That Woman Should Be Comitted For Textile Abuse
Didn't watch the entire video, just to painful.
Using automatic dishwasher detergent along with LCB and other ghastly substances has been put about by many, including those who claim to be "textile restoration" experts. Just Google the terms and you'll find more than a few recipies for various "eye of newt" potions along these lines.
Automatic dishwasher detergent is not only highly caustic, but normally has a pH >9, that is very alkaline. I would need to be in order to disslove grease and muck on dishes, pots and pans. Some of the newer enzyme detergents may be a bit milder, but still all are based on heavy doses of sodium carbonate (washing soda) and other chemicals that are harsh on textiles. Adding insult to injury these women are using huge amounts of LCB, which will become more aggressive as the pH level (along with water temperature)rises. Finally the long soaking or wash cycles increases contact time to this witches brew for textiles. I certianly wouldn't subject any item of clothing or lines of value to this treatment, but hey, that is just me.
Without proper rinsing (and lots of it) to rid fabrics of all that LCB and harsh chemicals, they will stay and continue to "work". Slowly breaking down fibers and wearing them down. Without proper neutralising of the high pH level, those items must also feel harsh and scratchy.
Finally adding what looks like "homemade" detergent composed mainly of soap and yet more washing soda is just asking for trouble.
Washing soda is probably the worst thing to use with soap because of the way it deals with calcium and other minerals found in wash water. There is a reason "detergents" replaced soap for laundry day, and many persons who try these various formulas eventually find what housewives/laundries back in the day had to deal with, tattle-tale grey laundry which began to have a whiff about it after awhile. Yes, there are ways to avoid all this, but few know much less do them, so again I say "to each his own".
