Ariel - Let's All Turn to 30

[carlstock]

No <br
I can’t <br
LOL :- <br
New TV adverts that UK members may have seen recently that suggest we all turn to 30 with Ariel. I saw one today – and it had some wuvverly polar bears on it! Awww! LOL ;- <br
I wouldn’t mind necessarily turning to 30°C if I used a biological detergent, but I’m warned not to use one because I have eczema, so I wash at 40°C with a non-biological one in my super efficient Miele! LOL Also, washing woollens at 30°C with a suitable wool detergent would not get things clean <br
I know we’ve covered this subject before and that we all have difference experiences on this – I simply wanted to bring these ads to your attention, although I dare say you’ve seen them. I do take climate change very seriously, but there is sometimes only so far one can go with certain processes. :- <br
Take care. :- <br
Regards <br
Carl :-

http://www.doagoodturn.co.uk/

 

[aquarius1984]

Someone be edging for a slap! LOL! You all know my feelings on boil washes so I wont reitterate too much but just because your white load is not heavy soiled does not mean an excuse to turn the temperature down. If its white and cotton or robust enough to withstand 95degrees it gets it regardless. No compromises to my whites. Im not fussed either way with coloured loads and delicates.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Our machines don't boil wash over here, but I don't like the idea of washing white garments in anything else but hot water <br
I just don't believe whites have been properly washed unless I've used the hottest water possible

 

[Unimatic1140]

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Phillis is getting a headache with all this. Now be nice everyone, otherwise the migrane is going to get worse.

 

[~sudsshane]

lol

I couldn't agree more

 

[oxydolfan1]

 

[carlstock]

 

[mattywashboy]

just throwing my two cents

i was once unable to wash in anything but tap cold water for about a year, it was like going back in time, luckily i do not have many white clothes so i never really had dingy whites but things like towels and sheets just didn't seem clean, and these were days when everyone was too busy to go to the laundromat. Getting my whirlpool front loader was a dream come true, putting towels and sheets in at 60* was heaven coz i knew they were clean when they came out. Things just seemed so much cleaner.
Try washing a greasy frying pan in tap cold water and detergent, it won't seem anywhere near as clean as if it was washed in piping hot sudsy water.
If ariel gets dirty whites clean at 30 then its not good for colours, the enzymes will be too powerful.
Stick to 40 degrees plus people, don't wash sheets or towels under 60 and make sure tea towels get 95 degrees at least once a month, anything that can stand 95, give it to them, now thats clean.

Hear endeth the lesson.

 

[maytagbear]

I wash all my colours

at around 30C/86F, and they come out fine.

I do prefer to wash underwear and kitchen towels at tank temperature, (around 140F) but everything else here gets around 30C! Or lower.

Of course, I have a big American top loading Maytag....

Currently using standard concentration Wisk liquid, and when I use a non bio cheapie, I add enzymes or an oxy booster.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[MrX]

30 C works perfectly well with Persil too!

I regularly do washes in a Miele and in a cheapo whirlpool washer/dryer (apartment) with Surf, Persil (Powder and Small and Mighty) as well Ariel and they all do a great job.

If there are really bad stains, perhaps 40C and longer cycle. None of these products function poorly at 30C anymore.

 

[newwave1]

I have turned to 30 a couple of times! Its okay for darks and colours..no chance of me doing it with whites, towels or sheets.

With my new ultima i get to compromise, if i select light wash it will do 35degrees...so im saving 5% energy! as opposed to the 10% with turning to 30! lol.

Darren

 

[carlstock]

God bless that Hotpoint Ultima, Darren – 35°C is fantastic! ;-)

Matt, you’re in teacher mode again! I get like that sometimes and would really spend a lot of time drawing diagrams on here if I could!

In all honesty, we do not wash below 40°C. I believe the Persil Careline once suggested that washing at 30°C may not be suitable for many items because it may be more difficult to remove sweat from the clothes. Now, considering we sweat all the time, that might be an issue. That’s only what I’ve heard – it’s not my opinion.

Towels, tea towels, face towels (flannels), all bedding, etc., are all washed at 60°C. Our Miele has a 75°C option, so we’d use that for things that need to be sterilised. We have some micro fibre E-cloths that are *always* washed on Cottons 95°C with Soil (heavy soiling) and the maximum amount of detergent (but no conditioner), although some of them can only be washed at 60°C.

I may be wrong on this, but I class all towels, tea towels, face towels (flannels) and all bedding as heavily soiled, so it goes on Soak (heavy soiling) with the maximum amount of detergent. It certainly needs to be this way with my bedding because I have to put special creams on that can end up on the bedding – very greasy!

My only reason for not washing daily loads – that is, coloureds, etc. – on 30°C is that our detergent is non-biological, as stated in my first post, and so may not be quite as effective at 30°C as a biological one. We use Persil non-biological tablets. Also, my clothes can sometimes get a little skin cream on them, so they do need some extra oooomph, and I know some machine’s rubber parts, etc., may be damaged by the creams if the cream itself is not quickly and thoroughly removed and taken away with the wash water. The best way of getting rid of this greasy cream, taking into consideration my eczema, is through slightly higher temperatures and an effective non-biological detergent.

Other reasons for using Persil non-biological tablets are that they rinse out very well, have a very mild perfume – virtually non-extent when emptying the machine – and cause us no problems, as well as going in toe drum and not the drawer, keeping the machine’s drawer wonderfully clean!

Regards,

Carl

 

[carlstock]

I don’t know what “toe drum” is! My typing’s gone awry again! hehe

Carl

 

[rolls_rapide]

Darren

Use the "New Wave"...

Select Programme 5, 'Non Fast Coloureds' at 40 degrees C.

Press the 'Economy' button. This will allow the machine to wash at 30 degrees, but will lengthen the wash time to compensate for the reduced temp.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Carl

You're right about low temperatures and sweat. I experimented with 30 degrees on my Zanussi, and luvverboy moaned about the stale smell of sweat from his shirts.

He also moaned about the stale sweat smell, when using Bold Liquid at 40 degrees C.

I'm currently using Surf Tropical Liquid, for the coloured items: no complaints so far!

And Ariel Tablets for the whites.

I had purchased blue Comfort conditioner in the concentrated form. Saving of 65pence over Lenor.

Had to pour the bottle down the drain - we couldn't stand the smell from the clothes! It was vile. Ended up buying a bottle of Lenor, so in effect, it cost me double!

One of these days, I will learn from my mistakes! Ho, Hum :-/

 

[rolls_rapide]

Incidentally...

Our whites get washed at 60 degrees, because - (a) 'His Nibs' is a nurse; and, (b) whites require a hotter temp for proper bleaching effects to take place.

When I lived by myself, a neighbour commented on my dazzlingly white laundry.

I tended to wash whites by themselves, at 60 degrees C, with Ariel.

 

[carlstock]

Hello, Rolls_rapide.

If possible, whites should be washed alone anyway with a bleach-containing detergent, as you know.

Also, by accident after doing a maintenance wash at 95 degrees, I found a lone white sock in the machine. It was beautifully white, having had the whole machine to itself! LOL

Regards,

Carl

 

[rolls_rapide]

Carl

Now the rest of your whites won't be up to the same standard - you'll have to boil them up too! LOL

 

[newwave1]

Rolls,
Yea i'd tried turning to 30 in the newwave on cottons when i first got it, it didnt do bad thanks to the spinwash!

The economy button on the newwave is literally a variable temperature button!

Carl!-one white sock! you'd best crack on and find the other one and shine it up too! lol!

Darren