Detergent Thread

[ovrphil]

Mr.Wash - What a monumental collection of chemicals. Are neighboring countries products available in Germany, such as UK, Sweden, Finland, Scotland, France, Italy, etc? If so, have you purchased and tried these and how do they compare to the German products? I don't know where Persil or other products you collect are made,of course, but if I was a collector, I'd have a station for each country and products, with a flag at the top of the display(just me). I have never seen so many laundry products...and it doesn't matter if you use them or not, to me; visually, it's an extravaganza other visual people must enjoy, too. SplishSplash!

 

[tolivac]

Jim: got a 4 pound plastic bag of Ariel powder-haven't tried it yet.Did get a box of "Zote" flakes-tried that works quite well-the smell is strong would be good for other things besides clothes.Will go to Ollies at some point and get some of the Ariel they carry.The new WalMart has the Ariel powder and Zote.They also have Zote in bars if you want it that way instead of flakes as I got.

 

[launderess]

Still working my way through this:

 

[launderess]

And this

 

[launderess]

And this:

 

[launderess]

And so forth

 

[launderess]

Et plus

 

[mrwash]

@ovrphil:

I do have products from UK, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Repubilc and the Netherlands as well as from the United States. As a flight attendant it is easy to get those products.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

The Surf packaging reminds me of Radion here in the UK from the 90's.

 

[franksdad]

Rex, I believe our new Ollie's has the Zote flakes also.  I will be grabbing a hotdog next to the new Ollie's in just a few moments and I believe I'll stop back in and check it out again.  Thanks!

 

[aquacycle]

The Surf packaging reminds me of Radion here in the UK from

On the subject of Surf and Radion, you might not know this, but yellow Surf is actually Radion. Or at least, what Radion used to be.

Radion was discontinued by unilever, but the formula was rebranded as Surf.

 

[launderess]

Surf

Actually am working through that stash and find it is a pretty good performer. While it does lack enzymes that is an easy problem to solve as one also has a decent stash of various oxygen bleaches and or stain removal products that are laden with that sort of thing.

Surf really does what that marketing says, takes the "whiff" out of laundry. Scent wise the perfume is a vintage powdery sweet floral. Rather nice after things have been line dried and even after machine as well. Love using it for bed linen.

Can get away with 1-2 tablespoons in the Miele without worries about excess frothing or rinsing problems. Still add a bit of defoamer as a precaution.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Surf only has 1 enzyme so basically only good for protein stain removal.

 

[liberatordeluxe]

Where does one get defoamer from? Never seen it supermarkets so guessing diy store jobbie?

 

[mich2013]

I've found, Commercial Grade de-foamer at the Rug Doctor rental kiosk thingies. It's like a 30oz bottle, for $3/4?

I think one can also find 1 gallon defoamer jugs in the aisle, with the Vacuum Cleaner and Carpet Cleaners in Home Depot. I think Lowes also used to carry it, but I don't think many stores still do.

Now keep in mind, this stuff DOES kill the foam. It's sorta like the effects of Fabric Softener but it doesn't effect the cleaning ability of the detergent solution in the washer.

I wanna also say, use a very limited, small amount of this stuff. Like 1 maybe 2 and a half table spoons, it's very effective, and while I don't know of any side effects to overdosing, I wouldn't really try.. I don't know, I guess I'm just paranoid.

Linkie- For anyone interested.

http://locations.rugdoctor.com/

 

[launderess]

Sadly the vintage circa 1980's Surf does not even have a whiff of enzymes.

 

[mich2013]

WAIT...

1980's Surf had NO PHOSPHATES?

 

[ovrphil]

Launderess - you have your work cut out - get dirty often. (down and dirty is not related) ;-) wow, what a stash.

MrWash - cool! Ever had any of your stuff confiscated when taking it on the plane? No ingredients in those wash products that are on the banded list?

All these products are an incentive to get filthy....and try all the different cleaning goodies.. Burst and Surf... Anyone ever experiment with mixing brands in various ratios to see if your laundry cleaning results are better, worse, or no change?

 

[mich2013]

Wish I could say it was a tad more organized, although I think it's okay for show & tell right now

 

[mich2013]

Could this be considered Vintage?