Old UK soap brands.

[lavamat_jon]

Unfortunately (in my opinion anyway) that's not the case anymore - Surf is more a laundry perfume than a detergent nowadays it seems.  Up until 2 or 3 years ago I would occasionally buy Surf Sunshine (loved the fragrance, as mentioned before similar to Radion), and it wouldn't lag too far behind Persil in performance... nowadays for me it doesn't seem to be able to wash anything more than lightly soiled clothes.

 

Jon

 

[sudsreturn]

Flash for laundry.

I can't remmber Flash being used to laundry, but I do remember that Stardrops could be used to laundry, I still think it has dosing instructions on the back of the bottle. The Fairy household bar, still buy it in Tesco. Lol. I must admit, there is nothing better than the smell of carbolic on your shirts, which is hard to find unless you get it off the internet.

 

[ozzie908]

Radion powder

Now I know its going back to the old thread but I have up untill moving to Lincoln from Newark been able to buy Radion from a small cash and carry up Bowbridge Road its meant to be sold in Portugal I believe but its as good as it was in the 90's... Now what I want to know is was it made to be an alternative to Ariel?

Austin

 

[rfitzhen]

Breeze Automatic

Who remembers Breeze Automatic made by Lever?

 

[michael]

Whisk automatic liquid

I have a vaugue recollection of , I think, the first liquid automatic washing detergent, called whisk.. I'm sure Maureen lipman advertised it.

 

[liamy1]

Wisk

Yes we had Wisk.

Here is the launch advert for it.

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=baLy8Ao96kM&list=PLB37DFAA12BFD9DB1

 

[hoovermatic]

Wisk

Yes, I remember Wisk very well because my mother used it for a while. However, if I remember correctly, it didn't have a lot going for it. It smelt fabulous, rinsed easily and created very little suds - made the water kind of milky. As far as stain removal was concerned it was useless. I was working in a large hotel and five white formal shirts a week went in the wash and invariably the collars and cuffs came out the same as they went in! Mum dropped Wisk and went back to Ariel or Persil.

 

[aquacycle]

We were discussion ACDO over on Service Wash the other day. Anyone else remember it? It's still on sale as a Sensitive Non-Bio through Home Bargains, but back in the day, it was available as both a bio & non-bio and as an Automatic and Twin Tub detergent.

My Nana (great-grandma) always used Acdo as it was the only detergent our local corner shop sold.

 

[launderess]

Wisk making little froth

How ironic because the American version (from Lever Bros.) was known to create tons of froth and not being easily rinsed from fabrics. Something that hasn't changed until rather recently if at all.

Recall purchasing several bottles of Wisk a few years ago because they were on sale and liked the scent. Despite the "HE" designation the stuff frothed up my Miele terribly, and was that hard to rinse away. All unopened bottles were returned....



Wisk liquid detergent's claim to fame was unlike powders which then relied upon alkaline builders such as washing soda, phosphates and borax along with surfactants, the thing was mostly anionic surfactant.

While highly sudsing anionic surfactants are good at removing grease, oil, fats, and other such soils from fabrics. The famous "ring around the collar" (aka "City Dirt" which gave housewives and laundries so much worry is caused by sebum (skin oils) combined with dirt and sweat. The common way to treat such soils was to rub with a bar of soap like Fairy, Fels or whatever. Well anionic surfactants are the man made version of soaps. They have similar properties but anionic surfactants aren't affected to a certain extent by hard water like soap.