Stan
The picture is from google images and I'm sure glad it's not mine! LOL.. And you are correct in that my objective has been to get it clean.
Tennblondie78....Why is it such a big deal for me to wait a few days for the Persil? Is my FL or laundry in danger if I don't use a detergent on a few loads? Stpp is evidently an excellent way to clean front loaders.. and as for Borax..well just google it.
I tried to be concise and not bore everyone with every little detail.. thinking it wasn't necessary. And I don't think it was, because Stan understood. Maybe he disagreed, but he got it.
But if you are really that interested.. this might clear things up for you.
I live pretty far out in the country and quite some distance from a town that has a walmart or dollar store. So I try to shop once a month and not make extra trips. Therefor, I make due with what I have on hand, hence the turpentine.
I wouldn't do it again.. but it did work and it did so beautifully. Turp is not just a paint thinner folks... but has gone by the way-side as most natural cleaners have.
Concerning my lack of using a detergent at the present. "My" walmart, and it's a huge one, has only THREE brands of powdered HE to choose from. But, if you want a TL powder and or liquid or a HE liquid, there is every commercial and generic brand imaginable. And the HE's are more expensive. Why it's not like that for you all..I have no idea. Maybe because I live in a reg-neck area and most people still use Top Loaders and those that don't prefer the liquid..just a guess.
That being said. It makes more sense to me, to order the Persil that Laundress speaks so highly of and from what i've researched because of.. Spend the initial money and bypass most of the crap additives and chemicals that are in walmart's HE's. I take it if one uses commercial brands from wallyworld their getting 10 percent cleaning agents and 90 percent crap (exaggeration? maybe). Therefor, the Persil is no more of a cost and better for your laundry and washing machine. A win win.
Anywho.. I wrote far more than I wanted to..but I like to help folks out every chance I get. I'd hate to keep anyone up nights, scratching their heads in bewilderment at that strange lady who doesn't like chemicals and uses turpentine....