Actually you can find Texize (may not be the same formula as before) around their factory which is in Greenville, SC I believe.
Does Anyone Use Pine Oil In Their Wash?
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Use Zoflora over here, concentrated in a number of scents, one drop turns water milky and lasts ages...
http://www.zoflora.co.uk/home/
Use Zoflora over here, concentrated in a number of scents, one drop turns water milky and lasts ages...
http://www.zoflora.co.uk/home/
vintagesearch
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if it really needs disinfecting lysol. shampoo works for that ring around the collor too or so ive heard...
xraytech
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I have a few different combos for the wash:
for my Ceil Blue scrubs and Misty Green OR scrubs I use a combo of Sears ultra Plus powder detergent, 20 Mule team Borax, and a little Murphy's Oil Soap(just because I love the scent especially mixed with the original scent Faultless Heavy Starch)
To keep my lab coats a crisp clean hospital white I pre-treat spots with Kirby's Lickty Split then pre-soak in hot water, Austin's A-1 Bleach, and Super Clean(a heavy duty degreaser found in the automotive section of Wal-Mart), then I wash with Sears Ultra Plus Powder, Borax, Austin's A-1 Bleach, and a little Murphy's Oil Soap
For bed linens I use Sears Ultra Plus Powder, Clorox II, and Borax, I like to keep these scentless because I line dry bed linens no matter how cold it is and ocassionaly press and starch them and I enjoy that smell.
For my white Bathroom and kitchen Throw Rugs I use original scent non-ultra Dawn dish soap and Bab-O powder.
I also use Bab-O with whites if I am out of bleach.
Sam
for my Ceil Blue scrubs and Misty Green OR scrubs I use a combo of Sears ultra Plus powder detergent, 20 Mule team Borax, and a little Murphy's Oil Soap(just because I love the scent especially mixed with the original scent Faultless Heavy Starch)
To keep my lab coats a crisp clean hospital white I pre-treat spots with Kirby's Lickty Split then pre-soak in hot water, Austin's A-1 Bleach, and Super Clean(a heavy duty degreaser found in the automotive section of Wal-Mart), then I wash with Sears Ultra Plus Powder, Borax, Austin's A-1 Bleach, and a little Murphy's Oil Soap
For bed linens I use Sears Ultra Plus Powder, Clorox II, and Borax, I like to keep these scentless because I line dry bed linens no matter how cold it is and ocassionaly press and starch them and I enjoy that smell.
For my white Bathroom and kitchen Throw Rugs I use original scent non-ultra Dawn dish soap and Bab-O powder.
I also use Bab-O with whites if I am out of bleach.
Sam
pturo
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My mother used to use that smelly Lysol on our play clothes as well as Fels-Naptha on the greasy tar stains, put it all in our 1957 RCA Whirlpool Imperial(with suds saver)and then the matching dryer.
I am surprised we didn't have a fire, with all that petroleum product. Everyone smoked in those days, and no one cared about flamabiliy standards on kid's clothes.
Aaah, the early 60's...one great big experiment.
I am surprised we didn't have a fire, with all that petroleum product. Everyone smoked in those days, and no one cared about flamabiliy standards on kid's clothes.
Aaah, the early 60's...one great big experiment.
Sam, since you work in health care, do you think Pine Sol smells like public toilets too?
sudsmaster
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I was inspired by this thread to pick up a lifetime supply of Pine-Sol at Costco this week ($3 coupon), 1.36 gallons of it. Maybe I'll find a smaller bottle around here that I can refill.
I don't find the aroma to be reminiscent of public toilets - most public restrooms seem to use a different sort of scent these days, more like urinal cake essence. I remember when I worked in a venerable bio research lab at UCSF in the 70's... the matronly lab ware washer woman told me she loved Pine-Sol and didn't feel a bathroom was clean without that "old timey smell".
I might try adding some Pine-Sol to laundry loads with my machine shop work clothes once I get back to working in that environment again. The water soluble coolant/lubricant used in the machinery tends to have a strong odor and the Pine-Sol probably would be effective in defeating it. So far STPP and/or Borax have failed to eliminate it completely from the finished laundry.
I don't find the aroma to be reminiscent of public toilets - most public restrooms seem to use a different sort of scent these days, more like urinal cake essence. I remember when I worked in a venerable bio research lab at UCSF in the 70's... the matronly lab ware washer woman told me she loved Pine-Sol and didn't feel a bathroom was clean without that "old timey smell".
