Objective laundy test!
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My cousin is Part of Amway's European division, she flies back and forth almost bi-weekly and she gets me the SA8 prewash spray treatment. It is aerosol based and will get just about any oil based stain out. She said they were reintroducing it back tho this country, but the last can she got me was all in Cyrillic
Hi Matt,
if I have a hard oily stain to deal with it I usualy pretreat with a laundry bar soap which is very effective but in this case I didn't because I wanted to use only a dose of detergent.
But from my experience and here most of the Italian friends would agree, the most hard to remove stain is an oily stain of home made ragu' sauce, because it is a combination of concentrated tomato and oil. (both hard to remove)
I have also heard that the aerosol prewash spray is good for this kind of stains.
(if you need some help with the translation I'm able to read Cyrillic)
Ingemar
if I have a hard oily stain to deal with it I usualy pretreat with a laundry bar soap which is very effective but in this case I didn't because I wanted to use only a dose of detergent.
But from my experience and here most of the Italian friends would agree, the most hard to remove stain is an oily stain of home made ragu' sauce, because it is a combination of concentrated tomato and oil. (both hard to remove)
I have also heard that the aerosol prewash spray is good for this kind of stains.
(if you need some help with the translation I'm able to read Cyrillic)
Ingemar
mark_wpduet
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I use spray n wash for an oily stain. It usually works
I also heard that you can put a little dawn dish liquid on an oily stain before washing and it will remove it which makes sense because (Dawn takes grease OUT of your way!)
I've never tried the DAWN thing though
I also heard that you can put a little dawn dish liquid on an oily stain before washing and it will remove it which makes sense because (Dawn takes grease OUT of your way!)
I've never tried the DAWN thing though
Ingemar, thanks for the offer. I've been using the same product for a few years so I'm pretty familiar with it. Just out of curiosity are you at all familiar with the Amway products? My cousin says many of them are quite popular in Russia and some of the former Soviet countries, especially the oven cleaners. The prewash is the only Amway product I use.
I have first seen the Amway products towards the and of the 80's - beginning of the 90's when my grandmother and my mother was buying some household cleaners from a lady in Italy. Then Golden products became very popular here in Slovenia so they began to buy the Super 10 cleaner from their product line. The only thing I've used from the Amway line is the GLISTER toothpaste which I have to say was very good. Here in Slovenia we have quite all of those "direct selling" Companies (Amway, Golden, Avon, Just, Forever Living Products etc. etc.) but sincerely I am using my favorite brands available in regular stores.
But I was wondering already long ago how it performs the Amway laundry detergent.
But I was wondering already long ago how it performs the Amway laundry detergent.
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@Ingemar
Dixan is one of my favourite detergents, too bad for the strong smell! That's why I use AVA most of the time... and let's not mention Dash! I bought a 52 (or was it 56?) loads box last time it was on sale and it took me forever to finis it as I couldn't tolerate the lingering smell of detergent in the clothes. I only used it for curtains and carpets. Not even rags.
Yup, I second that ragu (the real one, made with tomato concentrate and not sauce) is among the worst laundry offenders! But hopefully the trick is to expose the wet laundry to sunlight for an hour ( more if it's cloudy) and the stain magically goes away! Ah, the powers of UV rays
Any other that wants to stain something for our pleasure?
Soon I'll post some other stain test (dirt, mud, grass) but not before I get back my laptop from the repairman!
And BTW, my crap Whirlpool machine broke again and today came the technician... the pump had burned down... this makes the 4th fault in 3 years I have the machine... 2 complete tub replacement, programmer and now, pump.
Plus he told me than now ALL the whirlpool machines have welded tubs (even the fancier ones)! There's no need to say I will never buy one ever!
Dixan is one of my favourite detergents, too bad for the strong smell! That's why I use AVA most of the time... and let's not mention Dash! I bought a 52 (or was it 56?) loads box last time it was on sale and it took me forever to finis it as I couldn't tolerate the lingering smell of detergent in the clothes. I only used it for curtains and carpets. Not even rags.
Yup, I second that ragu (the real one, made with tomato concentrate and not sauce) is among the worst laundry offenders! But hopefully the trick is to expose the wet laundry to sunlight for an hour ( more if it's cloudy) and the stain magically goes away! Ah, the powers of UV rays
Any other that wants to stain something for our pleasure?
Soon I'll post some other stain test (dirt, mud, grass) but not before I get back my laptop from the repairman!
And BTW, my crap Whirlpool machine broke again and today came the technician... the pump had burned down... this makes the 4th fault in 3 years I have the machine... 2 complete tub replacement, programmer and now, pump.
Plus he told me than now ALL the whirlpool machines have welded tubs (even the fancier ones)! There's no need to say I will never buy one ever!
Ciao Gabriele
Yes I also like Dixan or our Persil (wich is quite the same thing).
I also like AVA, because it is indeed a good detergent.
Years ago I was using Dash and I liked it especially because of the cleaning and whitening ability but then I've stoped using it because some of my whites turned blue because of too much bluing in it.
Altro che "Piu bianco non si puo!" ma "Piu blu non si puo!"
I was sad because I always liked the italian Dash despite the fact that it has a really strong scent. Our "Slovenian" Ariel is perhaps even more scented.
