Boost your Routine. A Brand New Detergent Discovery!
Do you have...
Cloudy Glasses? Spotty Silverware? Dull Baking Sheets? Is your China not Gleaming?
Then... you might be using yesterday's dishwasher detergent. It's time to come into the 90's, already!
And you can... with a brand new dishwasher detergent. Called "Dropps".
You see... unlike the Competing detergent pac from that other brand. Dropps uses this revolutionary new ingredient that grabs onto grease & grime like no other cleaner can. And it rinses away, leaving dishes truly spotless!
(And CUT! That's a wrap guys!)
What the heck is this, and why is Mitch posting about it. Well guys, about two weeks ago.. I stumpled upon these by accident at Target.
I've actually walked by them quite a few times, and had never really bothered to give them a second look. But... for some reason, I did this time.
I was just about to put them back down, when I notice in the corner it says "Phosphrous Content". Suddenly my attention is completely grabbed... and I read further.
"Phosphorus Content: This formula averages no more than 8.0% phosphorus, in the form of phosphates, which is equivalent to 1.1 grams per tablespoon."
As you can imagine... I wanted to do a bunch of cart-wheels in the middle of a Grocery Aisle in Target! ;)
It's literally a Phosphate Detergent with Enzymes & Oxygen Bleach. Similar to Somat & Cascade Complete of years ago. And it has Phosphate. Phosphate. It has Phosphate. Did I mention it has Phosphates???
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Now... I've only done a few loads of Dishes so far, and the results have been quite impressive. However, I haven't done enough dirty dishes to really give a good comparison or review.
However... I did inform my BFF (who shall remain unnamed) and they told me, that it was a pretty impressive cleaner! :)
So... I think I should dish out this secret. What a impressive find, in today's age! And they Clean! :)
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Comments (28)I don't usually show up on the conversations side but for some reason, did tonight. Try and tell my dog that homeopathic is placebo or quackery. Its worked on his bladder stones. My experience with classic homeopathy started when I needed an alternative for my thyroid as all conventional medicine that I tried failed. I was unable to tolerate any form of thyroid gland. I tried Synthroid, Armour, Naturethroid. I read extensively about it and found a doctor who used synthroid in drops so that I could use just one watered down drop. I could not tolerate one drop. The tiniest amount of synthroid OR descicated thyroid made me feel thyrotoxic and drove my thyroid stimulating hormone down to hypo levels within only a couple of days on the meds. My finger nails were peeling off and a I had a host of other symptoms. My TSH without being on the hormone at one point, got up to 40. (VERY high). I was miserable. I had tried at that point with Western medicine for many years. I contacted a classic homeopathist. At that time my dog was having blood in his urine upon emptying his bladder when he would mark. Dr. Alan was willing to advise me on my dog. He suggested a particular remedy. My dog had the remedy, and the blood ceased that day. He was symptom free for the next three months. He did need the remedy again, and had more results upon taking it.( It later came back here and there and right now is much better when he takes glucosomine, because that helps with the mucus on the lining of the bladder.) Next I took my assigned remedy. With no other treatment, my TSH went from 40 down to about 5.9, then down to 3.9, then 2.9. It remained there for over a year, and when it went up a bit again, I went back to the doc and we tried another remedy or two. It was better, but not optimum, and so the doc and I agreed that would try Chinese medicine. I switched to an Asian doctor and am taking Chinese tea and getting results there. And as with valinsv, the least amount of money I spent on docs was for the homeopathic one. I have also had full blown flu instantly leave once upon taking a homeopathic remedy. A lot of people find that hard to believe because it is true that the original substance is not in that vial or sugar pill. It is the essence of it or the energy, or vibration that is there. I would totally use Western medicine for certain things that it is good for, but I am not married to it at all. Pharma has a lot at stake and pays big money to disprove vitamin studies and show that vite e is "bad for you", etc. They have PR men that figure out how to promote diseases so that you will except the "cure" that they are selling. My brother is a pathologist and does not believe in homeopathic, chiropractic, or most natural cures. He would not even try one chiropractic adjustment for his trigeminal neuralgia which had become excruciating. So he elected to have a risky surgery that went behind his brain. Thank God it was successful. But my chiropractor who practices Upper Cervical adjustments using a technique called Advanced Orthogonal, cured a patient of the excruciating pain associated with the ailment. The pain disappeared six weeks after the patient received his adjustment. My brother felt if would not work on him because he does not believe in that. However, when my mom fell on her face (86 years old) I took her to this chiro, and she is doing better than ever, and we put the walker away. Here is a link that might be useful: How to brand a disease and sell a cure...See MoreDetergent, etc. for my "new" Miele?