I might try adding some Pine-Sol to laundry loads with my machine shop work clothes once I get back to working in that environment again. The water soluble coolant/lubricant used in the machinery tends to have a strong odor and the Pine-Sol probably would be effective in defeating it. So far STPP and/or Borax have failed to eliminate it completely from the finished laundry.
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When I was growing up, my mother grandmother used nothing but Pine-Sol on floors, I don't remember either of them using it in the laundry. I use Pine-Sol on my floors and a mixture of Pine-Sol and water in a spray bottle to clean the bathroom counters and sinks. I did read on the Pine-Sol bottle that I can be used for laundry. I tried in once when I was out of bleach for a load of whites, but I don't think it did much because it was the only time I did it
I used to use Pine sol in the washer while washing my shower curtain-but the last time I used it the pine smell was vastly diffrent-was sort of artifical smelling.I don't use the Pine Sol anymore.Only used it for the shower Curtains.
xraytech
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Neptunebob,
I can't say that I think Pine-Sol smells like a public restroom, but I think it is rather odiferous and offensive smelling
sam
I can't say that I think Pine-Sol smells like a public restroom, but I think it is rather odiferous and offensive smelling
sam
sudsmaster
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Pine-Sol has changed a bit...
I was rummaging around under the patio kitchen sink, and found a half-full 1 gallon jug of Pine-sol. I'm estimating it's about 10 years old. Anyway, what caught my eye was the much higher concentration of actual pine oil in this product than today's version: 19% vs about 8.5% today. More than double! Both have the same aroma, the older version of course is a bit stronger.
Anybody else notice this change. Both were "institutional size" jugs from Costco, and there was nothing on the 19% jug's label to indicate it was a special formulation for that time.
I was rummaging around under the patio kitchen sink, and found a half-full 1 gallon jug of Pine-sol. I'm estimating it's about 10 years old. Anyway, what caught my eye was the much higher concentration of actual pine oil in this product than today's version: 19% vs about 8.5% today. More than double! Both have the same aroma, the older version of course is a bit stronger.
Anybody else notice this change. Both were "institutional size" jugs from Costco, and there was nothing on the 19% jug's label to indicate it was a special formulation for that time.
launderess
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Much like everything else today, PineSol has been "downsized", to contain less pine oil, but cost the same if not more.
Maybe you should take a side by side photo, and send it along with other information along to Consumer's Reports. They usually have a page showing how products have been downsized.
L.
Much like everything else today, PineSol has been "downsized", to contain less pine oil, but cost the same if not more.
Maybe you should take a side by side photo, and send it along with other information along to Consumer's Reports. They usually have a page showing how products have been downsized.
L.
sudsmaster
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Hmm. Good idea. Except the print on the bottles is very small... still could probably do it with my Lumix camera.
Ironically, the modern version has something like 30% more fluid than the older one. Which I'm sure would tickle CR all the more. "Thirty percent more of 1/2 strength product means how much???".
Can't recall how much I paid for the 19% Pine-sol, though. I try to keep all my Costco receipts but am not too keen on sifting through ten years of them just to find the one for the Pine-sol. The 8% stuff was purchased recently with a $2.50 off coupon. So the price per ounce of pure Pine-oil might be roughly the same. Had I known I already had a half gallon of double-strength, I'd probably have passed on the 8%. But with Costco I could always return it, if I cared that much about it.
I guess Clorox figured that most people wind up diluting the product with water anyway. And maybe more solvent in proportion with pine oil works better for some applications. Still, with the move to 2x and 3x detergents, wonder if some bright MBA at Clorox will get the idea to come out with an "ultra 2x" formulation that boasts, get this, a 19% concentration and bills it as more economical as well as being more environmentally friendly.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Ironically, the modern version has something like 30% more fluid than the older one. Which I'm sure would tickle CR all the more. "Thirty percent more of 1/2 strength product means how much???".
Can't recall how much I paid for the 19% Pine-sol, though. I try to keep all my Costco receipts but am not too keen on sifting through ten years of them just to find the one for the Pine-sol. The 8% stuff was purchased recently with a $2.50 off coupon. So the price per ounce of pure Pine-oil might be roughly the same. Had I known I already had a half gallon of double-strength, I'd probably have passed on the 8%. But with Costco I could always return it, if I cared that much about it.
I guess Clorox figured that most people wind up diluting the product with water anyway. And maybe more solvent in proportion with pine oil works better for some applications. Still, with the move to 2x and 3x detergents, wonder if some bright MBA at Clorox will get the idea to come out with an "ultra 2x" formulation that boasts, get this, a 19% concentration and bills it as more economical as well as being more environmentally friendly.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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