What laundry products do you use and why?

[kenmoreguy89]

* the smell of vintage detergent is simply different and good compared to the cheap preferences of today's offerings*

Sorry the phone dictation doesn't always work wonderfully.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

*If a detergent doesn't do the job alone*.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Oxygen to me is essential to laundry for so many reasons.
It is going to withen the whites taking off whatever organic makes your whites dull giving the whitest whites, clothesline and dryer gonna cause no yellowing threat due to possible residues, will get rid of any organic pigment stains, safe on dyes differently from chlorine or hidrosulphite.
Kills bacteria and or reduces significantly the amount of bacterias which is a need to me talking about Laundry anyways and always

 

[kenmoreguy89]

This is the result with Arm&Hammer.
Last week was still sunny abd enough warm so I decided to use the clothesline, which I sometimes do even though I prefer the convenience of the dryer.
These are three different heavily soiled loads came out the speed queen.
Arm Hammer did very well!

 

[tomdawg]

I use Excelsior fragrance free

Smells like dreft, only better and not strong.

I was an avid Tide clean breeze user. But excelsior detergent cleans way better!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Picked up for $1.59 each, and even have a preferred fragrance for whatever particular load, and time of day for the Morning Freshness and a time of night for Tropical while a Regular gets used in-between:

— Dave

 

[tomturbomatic]

Reordered STPP

I am getting near the bottom of my 50 lb shipment of STPP so decided to order before it is needed due to the way the supply lines are being undependable now. When I went to the Chemistry Store site, I discovered that I last ordered 50 pounds in August, 2017 so that shipment has lasted me over three years because I still have a few months of it left.

Please monitor your inventory of supplies and, when possible, buy an extra container or two of stuff you use, even if you have to store stuff under the bed, in unused dryers or in other appliances and stay well!

 

[ozzie908]

Stock piling powder

I have started to stock pile washing powder as its becoming less and less available on the supermarket shelves so its a case of see it and buy it and store it till its needed. I have tried to buy it when its on sale so am saving a bit of cash when I buy.

Austin

 

[panthera]

Hot water, strong soap, phosphates, chlorine bleach

We use 60<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">°C+ hot water for everything washable with TSP (I know, dahlinks I know, we're the only people on the planet earth for whom it works without leaving residue. Thank goodness STTP doesn't turn into TSP in warm water...

), with a strong enzymatic soap like Tide and chlorine bleach.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">This is followed by three rinses.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Everything comes out truly clean.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">No fabric softener, can't stand the stuff.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Spun in the clothes spinner.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Line dried when possible, else into the 1969 GE tumble drier.</span></span>

<span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">It is impossible to clean with cold water at our altitude. I've measured 4</span>[COLOR=#222222; font-size: 14px]°C at the tap before, so there's no need to even have that discussion. Ain't happenin' up here.[/COLOR]</span>

[COLOR=#222222; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva; font-size: 14px]Of course, we prefer a FilterFlo or Thumper (and she's PANK!) whenever possible. Makes a gigantic difference, as well.[/COLOR]

 

[polkanut]

I add a 1/2 cup of Stanley Degreaser along with the orange box Sears powder we normally use when I launder my work shirts.  It tackles any grease/oil stains that may be on them that I might forget to pretreat.