Comments (4)sue246, You will get a lot of responses, but you may wish to search this forum even before you get those responses, because there are a whole bunch of threads on recommended detergents. I will tell you what we do, but it may not fit your style. Sorting: we separate our laundry into four categories: o Whites (including natural undyed fabrics that may be buff or tan) that can survive hot water (the trim on many terry towels may flunk the last criterion). o Colored items generally that very probably will not run, but if they do, the slight tint will affect only the other colored items and not show. All socks (put into a nylon mesh zip bag) are treated as colored items. o Bedding. o Delicates that need special treatment. We separate the bedding because smaller items tend to get balled up in pockets that form in sheets when they tumble and the smaller items thus do not get a free flow of water/detergent running through them. The whites and neutrals we wash in Hot water (and Cold rinse) with detergent and borax and oxygen bleach. Spin on high. The colored items and bedding we wash in Warm water (with Warm rinse) with detergent and borax. Spin on Medium or Low. The delicates get the treatment they deserve, often not in the automatic washer, but instead hand soaked in Eucalan (a miracle cleanser from Canada for woolens and silks) with minimal agitation. For detergent in the washing machine, we use Vaska. Others on this board have very strong opinions about detergents, usually among competing flavors in the Procter & Gamble stable, or Clorox family or Church & Dwight family or Sun Products family detergents; and the Henkel-Persil fans always will be with us. We use Vaska. Not likely to be found in your local chain supermarket, but readily available on-line and cost competitive on a per-load basis. As noted above, we put borax into almost every load. Borax boosts detergent efficiency, so you can use less detergent, and aids rinsing so there is less residue left in your clothes and sheets. If you get your laundry well rinsed, you probably will find no use for fabric softeners; we do not have a drop of fabric softener in our home, and do not miss it one bit. For the whites, we just throw a scoop (about 1/4 to 1/3 cup) of borax right into the washer drum with the laundry before starting the cycle; for the coloreds, we put the borax inside the smelliest socks in the mesh bag; the socks in the bag then get more concentration initially, and act as a borax dispenser for the rest of the load. For oxygen bleach, we use pure sodium percarbonate, which is the active ingredient in all of the "color safe" laundry bleaches in the market; but the concentration of sodium percarbonate in Oxiclean or Clorox2, etc., is rather low; you are buying mostly fillers with those products. Pure sodium percarbonate is much more economical, and its only drawback is that you should keep it in a sealed airtight container because it will absorb moisture from the air; Oxiclean and Cloroxx2 will absorb moisture from the air, also, but their concentartion of sodium percarbonate is so low, you probably will not notice it as much. Here is a link that might be useful: One place to buy sodium percarbonate...See MoreBest detergent for our new FL washer?
Comments (63)evegiven0, Darks are hard if one wants to keep them dark and remove grunginess. We just haven't come up with a perfect solution yet. Cheer only has the one enzyme as you've mentioned and a tiny bit of oxygen bleach--not enough to clean, just enough to denute chlorine in the water, so I tend to do the pre-wash, which usually cleans well. But when it's going to be *really* grungy laundry, I'll do things a little different. I'll use Tide liquid with Clorox 2 powder in a pre-wash with lengthy soak. Pre-mix in warm water for the Clorox 2 powder though, as it does have oxygen bleach and while it says it's safe for colors, it has left a splotch on colors for me in the past. But, this formula is my ace in the hole. Between the two products, the pre-wash and soak, then a main wash, I have had every grungy item come out spotless and odorless, minus an occassional faded spot--yes, darks can be a challenge at times. So if it's filthy darks that you wouldn't mind of if a splotch did happen, this works over here. I probably would omit the Clorox 2 powder if this was cherished darks. I haven't had much success with liquid Clorox 2. Some people really like it, but here, it doesn't give me reason to add it to my laundry loads. YMMV Other than that, regular Tide powder is very good. Use a warm/hot enough cycle, add some time to the cycle if possible, add a pre-wash if available. I really like Tide powder. The scent has been eye crossing lately--hoping that gets sorted out soon. In the meantime, I switched over to 'Mountain Spring' scent for these loads. But this too can fade precious darks over time, so we kind of have to make a decision: fading or clean....See MoreYour favorite detergents right now
Comments (28)I think my crown jewel is Euro Persil Color Megaperls As a pretext, I generally avoid OBAs, lean to 'green', and keep fragrance to nil or very light (at least for doses that I use). Generally, my clothes are too stained, but will use a pretreater, typically Ecover or Puracy when I do Whites: Ecover Zero Powder or BioKleen Premium Plus Colors: I rotate this most frequently. Currently going through BioKleen Cold Water, but also Mrs Meyers Rosemary, Euro Persil Color, Puracy, Miele Color, Cheer, Seventh Gen Ultra Power, Ecover liquid...so many great options Darks: Perwoll Dark for light soil, but the fragrance is borderline Towels and other items that are suds factories: I'm sold on Rosalie's Bed Sheets: Some rotation, but LeBlanc is great. Synthetics/Sports/Fleece: Charlie's Soap liquid with liquid non-chlorine bleach. Additives: STPP for powders, Sodium Percarbonate for Whites and Powder, H2O2 with liquids Softeners: Not my thing generally, but occasionally Vaska or even other 'green' ones (except Mrs Meyers Lemon Verbena..artificial smell)...See Moremamapinky0
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7 years agoOk now I have a dilemma, I just discovered at a small little grocery 4 or 5 boxes of Cascade with phosphates. Not foil wrapped, just in the cardboard box. I picked them up and the contents seems loose and not damp or hard. They are $4.69 a box for 35 oz. Will the detergent still work well? Should I buy them? One or all? I've included a few pictures of the box.
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7 years agoLaundry Mitch I bought this
I assume this is "vintage". I have a hard time calling the various detergents vintage as I don't think of something from 2005 old. I will be in that store on Tuesday and take plenty of photos for you.
Can you tell me anything about the Cheer Color Guard? It was the only one on the shelf. Should I use it? They had tons of single load Tide Original Powder.
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7 years agoLaundry Mitch no problem, I know everyone gets busy. Thank you for the information about the Cheer. I only have a front loader so not sure what to do with the Cheer. It seems free flowing. If you want it I will gladly send it your way. I don't collect detergents, I just bought it because it looked unusual and I was sure someone would want it.
I bought one box of the Cascade and used it once. It is still good and there are several boxes on the shelf.
The store is a tiny little grocery (not a bodega) in Brooklyn Heights. It mostly makes money selling candy and sandwiches to the kids from the area school. I know they sell a few grocery items but never rotate stock, if it on the shelf it's stays till someone buys it.
I took a few more pictures and then my phone died. I will take more when I go back next week.
Let me know if you need any close-up pictures of anything. I think there was one or two more shelves I didn't get a good photo of.
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