I've been using MegaPerls for about 6 months in my Miele W1930. The salesman said to use about 1 TBLS. Is this enough? I'm not finding that all the stains are coming out with this amount of detergent. Help, please! Greg
Persil Megaperls
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You should follow the instructions on the persil box.
It's possibly not enough for bad stains.
Honestly, if you're finding persil very expensive / difficult to come by just use a US HE product.
The powders will work best for whites, liquids for ccolours
It's possibly not enough for bad stains.
Honestly, if you're finding persil very expensive / difficult to come by just use a US HE product.
The powders will work best for whites, liquids for ccolours
Yes that is true you can use a Tablespoon of the stuff to wash a load. But it also depends on your water...if its hard use the scoop that came with the box. If its soft then use the tablespoon. You have to remember that the Persil Megapearls are geared for German water conditions which I understand is very hard. You can try the suggested dosage and if it doesnt work for you then increase the dosage.
They're made for a wide variety of water conditions. There's no general German v. general US water hardness. It varies enormously depending on the area & source in every country.
If you have hard water you will notice deposits of limescale on bathroom fittings & particularly in your kettle or coffee machine.
For badly stained laundry you also need to increase the dose too!
Persil's a good detergent but it's no different from anything else when it comes to a need for more of it for very bad stains!
If you are getting poor results you might also need to select a longer wash.
40C is also best!
If you have hard water you will notice deposits of limescale on bathroom fittings & particularly in your kettle or coffee machine.
For badly stained laundry you also need to increase the dose too!
Persil's a good detergent but it's no different from anything else when it comes to a need for more of it for very bad stains!
If you are getting poor results you might also need to select a longer wash.
40C is also best!
1 US TBSP = about 15 ml
According to Persil`s dosing instructions you need at least 65 ml Megaperls (about 4 TBSP) in soft water for a full load of normally soiled clothes. Remember that anything worn next to the skin is usually not cosidered lightly soiled.
According to Persil`s dosing instructions you need at least 65 ml Megaperls (about 4 TBSP) in soft water for a full load of normally soiled clothes. Remember that anything worn next to the skin is usually not cosidered lightly soiled.
I sometimes wonder whether there is a bit of a mix-up between a UK/Ireland (and possibly German interpretation) of a Tablespoon and a US Tablespoon.
A UK tablespoon is at least 25ml. You'd typically call them a serving spoon in the US.
We'd call your tablespoon a dessert spoon.
I just wonder if perhaps something's gotten slightly lost in translation and the measures you're using are actually way smaller than what the person giving the instructions intended!
If you said a tablespoon of detergent to me, that's rather a large measure.
A UK tablespoon is at least 25ml. You'd typically call them a serving spoon in the US.
We'd call your tablespoon a dessert spoon.
I just wonder if perhaps something's gotten slightly lost in translation and the measures you're using are actually way smaller than what the person giving the instructions intended!
If you said a tablespoon of detergent to me, that's rather a large measure.
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Either increase dosage to two tablespoons (or more), or add a secondary oxygen bleach/enzyme product along with the Persil.
One tablespoon *might* be ok for a smallish load of lightly soiled items, but am here to tell you it won't really do for anything else.
Just my two pence! *LOL*
Either increase dosage to two tablespoons (or more), or add a secondary oxygen bleach/enzyme product along with the Persil.
One tablespoon *might* be ok for a smallish load of lightly soiled items, but am here to tell you it won't really do for anything else.
Just my two pence! *LOL*
mysteryclock
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2tbs here
I was most our clothes here with 2tbs Persil Megaperls (Universal or Color) + 1tbs STPP in our Bosch Nexxt 500 and everything comes out clean, fresh-smelling and stain free, in spite of the filth my 7 and 5-year-olds manage to inflict on their clothes. I do pre-treat ketchup and oil-on-cotton stains with a few drops of Persil Color Liquid and let those sit about 30 minutes before washing, but that's about the extent of my extra work. Occasionally I'll use 3-4tbs of Megaperls + 1tbs STPP for a load but that's only on really nasty kitchen/shop cloths that are being "profile washed" anyway, by themselves. I find if I use that much on regular loads (and especially towels) I end up with a lot of suds that are hard to wash out.
