Powder - beats liquid?

[sudsman]

TOM

I use them both in home and commerical machines.. All are F/L Picture of the 150lb useing SA8 very lo suds. Tide with bleach usually gives about on inch more of suds but not hard to rinse at all. The 150 only uses about 25 gallons of water for each step in the cycle.. Mac

 

[sudsman]

Suds level

150 lb machine S A 8

 

[vintagesearch]

here's a quick tip that my cousin did with powder detergent in a regular toploader:

she would add the measured amount, then set the water level for small, let the washer agitate for a minute until she saw the suds, then adjusted the water level accordingly, added the laundry reset the timer or cycle and NEVER had problems, try it.
hope that helped.

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[launderess]

Hey Sudsmaster

Am surprised you find Tide w Bleach clean rinsing, it seems to take forever to rinse out in my Miele, and is very high sudsing. As of now the nearly full box and it's cousin, Tide Coldwater are in the discard pile awaiting delivery to mother's house. Yes, TWB cleans very well, but find like all Tide products it tends to not rinse well, and the scent just won't come out for several subsequent launderings.

Right now am using Tide "Professional Stain Remover" as a detergent in some loads, when not using Persil. It is "HE"/low foaming and though Tide Professional's customer service line tells one NOT to use the product as regular detergent, the MSDS says the product is simply Tide. Stuff is very concentrated and quite low sudsing,but give excellent results cleaning wise. Scent is "ok", but like all Tide products hangs around for awhile.

Soap In Laundry:

Will pretreat the odd stain or grimy collar with Fels soap (vintage stuff made by Purex), but overall find even with STPP softened water, soap has too many drawbacks for use in general laundry. It just does not rinse out well, and can cause tattle-tale grey build-up no matter what one does.

What one will do is swish a bar of Savon de Marseille or Fels soap around in a large Pyrex measuring cup of hot water, and then add to the wash through the dispenser drawer. Use this mainly for linens (Savon de Marsielle has a wonderful scent), and in the case of Fels Naptha Soap, for breaking down heavy scent residue on laundry and extra stain removal(Naptha is a great solvent based stain remover).

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[launderess]

Forgot to add that when using soap, it is in conjuction with regular detergent such as Persil or Wisk powder (unscented). In short making up a home version of laundry detergent with "natural soap" that seems to be all the rage at the moment.

L.

 

[cleanfresh]

Launderess, you are so right

about the drawbacks of soap that's why detergent is king. You're also right about homemade detergents made with soap being "in vogue". I have seen so many recipes for homemade detergents on laundry/cleaning products discussion forums.

 

[launderess]

Oh No,

Wasn't refering to the homemade soap based detergents, but rather how everyone and their mother seems to be adding "pure soap" or "plant based" soap to their detergents. At first it was confined to specialty detergents for linens and other fine laundry, now Persil as a version with "Savon de Marsielle", and Arm&Hammer has their own new product.

L.

 

[sudsmaster]

I don't think the "plant based soap" that is advertised on some detergents is a soap at all, but rather a surfactant derived from a plant oil. The marketing depts get away with this perhaps because of all the public confusion as to what is a soap and what is a detergent.

 

[rolls_rapide]

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but I found that using liquid detergents and even the 'Colour' detergents, left the sweaty under-arm residues virtually untouched. So much so, that when ironing the particular shirts, the smell of stale body odour was quite dreadful.

I switched back to conventional detergents (Ariel Tablets in the green box), and the problem has disappeared.

Too bad if the clothes fade: I will not stand dirty clothes.

Besides, faded clothes mean more of an excuse to update your wardrobe, DAAAHLING! LOL

 

[aquarius1984]

Rolls

Good point, i noticed on a Navy Blue Next tshirt i have there is some serious sweat staining (cant believe im saying this) yet on everyother t shirt i have is clean as a whistle. They all get washed in colour detergents religiously so i personally put it down to maybe different dye structures reacting with my sweat. On that note have to say I have switched to Boots Botanicals anti persp stick and its fantastic, given up on Sure roll on which was good but in extreme uk heated weather it couldnt cope. Cant use aerosol either or end up choking on fumes. The boots one is as good as aerosol if not better too. Not a drip off me now. Will keep a close eye on my t shirt laundering see whats going on. R

 

[rolls_rapide]

Rob

Hi, I used the Sure roll-on too, and found it left waxy deposits on the shirts. I had switched from Lynx, after they meddled with the formula and made me allergic. I now use Adidas spray, and that seems to do the trick.

You're right about dye structures, I had a pale green T-shirt that always gave off a chemical-type smell, no matter which detergent and fabric softener it was washed in. I came to the conclusion that it was the type of dye used.

Off Topic- yet another example of dodgy Chinese goods!

There was a report in the paper about clothes from China having excessive levels of formaldehyde applied to them. This can be carcinogenic. Apparently New Zealand identified the problem, and alerted the UK.

 

[tomturbomatic]

I watch my tee shirts and maybe once a year or so, I have to gather up a few and run them on a nice long 190 degree wash with powder TIDE he and a bit more stpp than usual. That manages to blast away deposits in the underarm areas. You are very right that liquid detergents seem ineffective against this type of soil.