Colour Care Detergents

[liberatordeluxe]

Do you find much of a difference between the big and own brands relating to colour Care Detergents? Recently tried the Asda colour powder and after about 5 washes the coloured shirts look dingy and faded. Anyone ever had this wi th cheaper brands?

 

[dixan]

Cheap private label brands usually contain high amount of zeolites which are not good for coloured clothes, because they are not soluble and cause high friction and wear of the fabrics. Cellulase can reduce the negative effects from the zeolites, but it's pretty expensive enzyme and many manufacturers don't use it in private label detergents or use it but with lower activity.

 

[zanussi_lover]

Ive started using Persil Colour Small and Mighty and Capsules, and I find they are less abrasive on colours than the Colour Powder. Persil Colour powder has Optical Brighteners in it which I don't know if this has an effect on fading colours but I find the liquid and Capsules leave the laundry softer thus I don't need to use as much fabric conditioner (usually half a cap). I recommend using a Bio Powder on Whites and a Colour Liquid for Colours and Darks.

 

[hoovermad]

I am normally a powder fan (Surf or Person bio ) but I have started to use Ludlow own brand colour care liquid for all the school uniforms. Seems to work reasonably well so far without colour fading but we shall see. It also means I can dose up the Whirlpool top loader at the start and let it run.

 

[hoovermad]

Auto correct is a real pain! In above post it should say Lidl!

 

[hotpointfan]

Persil

I use Persil Colour Care powder and I can say that I haven't been noticing much fading except the occasional new item, but nothing major. I've been using it for well over a year and a half as a daily detergent, and I can say that I use it on 80% of my washing and I find it works a treat. I generally only buy big boxes in Costco for £11, as the only size the supermarkets seem to sell is 23 washes. I'm also a fan of Aldi's Almat Colour, and I have been known to drift to Almat for a while until I get another big box of Persil. For less than £3 its good stuff.

 

[aquacycle]

I don't bother with colour detergent. Haven't done for years. I found it faded things just as much as bio and didn't wash as well anyway, so I ditched it. I now use bio powder for everything.

 

[zanussi_lover]

Colour detergents

My friend only uses Persil Colour Liquid and all of her clothes are dark and still look brand new. All of her laundry is coloured especially black jeans and top's and they all look brand new and not faded.

She washes her black clothes at 30 degrees inside out and dries them inside away from the sun as she doent have a washing line.

She does regularly clean
the washer out by doing a hot wash with white vinegar, and she puts in a splash of vinegar in with the towels to kill bacteria.

I think that Colour detergents do work to protect colour fade as they have a more neutral ph and have a dye inhibitor to stop dark colours running into light ones. I've used Persil Colour and Ariel Colour and like them both although Persil Colour has Optical Brighteners in the powder which is odd as don't optical brighteners fade colours? Almat colour makes me itch sadly, same with Formil Colour powder, the liquids are okay.

I do miss the smell of 90s white persil colour and performance liquid with the rubber purple and green ball.

 

[zanussi_lover]

Persil Colour Liquid

 

[dixan]

Optical brighteners don't fade the colours, they make them brighter. Plus, it's just optical and temporary effect until you wash the garment with detergent without brighteners.

 

[paulc]

Optical brighteners change the way we perceive colour/whiteness so while they may not physically fade colour they do make dark and coloured clothes look "dusty" and amplify the appearance of naturally worn parts of a garment

 

[launderess]

Other Than Wanting A Whiter Than White Wash

OBAs aren't really required for laundry products (they are found often in fabric softeners as well as detergents).

Some poor detergent products use high amounts of bluing/brightening agents to compensate for lack of cleaning performance. That eye popping whiteness covers up a multitude of sins.

Yes, certain textile fibers (mainly cotton) have a yellowish cast after being woven into cloth which is the reason why OBAs/bluing agents are applied at factory. However both back in the day and still now cotton textiles often develop a yellow staining/cast due to improper and or bad a laundering practices.

Frequent use and over use of chlorine based bleaches.

Frequent use and over use of highly alkaline laundry detergents along with failure to neutralize.

Over and under use of detergents/soaps along with failure to rinse out same completely.

Exposure to very high heat (drying machines and or ironing)

Failure to launder items such as bed and body linen soon after use and frequently.

All these things and more contribute to textiles developing that horrible yellowing.

Vintage laundry manuals going back one hundred years or more advised both domestic and commercial advised that if things were done properly (washing and rinsing) the need for bluing agents was reduced to nil or none. You certainly didn't need to use bluing for every wash.

Much of this craze for OBAs can be squarely laid at the feet of advertising and marketing. Whereas our great-grandmothers would have been happy with clean laundry not things must be "glowing white" and Her Indoors must step up her game to avoid being the source of mockery at the supermarket.

 

[zanussi_lover]

Persil Colour and Comfort Intense

For colours both bright and dark, I swear by Persil Colour Capsules. They have a nicer scent than the small and mighty liquid and powder which is quite strong smelling. Loving the Comfort Intense Fresh Sky softener too, has a more subtle fresh scent than comfort blue which is far too strong.

 

[electron1100]

SNOB Does It All

Myself and few other members with old machines Use Snob (Tescos bio-colour-non bio)

I have used it for about 3 years now without any problems with fading or damaging the fabrics.
It rinses out very easily and has a very low odour, nothing like Persil or Ariel which to me had an overpowering scent and were sods to rinse out some times.

Gary

 

[hoover8pulse]

I've used Tesco & Almat Colour powders with no problems & they perform exactly the same as Ariel colour, but usually I just use any detergent of my choice which isn't normally a colour variant. I haven't tried Persil colour but Ariel colour works well & has a gorgeous scent when I decide to use it.

The detergents I have used recently include the new Classic Surf, Persil Bio Powder, Ariel Pods, Ariel Excel Gel & Persil Small & Mighty & none of my items have faded dramatically, even black items have very slight fading but I find if you're using Bio powder then use a slightly lesser dose as this helps to prevent colour fade.

I've never tried any own brand other colour detergents apart from Tesco & Almat but I never usually buy shops own anyway, I just can't bring myself to buy it.

 

[iej]

I just use Persil Small & Mighty the normal green version on everything and nothing goes weird or fades.

 

[hoover8pulse]

Lej

I have actually found Persil Small & Mighty Bio is brilliant for whites at 60c.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Never seen that brand of detergent in Tesco before @ Gary I find Ariel or Daz works better in my machine. Persil liquid is not an easy detergent to rinse out I find. I think they have a high concentration of a chemical called Sodium Laureth Sulfate and that's what causes a lot of foam. I don't think they have any anti foaming agent or enough soap either. I'm currently using Marks and Spencer Colour liquid and find that good cleaning and smells nicer than Persil or Ariel. It is made by Robert McBride so it says on the packaging.

 

[liamy1]

Just thought...

Would let you know, I've been using Sainsbury's own brand colour care detergent and I really like it.

Used it for about 5 loads now, cleans well, smells great and it's low sudsing.

Quite a good detergent IMO.

Don't know who the manufacturer is behind it.