when it was new on the market, but in a later test it was only so so.

 

[hoovermatic]

I must be the odd one out because I find it superb at stain removal PARTICULARLY at low temperatures and have had success at a vast range of kitchen/cooking stains, badly stained white linen napkins and tablecloths as low as 30 degrees. I wasn't aware the formula had changed as have always found it good to rinse out with very soft water and very low sudsing.