Persil!!!!!!!!

[circlew]

P&G

I see P&G Professional Line products on the shelves at Gordon Food Service all the time. I buy the Dawn, Spic & Span, and Comet every once in a while. Have also seen powdered Tide and various other products there. Many other restaurant and institutional foods distributors have "cash & carry" type stores.

 

[autowasherfreak]

I got one of my white work shirts pretty dirty when deep cleaning the kitchen at work. I was going to pre treat before I washed it, but forgot. Washed it with Persil, not a single stain to be found! I washed four shirts in the front loader with a scoop (from the Sears Ultra Plus) of Persil.

 

[mysteryclock]

Internal heater?

My washer (Bosch Nexxt 500) has an internal heater that will bring up cold water to wash temp when I select "Heavy Duty". Is this the recommended approach when using an enzyme-containing detergent like Persil? Will starting with a warm (95F - 35C) fill inactivate them? It automatically adds at least 0:30 to the wash cycle since it is just a 120v unit.

 

[ronhic]

From what I...

....understand.

There are more enzymes now that are active both lower and higher in the temperature range. Very cold water and they remain, generally, inactive. Hot water (60c+) kills them.

This is one of the reasons European machines have cold water inlets and longer cycles as it allows the detergent the Cold/Warm/Hot stages to work properly.

...but basically, a warm fill is fine.