Oxydol liquid

[stan]

Picked this up for a $1.00 ar WalMart.
From the ingreideants list, this dose not appear to have any oxy in it! LOL
nor any enzymes, or optical brighteners' ( don't mind it not having the O.Bs) seems to have a mild scent.
Has anybody used this stuff?

 

[stan]

Back of

Bottle

 

[dustin92]

I have bought it a few times, not horrible detergent, but it is cheap and you get what you pay for. I have found I need to double the dose to get better cleaning, and to get any kind of scent left on the clothes. It is very low sudsing in our rock hard water, and it was also very low sudsing in soft well water. I am sure you have noticed how runny/watery the liquid is as well. For lightly soiled loads it is fine, but doesn't perform well with normal to heavy soil.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

I tried it for the first time one month ago, I start with the premise that I don't usually like liquids as I think they does not work as good as the powders, and this is for about every liquid from me tried in my life..
This detergent is just like Dustin describes, in my opinion is total c**p, worth nothing, it's water... does not smell (a very very weak minty/euchaliptus note) and does not leave any scent on clothes...
Just colored water with a little surfactant/soap and scent in it...that's it...

While it may be a barely okay choice for some people to "refresh" some laundry,I would not use it even for that purpose (it does not leave any smell), it is not good for anything that is dirt...
I finished my 15 loads bottle in 2 loads (half bottle per load) as it would not get water sudsy/soapy...it didn't wash anything of course, and didn't left any scent...
I cannot imagine using it in the reccomended dosification!
I just can't believe they sell this c**p and expect people to buy and like it... well it's a 1$ detergent, okay, but it does not make sense, unless they want on purpose to tease people ...this detergent is a joke...you're buying water... there're $1 liquid that are way better than this! And $1 powders that are actually very good!
I can't speak for the powder oxydol as I never tried it yet and I wish I could, especially the 1 cup green package version (not the other stuff with Biz)
that looks good and for which I heard very good things...
Anyway, this is a meaningless detergent, a joke, a tease....I think the plastic bottle is worth more than the content....

 

[danemodsandy]

I Use This:

For lightly-soiled darks and brights needing cold-water washing.

I have been satisfied with the results, and the lack of an overpowering floral scent is actually an advantage as far as I'm concerned.

 

[yogitunes]

I grabbed two cases, one in some mango-tango scent(red bottle)....very light(watered down), and for very light loads.....I got them for .50 a bottle at Family Dollar.....

I like the bigger 2X liquid version from BigLots, 4.80 a bottle, heavy duty detergent, with a great scent.....and also the Regular formula 1cup powder....for 5.00 at Family Dollar....

 

[danemodsandy]

The Problem For Me....

....With that Big Lots BIZ-enhanced version is that it is the "Smells So Good" scent.

All I will say about the "Smells So Good" scent is: Not to me it doesn't.

 

[mickeyd]

Freddie, I'm so glad to see you restraining itself. You kill me, Buster Crabtree, LOL.

About a year ago or more, my vision was snatched then riveted to a three-shades-of-green (and one of them luminescent) box on the soap shelf at Tops Markets. I got so happy because my Aunt Mickey, (Lenore), whom I'm Aworg-named after, used Oxydol in her Easy Spin, and she loved having me help her do the wash, and would always say, "Mike, would you clean up the machine for me?" No sweeter request have I ever heard. "Clean up" included draining the big tub, removing the spiralator and spinner, undoing the quick connect Y hose & main hose, moving the faucets to and fro. In other words washer boy Heaven.

Oxydol had a captivating, unusual, distinctive, sharp smell. Not so much now. Whatever version this once was, it smelled cheap and fake compared to the vintage stuff, but the box when new was really beautiful. The sinister admen's deceit and trickery did its work. Damn them! But it was fun, and the rush of memories of Mickey were worth it.

I was doing something else just now--forgot what--and came across this ad for Oxydol from 1949. Interesting that they mention " those no rinse suds" referenced here at Aworg, the other day, in another thread. So here's a pic of my long gone box, and the commercial. WARNING: Very primitive graphics and a dreaded wringer washer--OH NO!

Stan, I'll try a whiff of the liq next time shopping.[this post was last edited: 9/17/2013-22:38]

 

[danemodsandy]

Michael:

The box you show is a concentrated powder version that has been discontinued. What remains is the "Smells So P & G" scent concentrated powder, the Classic One-Cup Formula, and the two versions of the liquid - dollar store and regular with BIZ.

