Stain Removal Detergent Test Results

[exploder321]

I use this alot with my laundry..I love the smell... Is it safe to use every wash load

 

[frigilux]

Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'm writing down your detergent requests for future rounds of tests.

zipdang-- Go for it! Sounds like you have quite an arsenal of detergents to use for cleaning tests.

Mike-- I didn't use bleach with the Persil for the stain removal test. I'd used bleach with it on my 'real' laundry in the past.

Shane-- Go to quixtar.com if you want to purchase SA8. However, the company has some political/ethical ideas you probably disagree with. But DAMN, they make a good detergent. I'm only going to use the SA8 on my white loads, and I bought a 150-load box, so it should last quite awhile. I don't plan to purchase any of their other products.

whirlcool-- I'm also interested in Arm & Hammer. I used the powdered version when I was just out of college and remembered liking it. Haven't used it in years, though. I'm especially interested if it's low-sudsing.

Chad-- Definitely save up for some Persil. It smells like no other detergent--very herbal (rosemary, specifically) rather than flowery/sweet as most detergents are. With shipping, my large box cost me about $67. The SA8 (with shipping) came to about $43.

Launderess-- Thanks for the word on Tide with Bleach Alternative. As always, your knowledge and Anglocentric vocab are always appreciated.

Scott-- I'm also interested to see how Tide w/ Bleach Alternative stacks up against the other 3 Tide products I tested.

I want to test the Sam's Club Generic faux-Industrial stuff, too. It seems to do a pretty good job. And it's dirt cheap.

 

[exploder321]

I def. will save up for some..May go hunt for a smaller box to try first

 

[oxydolfan1]

If I didn't buy from anyone that I had political or ethical problems with, I'd be hungry, filthy, and naked as a PETA protester....

 

[exploder321]

You mean a BUM under a bench on the subway grate, with cloths given to you by the salvation army'(that you'd probably never wear, and just be arrested for indecent exposure as that nasty filthy creepy looking person who might molest little kiddes)????? OY!

I have other reasons against Amway...They wouldn't let my good friend sell it because shes a KNOWN lesbian and god forbid a lesbian wants to sell Amway, esp. when there are only two other people here in the area that do... Plus I think Dick Devoss is an asshtick...

 

[washdayguy]

Love the laundry room! And thanks for the info!

 

[oxydolfan1]

Wow, there's a subway in Montreat, North Carolina?

The whole cultic/homo-hating/DeVos thing is what I'm guessing would rub most folks wrong here....

I have another issue with them as well. The vast majority of their products simply aren't good enough to justify the prices paid for them. This is not unique to Quixtar...I like ONE product from Shaklee (the paste cleanser), but it's not worth it for me to order that one product and get the whole spiel...

Gevalia has wonderful coffee, but they do not represent good value.

On the other hand, Yves Rocher's prices make their fairly decent products an excellent value.

Could the internet have killed the multilevel marketing star?

 

[oxydolfan1]

Frigilux, I like how you have your machines lined up, like orderly soldiers, in a row!

 

[exploder321]

No Subway Here

But i recall this scene from Washington DC from the severl times i have been there...

Also saw this in Atlanta.. No we just have the people that protest naked for one reason or another (the protest against Victorias Secret last year because they use non recylced paper it was it was over)they where filty looking people who where butt a** naked...

The amway tile cleaner works well and ahs lasted over 15 years (or at least the bottle i found under the sink in my condo when i moved back here in 04)

 

[frigilux]

Scott-- You should see them salute!