Ariel Laundry Detergent

[givemehotwater]

Phosphates are still in the Latin America Foca & Roma. But, I haven't seen any of THOSE bags in any store in the U.S. in a long, long time. It's been over 10 years, maybe. There may also be phosphates versions of Salvo, and Majesto Limipo (MR CLEAN) in powder form, there.

You'll know if they are phosphate free if they say "LIBRE DE FOSFATOS" OR "SIN/NO Fosfatos"

You should probably consider getting three bags of FOCA. I also recommend, completely, that you get Ziploc or Store Brand Freezer Bags. They will dramatically keep the shelf life of Powder Detergent fresh, and free-flowing for a long time.

I couldn't tell you anything about Resolve. All I'll say is, I'm green-eyed with jealousy. Have Fun on your Trip!

 

[nmassman44]

The Foca and Roma detergents that I come across at Walmart here in FL are all phosphate free. Even at the Latin grocer I go to on occasion has the phosphate free versions as well. I couple Ariel powder with Tide Oxi powder when I do a load of whites, but, alittle bit goes a longs ways because it causes way too many suds and my LG frontloader will throw a Suds error and purge continuously until I reset the cycle.

 

[givemehotwater]

@nmassman44, I am very intrigued by your post. Mostly because, since about 2016/2017... all of the Latin American versions of Ace & Ariel have had a major dose of Suds Suppressors added to them. I can use upwards of 1/2 a cup, sometimes more, and get very little sudsing, and clean rinses.

Are you talking about a recent bag of the Latin American Ariel, or the USA Verison? Also... do you have softened water? Only other thing, I could think of... is if you are washing towels, those tend to whip up a LOT of suds.

 

[qsd-dan]

If you want to use STTP in your washer, just buy some in bulk and play around with dosages until finding a happy medium of good results without overdosing.

 

[gyrafoam]

One of my favorite detergents---------

It has been my summertime favorite for many years. I enjoy the fresh fragrance and it really perks-up line-dried laundry. I prefer the phosphated version, which I have stock-piled along with Viva and Foca as I live in a hard-water area. While Roma makes a lot of suds I do not think it cleans very well in my experience. So far, the Viva is the strongest of the Mexican detergents I have used so I reserve it for the really dirty and greasy stuff.

My experience with using it in front loaders is that you can't use enough of it with a really dirty load without sudz-locking the machine. So I don't even bother. Of course, it will also sudz-lock the usual vintage culprits, Belt-Drive Kenmore's and Whirly's, 1-18's and the rare Philco and Westy top-loaders.

It is a shame they are phasing out the phosphates. They really do boost the cleaning power of the detergents and help with hard-water washing. Way back in the 1970's it was claimed that phosphates "killed the fish" in lakes and streams. Of course, that was a ridiculous thing to say, as I'm sure very few machines drained directly into a lake or stream AND the detergents break-down fairly quickly anyway. Also, if raw sewage is being dumped in, it probably would't make much difference. Besides, the phosphates come from the ocean!