Now, all that being said I could probably get out all those stains without pretreating (at all) by upping the dosage, but since that leads to more suds with my washer I'm not convinced it is a good solution. Since literally everything else is coming clean with the 2tbs dose, I don't mind a little pretreating. Heck, the Color Liquid can even get out dried-in oil stains on t-shirts (that I missed the first time around) if I let them sit a few hours before I rewash. It is the best pre-treater I've ever used and has yet to fade a single thing.
Oh and our water here is hard as a rock. Lots of scale buildup on faucets, etc. that has to constantly be removed.
I was most our clothes here with 2tbs Persil Megaperls (Universal or Color) + 1tbs STPP in our Bosch Nexxt 500 and everything comes out clean, fresh-smelling and stain free, in spite of the filth my 7 and 5-year-olds manage to inflict on their clothes. I do pre-treat ketchup and oil-on-cotton stains with a few drops of Persil Color Liquid and let those sit about 30 minutes before washing, but that's about the extent of my extra work. Occasionally I'll use 3-4tbs of Megaperls + 1tbs STPP for a load but that's only on really nasty kitchen/shop cloths that are being "profile washed" anyway, by themselves. I find if I use that much on regular loads (and especially towels) I end up with a lot of suds that are hard to wash out.
Now, all that being said I could probably get out all those stains without pretreating (at all) by upping the dosage, but since that leads to more suds with my washer I'm not convinced it is a good solution. Since literally everything else is coming clean with the 2tbs dose, I don't mind a little pretreating. Heck, the Color Liquid can even get out dried-in oil stains on t-shirts (that I missed the first time around) if I let them sit a few hours before I rewash. It is the best pre-treater I've ever used and has yet to fade a single thing.
Oh and our water here is hard as a rock. Lots of scale buildup on faucets, etc. that has to constantly be removed.
ronhic
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How about....
....we consider that 65ml is about 1/4 measuring cup.....
....we consider that 65ml is about 1/4 measuring cup.....
passatdoc
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I bring Persil Megaperls home from trips to Germany....
...where it is reasonably priced. Since I have to make the supply last a while (not due to cost but to scarcity), I use it on my work clothes, which are nearly all office casual, wrinkle-resistant trousers and shirts from LL Bean. For linens, towels, and sturdy cottons, I use Tide HE powder.
I use about 45 ml (three tablespoons---I use a 30 ml coffee scoop to measure and add 1 1/2 scoops) and everything comes out clean. This is in a 3.5 cu ft Frigidaire 2140. I even had a ballpoint pen accident in the shirt pocket of a pastel Oxford cloth shirt. I ran a Soak cycle followed by a Perm Press cycle and the stain came out completely....saved the shirt. So there seems to be some truth to the hype.
I was at the local Miele dealer to order a part for a cannister vacuum and they had Megaperls for sale. Expensive, but a large box lasts a LONG time if you only need 45 ml per load.
If I were using a Euro sized (24") washer, I might use only 30 ml per load, but never 15 ml except as a half-dose for a prewash or soak cycle.
...where it is reasonably priced. Since I have to make the supply last a while (not due to cost but to scarcity), I use it on my work clothes, which are nearly all office casual, wrinkle-resistant trousers and shirts from LL Bean. For linens, towels, and sturdy cottons, I use Tide HE powder.
I use about 45 ml (three tablespoons---I use a 30 ml coffee scoop to measure and add 1 1/2 scoops) and everything comes out clean. This is in a 3.5 cu ft Frigidaire 2140. I even had a ballpoint pen accident in the shirt pocket of a pastel Oxford cloth shirt. I ran a Soak cycle followed by a Perm Press cycle and the stain came out completely....saved the shirt. So there seems to be some truth to the hype.
I was at the local Miele dealer to order a part for a cannister vacuum and they had Megaperls for sale. Expensive, but a large box lasts a LONG time if you only need 45 ml per load.
If I were using a Euro sized (24") washer, I might use only 30 ml per load, but never 15 ml except as a half-dose for a prewash or soak cycle.
