New Detergent Find

[westtexman]

Howdy All!

While helping a friend move today to a town about 2 hours southwest of mine (closer to the Mexico border), I just had to stop in at a local grocery store and check out their detergent selection. I found Mexican "Ace", which appears to be the Mexican version of Tide. It's made by P&G and is on their Website. From what I can tell, it contains phosphates and optical brighteners. Has anyone used this? Does it compare to the "Old Tide" that many of you on this site talk about all the time?

WestTexMan

 

[westytoploader]

Cool! I *think* I've seen Ace in a few places, but didn't realize it was in the same family as Tide.

Have you tried any other Mexican detergents? I've tried Roma, Foca, & Ariel OxiAzul (OxyBlue). All three have phosphates which is good, and Ariel carries the label "Not for sale in the United States".

As far as performance is concerned, they're all pretty good, and the scent isn't too strong on the clothes either. Ariel doesn't produce much suds (though suds are present), but Roma & Foca are EXTREMELY high-sudsing! My GE Dispensall & BD Kenmore suds-locked on more than one occasion, and I nearly killed my White-Westinghouse FL while using the last two!

 

[DADoES]

<blockquote>[color=0000ff]westytoploader said: Ariel doesn't produce much suds (though suds are present) . . . [/color]</blockquote>

Mmmm, I'll try to get a pic next time I get a SUDS CAKE in the F&P.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Hey Bryan!

Do you by any chance post on THS? My handle over there is aquarius2101 .

Glenn/Austin,

I've only used an ounce or so per wash, but the Mexican Ariel OxiAzul Bajaespuma I've had imported from the US hardly suds at all... :-S.

Take care,

Jon

 

[DADoES]

</b>The Ariel I have is non-bajaespuma.

I had an enormous suds situation this evening washing a small blanket. It wasn't dirty, just needed some freshening after storage. Being that my water is fairly hard, I used 4 oz. (1/2 cup) (I've switched from the little drink-mix scoop to a designated 1 oz. scoop), which isn't an unreasonable amount for a top-loader and hard water.

Being that it was a single item, acrylic thermal blanket, it didn't absorb much water, so the EcoActive fill was minimal. Mmmmm, EcoActive sudsed-up over the agitator. Interestingly, the deep wash fill knocked the suds all down and there were NO suds for the deep wash at medium/low water level.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pics. I was busy watching the diagnostic display during water level and fabric sensing, and wasn't prepared to catch pics of the suds.<b>

 

[westtexman]

Hey Jon. I do post on THS. I guess I am a true fanatic.

 

[lavamat_jon]

Westtexman,

Well, if you've been keeping up with the "American Laundry Detergent" thread, then you'll see the full fanatics. One poster there with 83 boxes of detergent as of now LOL

Glenn,

What does Bajaespuma mean then? I guess it's Spanish for low-sudsing or something? I just thought it was just a flash Spanish name! But then I'm no expert at Spanish

Ciao!

Jon

 

[pekedogs]

Bajaespuma

Jon --

That means Low-Suds. I was on their website a while back and they mentioned this formulation for use in HE machines. I live in a Latino-intense area and I do not find this in the local "mercados". Guess they don't use these kinds of machines. Would love to give it a shot. The regular Ariel makes a HUGE amount of suds.

 

[westtexman]

I have to drive over to New Mexico today on business, and hope that I can find some Ariel Bajaespuma at one of the stores there. I really want to try it.

 

[peterh770]

Check the lable carefully. The ACE I have found here in the Atlanta area is printed in Portuguese, not Spanish. It seems to be Ariel with a different name, probably aimed to the Brazillian segment.

 

[westtexman]

Thanks for the warning Peter. Actually, the Ace I purchased is the Mexican version. I looks like Ariel, but has a different formulation. According to P&G Mexico's Web site, Ace is the "medium priced" detergent in P&G Mexico's detergent lineup. When I compared the ingredients for Ariel and Ace, Ace was missing one ingredient that Ariel had. I don't have the bag in front of me now as I am at work, but I believe the missing ingredient was "additional cleaners". Ariel is the top-of-the-line product in Mexico, with Ace coming in second.

It cleans great, though, and it smells much better than Ariel.

Procter & Gamble

Nuestro objetivo es aprovechar cada oportunidad que tengamos, sin importar cuán pequeña sea, para poner en marcha el cambio.

www.pg.com.mx

 

[MrX]

Ace is a non-chlorine fabric bleach in the UK/Ireland

 

[lavamat_jon]

MrX,

Is Ace bleach still on the market? I haven't seen it in my part of the UK for about 2 or 3 years now... I thought perhaps the oxi-type bleaches have gained in popularity.

Jon

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Ok a really uninformed question

I lied, two questions.

1) What is suds lock? Did some washers lock up if there was too much suds to keep it from running all over the floor? If this is the case, how was it "sensed"?

2) What is suds saver? Again, from context, I assume that on some old washers you put a seperate discharge hose into a laundry tub, and the washer re-used the suds for a second cycle of cleaning. Was that it, or did it save it for another load? Or am I completely wrong on either assumptions...

Thanks

 

[partscounterman]

Convention Suds-cake

Frothy!

 

[westytoploader]

You are correct in your assumption of a suds-saver...here's my take on it. Two hoses were used with a double-tub laundry sink; one hose in one side and the other hose in the other. If you weren't washing a dirty load and wanted to save the washwater (suds), you could pump it into one side, and when you used Suds Return, then the water would be drawn out of the laundry tub and back into the machine. The sediment and "heavy" dirt would remain with a small amount of water on the bottom of the tub. I believe many machines filled to compensate for the missing water.

Suds-lock is an annoying condition that usually happens in belt-drive Kenmore and Whirlpool machines from what I've seen. If there is a large amount of suds left in the wash cycle, the machine will literally "choke" on them. In a belt-drive Kenmore or Whirlpool, the spin will commence, and due to all of those suds still remaining in the tub, will be extremely slow. I have had my DD Kenmore do this on a few rare occasions as well.

My Maytag Dependable Care and GE Dispensall spin-drain. From what I've seen, even though the pump will refuse to get rid of all those suds, they don't have a problem reaching full spin speed and everything is fine by the rinse. With the Maytag, the suds usually back up the standpipe and go all over the floor...OY!

--Austin

 

[westytoploader]

At the Convention, the Unimatics really did handle those suds well...in that picture you can't see me but I'm the one with the Frigidaire "crown" logo on my shirt about to get hit by a flying suds-cake!

 

[MrX]

Jon,

Ace is Oxygen based.

 

[westtexman]

Ariel Bajaespuma

DADoES -

Do they sell Ariel Bajaespuma in your part of the state? I thought you might be able to get it being so close to the border.

Tex