I decided to create a thread about the tests I’m doing with EC30 detergent swatches vs. top-rated liquid Tide Ultimate Stain Release. The swatches are made by P&G and will be marketed as Tide Evo Tiles sometime later this year. The Tide Tiles are being test marketed in Colorado beginning in April. I’m going with the assumption that they’ll perform similarly to the EC30 brand.
Please check out DADoES/Glenn’s thread #95441 “Tide Tiles”. I had no idea this variation on detergent sheets existed before reading the info he and other contributors provided. Worth clicking the link just to see the great off-the-beaten-path detergent commercials Launderess embedded for our viewing pleasure!
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?95441_62~1
Test 1: Decided to take a cue from the testing organization we love to hate and wash a purposefully stained dish towel with the following parameters:
> Medium-sized load of whites—about 2/3 of full capacity—in a Speed Queen 7009 front-loader
> Normal cycle; warm water; max soil setting (a 50 minute wash tumble)
> One EC30 detergent swatch/tile.
Before & after results shown in photos 1 & 2.
Test 2: Robert suggested replicating the test using a liquid Tide product. I have a jug of top-rated Tide Ultimate Stain Release, so it’s off to the races! Here are the parameters for test #2:
> Medium-sized load of whites—again about 2/3 of full capacity—in the Speed Queen.
> Normal cycle; warm water; max soil setting (50 minute wash tumble)
> Liquid Tide Ultimate Stain Release up to line 3 in the cap.
Before & after results shown in photos 3 & 4.
Both towels were stained with the same brand of products, although I added Sugar-Free Hershey’s Syrup to the second test.
As you see, the results were remarkably similar, which surprised me. I thought the liquid Tide would do a better job on the Rao’s Marinara—a sauce with a relatively high fat content—and the Frank’s Hot Sauce. That turned out not to be the case.
Since I’m in testing mode, I may try the same two detergents in “regular” warm water using the Whites cycle at max soil level (30 minute wash tumble) and in 140-degree hot water using the Sanitize With Oxi cycle (50-minute wash tumble at light soil setting). I’m curious to see if the hot water cripples the cocktail of enzymes in the detergents.
After that…I may want to try a test in warm water on the Normal cycle using powdered UK Persil Bio—which I already have—and powdered UK Ariel Bio, which is on its way from the BritSuperstore (which I found out does still exist.) It might also be interesting to test powdered UK Persil Non-Bio in 140-degree water with a 50 minute wash tumble to see how it compares with its enzyme-based counterpart.[this post was last edited: 3/20/2024-10:53]
Please check out DADoES/Glenn’s thread #95441 “Tide Tiles”. I had no idea this variation on detergent sheets existed before reading the info he and other contributors provided. Worth clicking the link just to see the great off-the-beaten-path detergent commercials Launderess embedded for our viewing pleasure!
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?95441_62~1
Test 1: Decided to take a cue from the testing organization we love to hate and wash a purposefully stained dish towel with the following parameters:
> Medium-sized load of whites—about 2/3 of full capacity—in a Speed Queen 7009 front-loader
> Normal cycle; warm water; max soil setting (a 50 minute wash tumble)
> One EC30 detergent swatch/tile.
Before & after results shown in photos 1 & 2.
Test 2: Robert suggested replicating the test using a liquid Tide product. I have a jug of top-rated Tide Ultimate Stain Release, so it’s off to the races! Here are the parameters for test #2:
> Medium-sized load of whites—again about 2/3 of full capacity—in the Speed Queen.
> Normal cycle; warm water; max soil setting (50 minute wash tumble)
> Liquid Tide Ultimate Stain Release up to line 3 in the cap.
Before & after results shown in photos 3 & 4.
Both towels were stained with the same brand of products, although I added Sugar-Free Hershey’s Syrup to the second test.
As you see, the results were remarkably similar, which surprised me. I thought the liquid Tide would do a better job on the Rao’s Marinara—a sauce with a relatively high fat content—and the Frank’s Hot Sauce. That turned out not to be the case.
Since I’m in testing mode, I may try the same two detergents in “regular” warm water using the Whites cycle at max soil level (30 minute wash tumble) and in 140-degree hot water using the Sanitize With Oxi cycle (50-minute wash tumble at light soil setting). I’m curious to see if the hot water cripples the cocktail of enzymes in the detergents.
After that…I may want to try a test in warm water on the Normal cycle using powdered UK Persil Bio—which I already have—and powdered UK Ariel Bio, which is on its way from the BritSuperstore (which I found out does still exist.) It might also be interesting to test powdered UK Persil Non-Bio in 140-degree water with a 50 minute wash tumble to see how it compares with its enzyme-based counterpart.[this post was last edited: 3/20/2024-10:53]
