Favorite Smelling Detergent
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Comments (32)Like others usually what's on sale. I too have been using white vinegar as a rinse/water softener for years now. Buy it by the gallon. I found that the Dollar Store brand of oxy-clean & Woolite, ($1.ea), works just as well as the real stuff. Bad stains I soak overnight. Luckily, I do not have hard water. I used to love hanging delicates & linens on a clothesline but I can't do that anymore in my new condo. Esp linens when it's cold outside. The scent is something that cannot be duplicated in any fabric softener. What a treat to get into bed & smell the fresh air on sheets & pillow cases. I would hang my down pillows on the line for the day as well. Same with sweaters, winter coats, etc. Try it if you can....See MoreWhat is your favorite HE detergent and why?
Comments (53)My FL (Frigidaire GLTF2940ES) is being delivered in about 2 weeks. Was going to buy one in a couple of years but my horrible 14yo Admiral TL went kerflooey rather dramatically about a week ago and moved the schedule up a tad! I've been reading and reading and reading and I still have several questions regarding detergents. So I'm seeing two "green" detergents discussed here, Bi-O-Kleen and Seventh Generation. Any others recommended? I have chemical sensitivities - let's not even TALK about stuff like Tide Free, ugh! - and admit to a big ole hippie streak as a result. :-) We've been using Seventh Generation products off and on for years, in fact the jug of 7G detergent in my laundry room now is the Free & Clear HE because they didn't have the non-HE in the giant jugs that were on sale, so I'll surely start with that just to use it up but I note reports of "meh" cleaning. Has anyone used BioPac? Their website says their "Ultra" products are HE-OK, and I've had no reaction to their detergent in the past - I know home FLs and commercial ones are different animals, but it worked very well in the laundromat FLs. Is the Bi-O-Kleen Free & Clear as effective as the Premium Plus, which seems to have the most fans? We'll be using mostly cool and warm washes just because we own virtually nothing that should be washed in hot - our sheets and towels are colored and we have purchased very little white clothing for years because of high iron content in the water - although I did see the info about biofilm and will take that under advisement. (I am not at all comfortable with leaving the washer door open lest our adorable but not very bright cat climb in to explore, since she cannot be closed out of the laundry area. We have always kept the top loader closed due to inquisitive cat and never got mold/mildew in that, is this a pretty good indicator that we may be fairly OK with the FL?) Do some natural detergents work better in these lower temperatures than others? Should I stick with liquids for the cooler washes for complete dissolution? How about dealing with vegetable oils - my DH does massage and often gets jojoba or grapeseed oil on his dark blue jersey sheets. Hot water sets the oil and the eventual oil-funk, we ruined I don't know how many sheets while he was in massage school! We've always used a very small dollop of CitraSolv or other degreaser in the TL but that's a no go with the FL, right? Any massage therapists (or fry cooks ;-)) out there combatting grease spots? Do any of the "specialty" detergent companies send out samples, or can they be obtained in very small packages to try out? (I can get BioPac by the ounce at my local health food store, but that's the only one I know of.) Buying these machines in the first place has kicked our budgetary buns, the notion of buying $10+ packages of detergent that may well sit on the shelf gives me the shakes! Most of our friends don't even have their own washing machines, much less fancy-pants FLs, so moochingsharing ;-) with them won't work....See MoreFavorite detergents again, please.
Comments (17)Too much scent or suds is usually from the use of too much detergent. But some people who use too little detergent may have problems with keeping the unseen parts of the washer clean. The primary determinant of detergent quantity is water hardness and the total soil in the clothing. The recommend detergent dosage from the manufacturer in the U.S. is probably for moderately hard water and moderately dirty laundry. My newer LG FL washer simply doesn't use enough water to do a good single rinse. If the final rinse isn't almost clean water, what remains coating the washer and clothes is somewhat dirty rinse water. The premium Tide liquid apparently uses the term "ultra" in the name. The current Tide powder is at least as good as the ultra. I use the powder as the primary detergent. Finished clothes have little scent because I've used the correct amount of detergent, and do two rinses. The common red bottle tide variants in the grocery store is not P&G's best effort in making a laundry detergent. Consumer Reports rates the best tide products as the best laundry detergents. My Safeway sells none of these detergents. It seems to me that the correct dose of any HE detergent has just a little suds at the end of the primary wash cycle. No regular detergent should be leaving anything like fabric softener level scent in dried laundry....See MoreGetting detergent smell out of clothes
Comments (7)Wash in hot water..no detergent. If you have any white vinegar add a cup to the wash cycle. It won't remove anything but may neutralise. Only thing you can really do is wash until scent is gone. No need to add any detergent. Eventually after a few washes it should be gone....See Moregeorgect
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