The kind you show is one I would be very happy to see come back; I was very upset when it disappeared, haunting area stores for weeks to find remaining stocks. Only Fareway had any, and pretty soon, it was over.

Fortunately, I am presently quite happy with the Classic One-Cup Formula. Which means they'll discontinue it soon, no doubt.

 

[mickeyd]

Yeah,

I bought it over a year ago, maybe two. Watch the commercial. You'll love the "Beulah Show" Thank God we're not old enough to remember that one. Will have to try the COCF version. Maybe it will smell like Mickey's. Thanks, Sandy, for the chance, perhaps, to regain one of those great old scents.

 

[danemodsandy]

Michael:

The Classic One-Cup Formula says "Original Scent" on the box, but it's not even close to the smell of the Oxydol my grandmother used. Maybe they mean it's an original scent no one's ever used before, LOL.

It's a clean, slightly citrusy-sweet smell, not too bad and doesn't cling to clothes. But it's not the eye-watering CLEAN smell I remember. By the time my grandmother got through doing up a load of whites, pretreating with original Wisk, then washing with Oxydol and Clorox (in the brown glass jug), I am willing to bet there wasn't a bacterium left in all of East Point, Georgia. The fumes alone were enough to kill germs.

 

[mickeyd]

Sandy ~

Yes, "eye-watering" SHARP-- that's it: you remember. Almost an indescribable scent. One would think they coveted all the recipes for the long-gone scents in a vault deeply recessed. Why can't they bring them out for a new generation?

Gain, Calgon, Dash: nothing today is even close. The ads for Gain really make me shudder at their Orwellian "newspeak." I can barely stand the scent, while the vintage version was every bit as intoxicating as the new stuff claims to be.

 

[danemodsandy]

Michael:

What's funny is that Gain was introduced as a detergent containing enzymes - something that didn't need a separate stain-fighting booster like BIZ. What was even funnier was that both Gain and BIZ were P & G products at the time *, but P & G has never hesitated to play both ends towards the middle, eh? Now Gain stands for odorific excess.

By the way, that heady combo of Wisk, Oxydol and Clorox was probably more chemicals than the EPA would allow Monsanto to mix together today.

* BIZ is now a CR Brands product, same as Oxydol, which is why the premium Oxydol liquid contains BIZ stainfighters.

 

[supersuds]

Here's a box of the classic I picked up this week

Unfortunately the scent is pretty much gone..at least you can't smell anything through the box.

 

[supersuds]

The back

Lots of information -- you need to use enough to maintain the mysterious "active suds" in an automatic washer, but specifically 2-3 inches in a wringer. And why the distinction in suds level between a front-loading automatic and a washer-dryer combination?

 

[supersuds]

Apropos to the discussion about washing diapers

in another thread...

 

[supersuds]

But in case that doesn't do it

You can really go to town and boil your laundry -- 1 cup of Oxydol per gallon of water! Wouldn't that cause some oversudsing?

It also advises using chlorine bleach separately in a pre-soak, not a bad idea to avoid mixing with the oxygen bleach.

 

[stan]

Hi John

Is that box the detergent, or soap version?
It's hard, now a days to think about using 1 1/2 cups of anything in a washer LOL

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Restraining??? Me??? I don't think to be restraining...LOL
I really regret I bought this...I can't understand how this thing can be sold..does not get any sense for me this product, if not the one of being a tease, a swindle on purpose..
I would get more from a bottle of dish soap...and even more scent..
"Oxy power"...where do they see the oxy in it?
It's water with a little soap in it, scent is almost unexistent to my nose and laundry does not get any...
I don't think I'm restraining...

 

[retromania]

Hmmmm

I did not know the original Oxydol is still available. I will have to get a box to put in my stash. It was pretty good laundry detergent back when I was in college.

 

[danemodsandy]

Stan:

"Is that box the detergent, or soap version?"

Your answer's right there on the box, where it says:

"OXYDOL combines the finest washday detergent with color-safe bleach," plus:

"For best results, use no packaged water softener with OXYDOL. In hard water areas, using a little extra OXYDOL works better than adding a water softener, gives a whiter wash, and saves money, too."

That would mean a detergent jam-packed with lovely, lovely phosphates.

