Persil Universal Powder
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Comments (4)Persil and Ariel are the best detergents out here - although only ever so slightly superior to some store brands like Aldi or Lidl. BTW, you might also want to consider some "Somat 10" dishwasher tabs. 30% phosphates like all of our dishwasher detergents. Alex...See MorePersil Universal Powder Detergent for Darks & Colours???
Comments (6)yes, it's a mid - long term effect. Back in the seventies/eighties here in europe we had just regular powders with oxygen bleach and wool powdered detergents. The choice was between a too harsh detergent that faded dark colours and a too mild detergent that was uneffective with several stains. Since 20 years we have regular detergents *whitout* oxygen bleach that wash colours whitout fading. Some detergents have even anti transfer agents to wash "mixed colours" and dark fabrics with no damage. To have a clue my black jeans and coloured polo shirts back then faded a lot despite of warm washes, now they last for many years. Also : since round 10 years we routinely wash black, cherry red, green Ikea (so not the finest quality) towels @ 140°F with detergents for darks (as the likes of Perwoll Black Magic or Woolite for Darks) Black is still black, cherry red is still cherry red ... back those times it would have turned into grey and pink within six months Also be aware that powders may leave some unsoluble residues on dark fabrics. Washer manufacturers (miele included) reccommend to wash dark fabrics with liquid detergents. They say powder contain zeolites ( roughly speaking, clay) that are unsoluble and leave little unpleasant white grains on laundry. I feel those powders that use zeolites as water softener take ages to be rinsed properly and no matter laundry feels rather stiffer than if it were washed with liquids or other kinds of powders...See MorePersil better work!
Comments (14)If you use Persil, be sure the wash temp is 104 or higher. Otherwise, for lower temps, you will get better results with Tide or Gain HE powder. Do NOT underdose detergent. Surfactants work by bonding to oily dirt. You need molecules of surfactant to bond with molecules of oily dirt. If you don't use enough surfactant, you will leave unbonded molecules of oily dirt. Think about how this works when you wash your hands. If your hands are really greasy, say you wash with your normal one squirt of handsoap; they get cleaner but not clean. You wash again with another squirt of soap. The soap or surfactant molecules have to MATCH the oils to bond with them and pull them away. Oxygen bleach, which works by reaction, also needs to be in proportion to the stains it is oxidizing. An oxygen molecule reacts with a stain molecule. Builder or water softeners also work by reaction and need to be in proportion to the hard water minerals. A molecule of builder reacts with a molecule of mineral ion, taking it out of commission. So the more mineral ions in the water, the more builder ions you need to inactivate them. Detergents are formulated with enough builder in the recommended dose to inactivate typical hard water concentrations. Enzymes do not need to be in proportion to stains, because they do not bond or react with the stain molecules., They work by cutting up their target molecules, then are free to go cut up other molecules. Therefore, they require time to work effectively (at least 5 minutes is usually recommended.) But in general, just think of matching up molecules of builder with hard water mineral ion molecules, and matching up molecules of surfactants, bleaches, and polymers with molecules of oil, stains, and dirt. That's why you always hear and read instructions on the package to use more detergent if you have hard water or for larger loads (which have more dirt molecules) and more heavily soiled loads. You could think of surfactants, builders, oxygen bleach, and polymers as MAGNETS, and enzymes as SCISSORS. You need a cleaning magnet to bond with its opposing dirt magnet. Once a magnet is stuck to another, it can't grab any others. The enzymes are scissors that cut (some of) the dirt magnets, so that smaller, less powerful magnets can grab them faster and more easily. If you use TOO MUCH of any detergent relative to the dirt, you may see more sudsing because the surfactant molecules don't have oil molecules to bond with. There's no harm in this, except 1) it's wasteful, 2) it has environmental impact, and 3) it requires much more rinsing, which is a pain in a low-water HE machine. Also, excess enzymes may eat away at fabric fibers. For example, Henkel's Persil contains cellulase to eat cellulose molecules in cotton and other plant-based fibers. Too much detergent could cause premature holes or thinning of the fabric. The same would be true of protease enzyme (in most detergents) with the protein-based......See MoreMiele Color Care Powder Detergent arrived today
Comments (18)Roflmao Larsi..you have a great way with words..I love it..but yes over on AW there are a lot of collectors of vintage washers..I swear they could build a washer out of a pile of junk parts and it would be the best washer ever ...actually take Dadoes and do a clone..of brilliancy..in other words tons of brilliant Dadoes in that group....See MoreAvatarWalt
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