The Arielette ball
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Saw one on eBay years ago, but they don't pop up often.
https://picclick.co.uk/ARIELETTE-Automatic-Liquid-Original-Dispenser-Ball-and-Box-142958499600.html
See this thread as apparently Fairy and a few others had similar devices. You might have better luck casting a wider net.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?23032
Is this you then? Had no luck since finding one?
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59434
For those unfamiliar with these Ariel liquid dosing balls.
https://picclick.co.uk/ARIELETTE-Automatic-Liquid-Original-Dispenser-Ball-and-Box-142958499600.html
See this thread as apparently Fairy and a few others had similar devices. You might have better luck casting a wider net.
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?23032
Is this you then? Had no luck since finding one?
https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?59434
For those unfamiliar with these Ariel liquid dosing balls.
I guess it's their version of our Downy Ball. The Kenmore at the house uses one.
Its for Detergent
The Downy ball is for fabric softener isn't it?
Austin
The Downy ball is for fabric softener isn't it?
Austin
Yes it is. I am surprised you'd need a ball dispenser for detergent.
It was to save
waste of the detergent filling the sump before the days of pre-fill that most do nowadays.
waste of the detergent filling the sump before the days of pre-fill that most do nowadays.
Oh I see. Thanks for the information.
Arielette ball has more holes across top than Downy thing. The latter is just a ball with a stopper or something IIRC. During spin cycle it would be thrown against side of tub which caused it to open, contents then would be dispersed during rinse.
Of course Downy ball was meant to be used with top loading washing machines American households favored at the time. Thus there was copious amounts of water to flush out (hopefully) contents.
All this came about because few top loading washing machines then had fabric softener dispensers. So people had to listen or otherwise look out for start of rinse, then run to machine and add FS. That or return after machine had completed cycle and restart for another rinse.
Dryer sheets were invented and largely supplanted liquid fabric softeners for this reason.
There were early attempts at fabric softeners one added to wash cycle (Rain Barrel), but they were largely useless and soon vanished from market.
Next attempt was using clay (bentonite) which gained a bit more traction and was found in "2 in 1" laundry detergent/softener. Clay is also the active ingredient in those in wash fabric softener crystals flogged by Purex and others.
Of course Downy ball was meant to be used with top loading washing machines American households favored at the time. Thus there was copious amounts of water to flush out (hopefully) contents.
All this came about because few top loading washing machines then had fabric softener dispensers. So people had to listen or otherwise look out for start of rinse, then run to machine and add FS. That or return after machine had completed cycle and restart for another rinse.
Dryer sheets were invented and largely supplanted liquid fabric softeners for this reason.
There were early attempts at fabric softeners one added to wash cycle (Rain Barrel), but they were largely useless and soon vanished from market.
Next attempt was using clay (bentonite) which gained a bit more traction and was found in "2 in 1" laundry detergent/softener. Clay is also the active ingredient in those in wash fabric softener crystals flogged by Purex and others.
"waste of the detergent filling the sump before the days of pre-fill that most do nowadays."
Personally use dosing device from Ariel gel for all liquid/gel detergents when washing in H-axis machines. Just fill and bung it into tub before closing door.
Find it keeps dispenser draw and system cleaner especially as liquids have become more viscous. Nothing is worse than liquid detergent residue going down into tub during first or second rinses because path wasn't totally cleared of it at wash.
Personally use dosing device from Ariel gel for all liquid/gel detergents when washing in H-axis machines. Just fill and bung it into tub before closing door.
Find it keeps dispenser draw and system cleaner especially as liquids have become more viscous. Nothing is worse than liquid detergent residue going down into tub during first or second rinses because path wasn't totally cleared of it at wash.
It was all the craze !
Ariel liquid was a huge craze in the 80s my mum loved it. No more messy soap powder drawers to clean just fill and pop in the drum ( we in UK were nearly all front loaders ) I loved the smell of this too. Sadly Ariels fragrance now isn’t as good. My mums servis slimline 320 was quite bad at wasting detergent as the pipe from the drawer delivered soap and water to the base of outer tub. Liquids though don’t carry bleaches so are higher in surfactants and optical brighteners. In those days they were quite diluted so a full ball was needed. I’ve got one and if you find one I’d say don’t use it. The plastic will have hardened and they shatter in the wash. The adverts were quirky too as this was seen as unusual or a backward step as front loaders got soap powder drawers in the late 60s so to go back to putting detergent in drum need some encouragement.
Richard
Ariel liquid was a huge craze in the 80s my mum loved it. No more messy soap powder drawers to clean just fill and pop in the drum ( we in UK were nearly all front loaders ) I loved the smell of this too. Sadly Ariels fragrance now isn’t as good. My mums servis slimline 320 was quite bad at wasting detergent as the pipe from the drawer delivered soap and water to the base of outer tub. Liquids though don’t carry bleaches so are higher in surfactants and optical brighteners. In those days they were quite diluted so a full ball was needed. I’ve got one and if you find one I’d say don’t use it. The plastic will have hardened and they shatter in the wash. The adverts were quirky too as this was seen as unusual or a backward step as front loaders got soap powder drawers in the late 60s so to go back to putting detergent in drum need some encouragement.
Richard
Ariel liquid ... it’s staggering...
No it’s just sitting there
No it’s just sitting there
Girls these char agencies send one!
She's washing Hugo's best polo shirt in lukewarm water with a plastic ball!
She's washing Hugo's best polo shirt in lukewarm water with a plastic ball!
He should have married an English lass!
