Green Products

[supersurgilator]

I was just wondering how you guys feel about all of these green cleaners and stuff that are on the market today? The newspaper ads were full of them for green week. Do you feel that these products are actually worth anything or do you think the whole green fad is a waste of time.

 

[peterh770]

Better living through chemistry!

 

[gyrafoam]

Ain't no guuuud. Green won't clean, and it sure won't kill the cooties.

 

[volvoguy87]

Green is a ficle definition.

Some natural things, or at least relatively harmless things, have been around for a long long time. Examples include: real soap, borax, baking soda, vinegar, ammonia, and bleach (don't mix with the previous two). Mix a little vinegar and baking soda and go to town on polishing chrome!

Many new products that claim to be green don't perform well. I think more needs to be said of new green products that do function. Also, some of these older products, which are cheap, simple, and effective, need to get some attention too.

Just a thought,
Dave

 

[qsd-dan]

I only use chemicals as a last resort. I have had excellent results using green products for everything except dishwasher detergent. The "greenies" have a long way to go in order to catch up and perform equally with the chemical laden detergent.

 

[bugsyjones]

Going Green has become trendy...

And that's the reason I don't participate. EVERYBODY is shoving their 'green' product in your face. Whether it be cleaning products, appliances, or cars. It's the over-saturation of 'Going Green' that drives me away.

Honestly, it's a big waste. Sure, you can use Seventh Generation brand laundry detergent....if you enjoy soiled clothes. Sure you can use new formula Cascade....if you want to wash your dishes twice or thrice.

Give me incandescent bulbs, bleach, phosphate and harsh chemicals any day.

~Tim

 

[reo580]

LOL going green

I use the original Lysol concentrated disinfectant. It has the 1950's hour-glass looking bottle. It smells like antiseptic. Nobody likes it but me. But I figure if it is giving me a headache Imagine what it is doing to the germs! (that should be a slogan). But I digress, with the Lysol, I feel that my bathroom is clean.

 

[surgilator_68]

I LOVE the brown Lysol!!!

You can also use a soft cloth with ammonia and chalk to polish copper and brass.

As lots of people said....Green don't clean. I see it every day and charge people to tell them that. They go buy these fancy low water use/ low energy machines and feel the need to use the 'green' cleaners. Dirt, oils and minerals build up and ruin the machine. It's either beyond repair or too costly to repair. So throw it out and buy a new one. How is that being 'green'?
Clothes are greasy, towels smell nasty, dishes you wouldn't want to eat off of, etc.

When they can actually make a true 100% non petroleum based, natural cleaner that works as well as it's counterpart, I will switch. Until then I don't have the time to wash or clean anything 3 times in a row nor do I have the money to buy three times as much 'green' cleaners or replace machines because of early failure.

Bleach, Tide, Cascade, Dawn and Scrubbing bubbles for all!!

 

[whitekingd]

That a boy, Bugsy!!

Give me the oldies but goodies too! Let's try to help the environment, but let's not get carried away. Sometimes in an effort to do good, we get carried away!

 

[westyslantfront]

I think that this "Going Green" is the biggest scam perpetrated with the only green is the green going into Al Gore's pocket.
Oxyclean does not work.
Nothing like Mexican detergents with phosphates, real chlorine bleach, etc.
And if Cap and Trade passes, we will see tremendous hikes in our electric bills for openers. Are that many people willing to slit their own throats?

Ross

 

[bajaespuma]

Scaring the public for profit

I think most stuff can be cleaned with ordinary dish soap and water. Remember in the old days before Consumer Reports became yet another corporate tool, they used to include formulas(ae) for home-made window cleaner, floor cleaners, etc.? Some of them were pretty good and usually included things like ammonia, white vinegar, etc. Many of the harshest cleaners are "natural" compounds like oven cleaner(lye) and ammonia and even(stretching it) Chlorine bleach. Problem is, if they're not used very carefully they will do extreme damage to the user and the environment. I love using ammonia but I know I've already done some damage to my lungs from having breathed in a lot of the stuff and I'm not talking about mixing it with Clorox; that stupid I'm not.

We are being jerked around by Madison Avenue. One year we're being warned to DISINFECT everything around us because marauding germs are out there just waiting to kill us with necrotizing fascitis. Then Mr. Johnson comes out with commercials where he's Julie Andrews in the Sound of Music telling us how all of his families' products have always had a green hue to them. Just when I grew to love "NO DRIP WINDEX"(really was a great product) they pull it from the shelves because it ain't green enough.

I don't know about y'all, but I'm so tempted to pee in all of those Purell containers that are popping up everywhere. It's a field day for neurotics.

 

[sudsman]

Oxyclean does not work.

I thought I WAS the ONLY on that thought so.. I have NEVER been able to get it to work at all.

 

[surgilator_68]

They pulled no drip windex??????? Good thing I have 3 bottles left!!

 

[surgilator_68]

Oxyclean

There is only a very narrow temp window in which Oxy bleaches reach true effectiveness. I don't remember the temps off my the top of my head but I know it's above something like 143 and below 170. Not very many americans have water that hot. And oddly enough the manufacturer doesn't tell you this......

 

[sudsman]

Most will work @ 140 to 160

wich I have pleanty of but have never been able to get Oxyclean to work at all.. But Amway all fabric bleach works quite well@ 140 and All fabric bleach sold at Albertsons HOMELIFE Bleach works well too. Really like it on patient gowns with x ray developer get them CLEAN the 1st time. It is very much like the old Snowy bleach and smells the same too.

 

[hydralique]

very much like the old Snowy bleach

Maybe Albertsons needs to get a Phyllis Diller lookalike to push their bleach!

 

[whirlcool]

And did you notice that "green" products are pricier than the non-green ones? You pay a premium for "going green".

 

[westyslantfront]

I use Chloralex bleach from Mexico. It is the Mexican version of Chlorox and it works great. Some of my friends have brought over their dingy gray or yellowed whites and with just one washing
in hot water, bleach, bluing, and Viva detergent from Mexico, they can see a difference.
It has occurred to me that with the "efficient" Whirlpool Duet that I use, the clothes are wet but are they really clean?
I like the Duet for king size comforters but there is hardly any water to be seen.
With all the rain in some parts of the country, are we really running short of water?
As I said before, I think there is a lot of hipe and propaganda designed to scam people into believing things that are just not true. It just means that people need to take some time to research and get the facts.

Ross

 

[westyslantfront]

And I forgot to add what a wonderful job phosphates do on all my laundry.

PHOSPHATES RULE!!!!