Mysterious chlorine bleach smell. Help!
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Comments (2)Many of us are dealing with the holes issue. My thought is the fabrics are not of good quality anymore. As far as the smells go, it could be the fabric itself is not great. You could try washing the shirt in fairly hot water with extra rinses, and then line dry it. Line drying in the sunshine will kill any bacteria or mold that may be lingering. If that doesn't solve the issue then it's something weird with the fabric itself....See MoreVaska HerbaSoft Softener and Oxygen Bleach
Comments (9)Wow ... I think I get my shipment from Drugstore.com to Canada faster than that. You have to keep in mind that no "green" FS will be the same as conventional (and for good reason). I personally can't stand Downy anymore with that "coated" feel. I think my laundry is perfectly soft enough and I never have static issues (and I'm using 10 year old machines not even uber fancy "Miele"). Static comes from synthetic fabrics and over drying. I use both the Vaska FS and the Shaklee Fresh Laundry FS - both are similar in consistency (as I assume both are soy based). Vaska has a soft lavender smell which does enhance overall smell of laundry slightly. Shaklee has a very fresh smell - my family just loves it. Both soften very nicely for me. I really believe it's all in what you get used to. Since I stopped using Tide ... oh ... 3 years ago - I cannot stand the smell of overly fragranced laundry. It never bothered me before but once I stopped, I can't go back - it's just awful to me. Even walking the detergent aisle is olfactive assault (and I worked in the prestige fragrance industry for 10+ years). I did post before about my opinion of the Vaska oxygen bleach. It has a very strong odor as does the spot remover. I find the oxygen bleach smell lingered in the finished laundry. I much prefer my pure sodium percarbonate or the Shaklee Nature Bright (Shaklee contains sodium percarbonate but also enzymes) neither of which have any smell. I too still love the Herbatergent. I use it quite a bit here in combination with some others. Thanks for posting a follow up - always nice to read others opinions....See MoreChlorine Bleach Crystals + Dishwasher Detergent
Comments (24)Over the past few days. I had my own little experiment with bleach in the pre-wash. The first picture is my tea cups, stained with Early Grey tea + milk + hard water. This is is after the pre-wash with a teaspoon of the wonderful Aldi ''Alio Compact'' powder. This wash last 15 minutes, starts cold and heats up to about 120F. More tea-stained cups, waiting to be bleached. I poured a little Dan Klorix right into the water, after the dishwasher had filled. 15 minutes later... Final thoughts... The bleach pre-wash probably had the tea stains knocked out in minutes, while the detergent needed the hot wash cycle (or an extended low-temp wash) to get the same results. Opening the door to check on the results also took me right back to the mid-90s, when I used my aunts GE dishwash with Cascade powder - the smell of bleach. On the other hand, I wonder about possible negative side-effects on delicate, unprotected patterns on glasses and on the dishwasher itself. After all, chlorinated dishwasher detergents for domestic use were phased out some good 20 years ago and modern detergents conatin buffer agents to protect dishes. In the end, I will stick with a teaspoon of powder in the pre-wash, as it's easier to dose (goes in even before the machine starts), potentially gentler, and I get perfectly clean dishes either way. The bleach smell is nice, though....See MoreChlorine Bleach in Walmart chicken?
Comments (23)I think you misunderstood. The chicken I was referring to that's not water or chlorine treated is free-range, organic, air cooled chicken. It's double or more the price of regular chicken in a supermarket and maybe its 3 times more expensive or even more than that, than chicken from Walmart. My comment was intended to suggest that it's not necessary to buy such expensive food to ensure a dog is given a wholesome and adequate diet. The article I linked above, written by a veterinary nutritionist, briefly mentioned research results that home diets not developed by a trained veterinary nutritionist may in fact not be healthful for an animal. That suggests that a better choice may be to find a commercial food that the dog's digestive system can tolerate. Just as a data point, my dog's "sensitive stomach" (that led to almost daily vomiting) was "cured" by breaking her total daily ration of mass market (from Petco) dry dog food into more numerous but smaller feedings. It was suspected that maybe she overproduced gastric juice and that more frequent but smaller feedings would solve the problem. It did....See Morerecordaras
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