Persil and residue

[askolover]

Persil

That's funny, I had a hard time dosing with softened water using either German pearls or American liquid.  The pods did fine though...but I've gone back to Tide and Gain for a while (got a great deal at Big Lots). But I do love the smell of Persil!

 

[launderess]

For The Record

We've had this discussion at least once before:
http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?47166_1

 

[richimaor]

Launderess: I will definitely try powder then, and thank you for the thread, I'll check it out right now

 

[richimaor]

Update...

I got Persil powder and it did give nice results, got a little sudsy but rinsed out beautifully and there's no sticky film in my clothes... Looks like powder isn't HE so I put 1/4 cup of detergent for a large load and everything came out fresh and clean.

 

[jerrod6]

As far as I know all German Persil is He It's just not marked as such. Persil powder is not sold to the USA. If we want it we have get get it from other countries.

 

[richimaor]

This is the Persil powder sold in Mexico, liquid does have the HE symbol but powder doesn't and suds up more than liquid, so I think this detergent is not HE...
Even when it suds up more than liquid rinse results are pretty good.

 

[launderess]

Again

You will not find "HE" on any Henkel/Persil that is sold/marketed in Europe.
That concept does not exist outside of United States or perhaps North America. In Germany as with much of Europe nearly all detergents are suited for the main type of washing machine design sold on that side of the pond; H-axis.

If Henkel is slapping "HE" on Persil packets sold outside of Europe, then it tells one that the detergent is being marketed differently than say in Germany.

Henkel introduced Persil to Mexico in 2011. That is one of the few Latin American markets Henkel owns the brand rights for Persil. Nearly everywhere else is Unilever's territory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persil

http://www.persil.com.mx/inico.cky.html?alias

As have said Henkel has been on a tear setting up new markets for Persil. The key give away always seems to be some marketing blurb about "Germany Technology" in whatever native language.

The powder shown in above pictures looks exactly like the Persil one purchased off eBay last year in a box with Arabic writing. Where Henkel is making all these different versions of Persil for foreign markets one does not know.

It is interesting that Henkel only released a "cold water active" version of Persil in Canada and Mexico, skipping over the USA.




[this post was last edited: 8/28/2017-03:09]

 

[richimaor]

Omg, I didn't remember those tv commercials until now... but well, I think I'm gonna stay going with Persil powder, it gave me excellent results in every way, just wished it was a bit less sudsy but my final rinse is almost clear so I'm okay with it.

 

[richimaor]

Update

Persil powder is way too awesome, I did a whites load this afternoon and this are my results.

This is my lab coat, it had a grey-ish color caused by not using a good detergent, but today, after a hot wash with Persil universal powder... looks better than brand new.