I didn't know for this trick to expose the stain to the Sun, but it make sense for sure. Thank you! I usualy pretreat with a laundry soap when the stain is still fresh and than again before washing and it usually works. Or like Mark said with some dishwashing liquid. But this load was really a big challenge because every single piece was so dirty. But still, I'm happy with the results.
Ingemar
Yes I also like Dixan or our Persil (wich is quite the same thing).
I also like AVA, because it is indeed a good detergent.
Years ago I was using Dash and I liked it especially because of the cleaning and whitening ability but then I've stoped using it because some of my whites turned blue because of too much bluing in it.
Altro che "Piu bianco non si puo!" ma "Piu blu non si puo!"
I was sad because I always liked the italian Dash despite the fact that it has a really strong scent. Our "Slovenian" Ariel is perhaps even more scented.
I didn't know for this trick to expose the stain to the Sun, but it make sense for sure. Thank you! I usualy pretreat with a laundry soap when the stain is still fresh and than again before washing and it usually works. Or like Mark said with some dishwashing liquid. But this load was really a big challenge because every single piece was so dirty. But still, I'm happy with the results.
Ingemar
Ciao Gabriele
Yes I also like Dixan or our Persil (wich is quite the same thing).
I also like AVA, because it is indeed a good detergent.
Years ago I was using Dash and I liked it especially because of the cleaning and whitening ability but then I've stoped using it because some of my whites turned blue because of too much bluing in it.
Altro che "Piu bianco non si puo!" ma "Piu blu non si puo!"
I was sad because I always liked the italian Dash despite the fact that it has a really strong scent. Our "Slovenian" Ariel is perhaps even more scented.
I didn't know for this trick to expose the stain to the Sun, but it make sense for sure. Thank you! I usualy pretreat with a laundry soap when the stain is still fresh and than again before washing and it usually works. Or like Mark said with some dishwashing liquid. But this load was really a big challenge because every single piece was so dirty. But still, I'm happy with the results.
Ingemar
Yes I also like Dixan or our Persil (wich is quite the same thing).
I also like AVA, because it is indeed a good detergent.
Years ago I was using Dash and I liked it especially because of the cleaning and whitening ability but then I've stoped using it because some of my whites turned blue because of too much bluing in it.
Altro che "Piu bianco non si puo!" ma "Piu blu non si puo!"
I was sad because I always liked the italian Dash despite the fact that it has a really strong scent. Our "Slovenian" Ariel is perhaps even more scented.
I didn't know for this trick to expose the stain to the Sun, but it make sense for sure. Thank you! I usualy pretreat with a laundry soap when the stain is still fresh and than again before washing and it usually works. Or like Mark said with some dishwashing liquid. But this load was really a big challenge because every single piece was so dirty. But still, I'm happy with the results.
Ingemar
For Ingemar about Amway Detergent
Ref.: Post# 551727, Reply# 36 10/25/2011 at 05:02 by gorenje (Slovenia)
Hi Ingemar,
I recently got a 33-load plastic "flip-lid" container of Amway's Legacy of Clean SA8+Bioquest powder detergent. One of my friends is a dealer. I would recommend that detergent, as it worked beautifully on my white wash and sheets. That detergent has nonionic surfactants, which I favor, that really get rid of oily dirt and body soils. That detergent is non-phosphate. I also have a good amount of 1998 Amway SA8 PLUS which has 11.6% phosphates but NO enzymes. I add laundry booster to that for the enzymes. I have been buying Amway SA8 PLUS for YEARS, until back in 1998 when they stopped making phosphate detergent. The old detergent works great, but for stains you need the additive. By the way, I just want to say you have some beautiful eyes!
Regards,
Jason
Ref.: Post# 551727, Reply# 36 10/25/2011 at 05:02 by gorenje (Slovenia)
Hi Ingemar,
I recently got a 33-load plastic "flip-lid" container of Amway's Legacy of Clean SA8+Bioquest powder detergent. One of my friends is a dealer. I would recommend that detergent, as it worked beautifully on my white wash and sheets. That detergent has nonionic surfactants, which I favor, that really get rid of oily dirt and body soils. That detergent is non-phosphate. I also have a good amount of 1998 Amway SA8 PLUS which has 11.6% phosphates but NO enzymes. I add laundry booster to that for the enzymes. I have been buying Amway SA8 PLUS for YEARS, until back in 1998 when they stopped making phosphate detergent. The old detergent works great, but for stains you need the additive. By the way, I just want to say you have some beautiful eyes!
Regards,
Jason
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I personally will never buy any Amway product, this company is very conservative and supports many right wing people and causes in this country. Plus thier marketing system makes thier products very overpriced, and I did not get where I am in life by wasting money on overpriced products that are usually not even well rated in consumer magazines.
And for any Gay person to buy this product is akin to Jews supporting Hitler, in life we only get to vote every year or so, but we vote with our money every time we open our wallets.
I personally will never buy any Amway product, this company is very conservative and supports many right wing people and causes in this country. Plus thier marketing system makes thier products very overpriced, and I did not get where I am in life by wasting money on overpriced products that are usually not even well rated in consumer magazines.
And for any Gay person to buy this product is akin to Jews supporting Hitler, in life we only get to vote every year or so, but we vote with our money every time we open our wallets.
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