Does Ariel or Ace Powder have.....

[~sudsshane]

STPP or phosphates? Bought my first box of ACE and have to say at $1.99, it's quite a great value! Smells awesome too!

 

[MrX]

European Ariel is zeolite based.

 

[retromom]

Whoa....

Hey Shane!

You bought a "box" of ACE? I've never seen it in boxes before! I know that the bagged ACE sold here does have phosphates. Did you get the Acti-blu? The citrus-y scent is terrific! The price is right, and (don't tell anyone), but it's really Tide! ;-) - yeah, we knew that. LOL

 

[oxydolfan1]

where'd ya get it?

hopefully it's coming to my burg

let us know how sudsy it is

have you noticed

more mexican products smell good, then don't?

 

[~sudsshane]

Venus~ yes, I bought it at a spanish grocery store. I was thinking the same thing about it being Tide. I just love it!
Oxy~ if you would like some I would be happy to send.

Venus,Oxy...Time for cake with Gary and Steve..I'll bring the Eight O'Clock coffee..reg or decaf???

 

[~sudsshane]

yes, it's acti-blu Ace....so excited! works great in the LG front loader too! 1/3 a cup does the trick.

 

[oxydolfan1]

here, they sell it in bags

it IS economical, in my soft water

i save the big guns for the hardcore schmutz

 

[gadgetgary]

I'll bring the Eight O'Clock coffee..reg or decaf???

Uhmmmmm

Don't forget the homemade ice cream too.

 

[oxydolfan1]

with ariel??

 

[chachp]

I've never heard of it

Is it detergent or a booster? Where might I find it? I have never noticed it at Kroger or Walmart which is really about all I have to choose from here. I have a front loader and curious to know how much I should use. I think it was mentioned in this thread but I can't look backwards at the moment to see. LOL

 

[retromom]

Hey Ralph!

Shane said he used 1/3 cup in the front loader. Ace is detergent. I have seen two flavours; the regular and the Acti-Blu. It comes in about a 1 kg bag at my local grocery store and sells for less than $2.00. It's basically Mexican Tide detergent. I really like it and use it often. I have never seen it at Wal-Mart or any of the dollar stores around here. You may be able to find it at Kroger. If you can't, just drop me an e-mail and I'll send a bag your way.

 

[chachp]

Thanks Venus

I'll check it out.

 

[frigilux]

Ralph-- If you have very soft water, 1/3 of a cup of Ace (or Ariel, for that matter) may produce a lot of suds. I'd start with 1/4 cup. If your water isn't soft, then you shouldn't have any problems with 1/3 of a cup.

All like several Mexican detergents---Ace, Ariel and Viva; They're sudsy, but have great scents. I tend to use them in my TL more often than the FL, where suds isn't an issue.

 

[bongobro]

Ace "does" everything?

Some years ago I found a copy of IT FLOATS: The Story of Procter and Gamble by Albert Lief in a local library. The book was published in 1958, and in the chapter on P & G's international expansion, he wrote that Tide was one of the first P & G detergents exported to Latin America--and the name underwent "a sea change" as Ace laundry detergent (pronounced "AH-say")...and sounds similar to "hace," a Spanish verb that means the same thing as "does"...as in Duz...

I have seen Ace bags in Big Lots stores in Illinois that copy the Tide orange bulls-eye motif, so of the two, Ace is more Tide than Ariel...

 

[frigilux]

Bongobro, besides having a wonderfully crunchy screen name, you are affirming what our Venus has also reported: Ace is basically Tide. Thanks for sharing the real story of AH-say.