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[amyswasher]

Where is a good cheap place to buy stpp & sodium percarbonate in the Arlington or the metroplex area. I am going to the Arlington area later this month and I need to stock up on these items.

 

[amyswasher]

or anybody in the metroplex area?

 

[andrewinorlando]

The Chemistry Store

Order this direct online from The Chemistry Store.....

 

[amyswasher]

I already did that. I am very pleased with the products they sell. I just didn't want to pay for the shipping since there is probably a chemical supply store around the DFW area.

 

[sudsman]

You can get them local and not deal with shipping bs..and th

The laundry supply company is Fabriclean 1.800.442.7021 or 214 826 4161 they are at 8301 Ambassadow row Dallas 75247 If they give you any problems (dont think they will) contact me.. Have done business with them for over 40 years. The best bleach however is Amway All Fabric Bleach And can be ordered from any Amway source.. Do no be mislead.. The sttp is now labled as a bleach. a 50 lbs bag will cost about 80 or 90 dollars. but will last forever. If need be I can get it for you and you can come by plant for it .. Most of the time I have it here anyway.. Mac

 

[amyswasher]

I will be in the area starting on the 27 of June. I'm going to see how things go before I decide on where to go.

 

[whirlcool]

Yes, the shipping of STTP is pretty expensive from the Chemistry store. We bought a 10 pound bucket and the shipping was almost as expensive as the product was.

But you use so little, I think our bucket will probably last at least 3 years.

 

[amyswasher]

I bought an 11lb bucket from the Chemistry store and it was $43 shipping and all. Also I am interested, what is sour split rinse(or the proper name is)? I would use LCB is I could get the bleach out of the clothes after three rinses.

 

[laundramatt]

Does anyone have the link to the chemistry store. I found www.chemistrystore.com but I can't find STTP on that site.

 

[sudsman]

sour split rinse

Are both commerical laundry terms.
Sour is used in the last rinse to nuteralize alkali from the washing process. A split rinse or split operation Break is call split as both hot and cold valves are fully opened for fill. AKA warm water.. &#92 Some Times I use a split break for heavy blood loads if not in a pinch for time. Other wise we use a old time " HOT BREAK" formula where the alkali is added when the machine is loaded and started with 160 hot break wash. for 12 mins.
The use of antichlor will rid the items of any bleach traces. most antichlors & sours have brightners . I use antichlor in the 1st hot rinse on most loads and sour and soft on the last split rinse .. I use a split rinse so the load extracts better and dries about 10 min. faster in the tumblers. A warm load will also "pull" easier than a cold load. There are also other reasone for the use of sour. In plants such as ours that operate flatwork ironers and folders, sour must be used to make sheets "glide" easier thru the ironer and folder even if a non alkali detergent is used. If not work will stick to rolls and even jam between rolls. Sour got that name by many of the old time laundry managers as they would actually dip a finger in the last rinse water and taste the water. If it has a light sour taste all was well if not most of the time another ounce or two was added. The laundry manager I trained under in the mid 60's was a old school manager and taught me how to "taste the load" to make sure. You can learn a lot by following that method.. If the load has a chlorine taste there was too much bleach and need at least 2 more rinses. Dry chlorine bleach rinses much faster that lcb so that helps with that problem. If the water had a "tart" taste to it it meant you need to cut back on the amount of soap being used.
I still use mostly dry products. Dry chlor bleach. Dry Antichlor. Dry Sour and Dry softner. [this post was last edited: 6/11/2010-16:19]

 

[whirlcool]

You will find STTP on the chemistry store listed as "Sodium Tripolyphosphate", or STTP for short.

 

[retropia]

Here's a link to the 5 lb. pail of Sodium TriPolyPhosphate (STPP) at the Chemistry Store. A search under STPP didn't find any results, but typing "Sodium Tripolyphosphate" did.

http://www.chemistrystore.com/Sodium_Tripolyphosphate-Sodium_Tripolyphosphate_5lbs.html

 

[westie2]

My wife and I did stock uip on the Cascade and finish but knowing it would be gone one day I called one of our plants that uses the food grade STPP for marination of frozen poultry meat. This keeps the moisture in when cooking and does not let it dry out. They sent me 10 pounds which should last several years both laundry and dishwasher detergent.

Below is one of our label information list.

Serving Size: 4 oz. (112 g) g
Calories per Serving: 120
Servings per Container: 12


% Daily Value

Total Fat 3 g
5%

Cholesterol 55 mg
19%

Sodium 180 mg
7%

Total Carbs 0 g
0%
Dietary Fiber

Sugars


Protein 22 g



Ingredients:
*CHICKEN BROTH INGREDIENTS: CHICKEN BROTH AND SODIUM PHOSPHATES.

 

[whirlcool]

STTP is used as a food preservative. And surprisingly it is considered about as toxic as salt, vinegar or baking soda. The worst part of it is it can be an irritant if it gets in your eyes.

We did our test last night with STTP and Palmolive Lavender Non Phosphated Gel. Perfect results. We used 1 tsp STTP mixed in with the gel. The load was unrinsed plates & bowls from a scrambled egg/hash brown breakfast that had been sitting for at least 14 hours before washing. While this gel will clean the plates and glasses well, it leaves food on the pan it was cooked in and hardly touches the spatula we used. With STTP everything came out clean.

So tonight I will test with only 1/2 tsp of STTP and see if the results vary.