 

[stan]

Oh yes

see that now. I paid more attention to the front of the box than the back. ( where it says detergent )

Freddy, the bottle I have, is as you, and others have described, watery solution not even as thick as dish detergent, but for $1.00 who cares, I'll use it to wash the car, or something, not a big deal.
I'll go back to my own stuff for laundry.
And I think your right, for $1.00 I could have got a small box of Sun Detergent (not the best stuff either) but would have been better than this liquid. Oh well!

 

[danemodsandy]

Um, Actually....

....Since I had some brights to wash in cold water today, I made sure to take a whiff of the Dollar Tree Oxydol liquid while I was using it.

The scent is mild, but it does remind - I said remind - me of the old Oxydol scent. It is not the same, and it's not at the eye-watering intensity of the old scent, but it does make me think of the Oxydol scent I remember from all those years ago.

 

[supersuds]

Yes, Sandy is right, Stan...as you noted. Detergent all the way. I'm guessing late 50s? The lady in the frilly apron doesn't look very 1960s.

Andy, unfortunately the original Oxydol isn't available. I wish it were! This is a vintage box. My fault, should have started a new thread.

 

[mrboilwash]

Viscosity

of a liquid detergent has absolutley nothing to do with the detergent`s strenght.

Just add some really strong brine (table salt) and it`ll thicken like magic.
All those gel type detergents as Ariel Excell are only marketing BS making you believe it`s super strong. Just think of detergent Pods, the dosing is approximately the same as gels but no need for viscosity control.

But I agree, the buck store Oxydol hasn`t impressed me either. Guess it`s really just watered down.

 

[launderess]

Detergent

P&G tried out and perfected perborate bleaching systems with Oxydol before giving the full treatment to Tide With Bleach. Biz also shared some of the same activated oxygen bleach technology.

Thing is because top loading washing machines and all domestic washers for that matter lacked internal heaters wash water never reaches the temps to really get Oxydol going. I mean you didn't see Persil recommending soaking laundry with chlorine bleach before washing did you?

Unless very well rinsed a good portion of the perborate bleach in Oxydol would be negated by the remaining LCB if used for soaking. On the bright side if enough Oxydol was used it would drastically cancel out LCB thus acting as an anti-chlor.

Have a box of 1970's Oxydol in my stash am going to break out next in the vintage product usage rotation. Sadly though had hoped to save my box of DASH for awhile the box is starting to leak and maybe becoming swollen. This tells me the product might be on it's way out so time to start using it up. Maybe will give vintage "ALL" detergent (with the three B's) a rest and use Dash instead. If it is truly low sudsing and easy rinsing can use it in the AEG.

 

[launderess]

Ariel Excel Gel

I don't down about all that, but can tell you must use *VERY* small amounts in both the Miele and AEG or have terrible rinsing problems. The stuff just does not want to come out.

Problem is the stupid dosing cap while having indicator marks does not take into account gel does not spead out like liquid. So you have to shake or whatever the silly thing to make dispensed product level. By that time you may have put in too much. I've gone to using the small kitchen digital scale one uses for baking to weigh out product instead.

One thing with the AEG is that due to the low water levels in most wash cycles it does take awhile for the Excel gel to fully dispense. First time used in Lavamat was worried that the cycle would end before all product fully was shifted out.

 

[supersuds]

Leaking Dash

That's a shame. The one box I have arrived solid as a rock (well, almost), but with a little careful massaging, without opening the box, it seems to be powdery again. The Monsanto All, on the other hand, is bulging in spots.

I put one of those Damp-Rid things in the closet where I keep detergents to see if that would help keep them from getting clumpy.

As for Oxydol, I suppose some people in the Fifties had those dual-temp water heaters that have been mentioned here (there was a gas company film with Darren McGavin that showed how it worked.) Didn't they have temps up to 180°?

 

[launderess]

You're Better Off Using It Now If Ever

Unless you are simply planning to keep that box of DASH for display you might want to consider cracking it open and putting contents to use.

Having acquired a rather decent powdered detergent from both sides of the pond now, know what to look for in eBay adverts and thus aren't seeking to increase my lot.

Unless stored in a dry and climate controlled space all powdered detergent products absorb moisture from the air via carton. Now if the stuff is stored in dry cabinet or shelf that process is slowed. If OTOH stuff has been stored in a damp basement, under sinks, or so forth then all bets are off.

Now when looking at detergent offerings on fleaPay or some such I look for clues of damp; mold, staining, bulging and or leaking boxes..... Unless we're speaking of something extremely rare I'll take a pass.

 

[retromania]

Old Powder Formula

Too bad. It did seem a little too good to be true, but I was going to search for it anyway.