Detergent test in progress

[frigilux]

I love detergent tests! Looking forward to seeing the pics, Glenn.

My new TL Frigidaire gets installed tomorrow. The first load will be uber-stained whites with Tide CW. I want to see if things turn out as well as they do in the FL'er. In fact, it would be fun to do two loads of whites, one in each machine, to see which gets better results.

Also, I always use chlorine bleach in my white loads, Glenn, so I'm guessing that has slightly skewed my Tide CW results for the better. Did you try a load with Tide CW + some oxybooster? Oh, wait. The oxi is meant for warm-to-hot water, isn't it? Never mind!

I've never been able to use OxiClean in my FL'er----it just causes too much sudsing. Will be fun to try some of that with other detergents in the TL'er.

 

[Acerone]

Has anyone done a side by side test with Persil UK formula and the German brand?

 

[oxydolfan]

I was advised to use the Rite-Aid (drugstore) knockoff of Oxi-Clean, when Oxi-Clean used to generate too much sudsing in my Whirlpool TL (and they were STRANGE suds as well, clear, and plastic-looking, like you'd imagine nuclear waste water).

The Rite-Aid product works better for me....less sudsing, better rinsing (and just as effective at the other thing I use it for, scouring my bathtub....)

 

[DADoES]

Second sock washed. To be fair, it was a bit more heavily stained than the other, and sat for two weeks longer before washing.

 

[DADoES]

Alternate angle.

Yes, I wear my socks until they're well-worn.

 

[frigilux]

Foca+Oxi wins!