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Thread Number: 33771
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| Post# 507498 3/28/2011 at 05:07 (2,007 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia) | ||
Would like to know about any discontinued detergents, additives, stain sprays etc that you remember which are now discontinued,here is my list.
1.Rinso-how could it not be 1st 2.Bio-Ad- the original soaker. 3.Ajax- and it's blue beads of bleach and it's sucessor- Ajax plus 4.R.M.Gow's-powerful,hardworking washing powder which gives you real value for money.-I kid you not that entire sentence was its full name. 5. Aura- I think the very 1st liquid in OZ and I reckon the best liquid ever. 6.Blue Torrent-I think I am the only person in Australia who remembers it. 7.Castle and Castle Excel-pretty good local made products, especially Castle Excel. 8.Bio-Joy- the 2nd best known soaker that I can remember. 9.Wisk-I know is available in US but only lasted a short time here, funny Mum liked it had a built in deodorizer from memory. 10.Care -budget priced liquid,nice fresh lemon fragrance. 11.Persil-ok I know we have Omo but I still include it anyway for old times sake. 12.Frend prewash spray-remember the jingle?."Keep a frend near your washing machine when it comes to getting out stains." That's about it for me, really looking forward to your lists. | ||
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Post# 507504 , Reply# 1 3/28/2011 at 06:08 (2,007 days old) by polkanut  (Wausau, WI ) |
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Post# 507616 , Reply# 3 3/28/2011 at 13:18 (2,007 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Just going by product names that seem to be discontinued (no | ||
| Post# 507640 , Reply# 4 3/28/2011 at 14:16 (2,007 days old) by mielabor () | ||
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I miss the Vim scouring powder. The alternative Jif/Cif cream is just a joke when it comes to effective cleaning of my terrazzo bathroom floor. | ||
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Post# 507649 , Reply# 5 3/28/2011 at 14:45 (2,007 days old) by ptcruiser51 (Boynton Beach, FL) |
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 Jubilee! Nothing better for kitchen cabinets and appliances.
Kleen & Shine! Great for quick cleanups (and smelled like 7up). When it was getting discontinued years ago, my sister and I bought a case each. We're both on our last can.
Off-topic: Sea & Ski clear suntan lotion. Non-greasy, non-sticky, and smelled remarkably like gin. Honest! | ||
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Post# 507684 , Reply# 6 3/28/2011 at 16:28 (2,007 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) |
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Calgonite dishwasher powder!! Tidy House Spring Rain water softener powder. REAL Ivory dish liquid, not the formula sold now. Coconut NuSoft fabric softener. REAL Zest "deodorant beauty bar," not this fake-o stuff sold now. Fostex facial cleansing bar. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 507685 , Reply# 7 3/28/2011 at 16:30 (2,007 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 507718 , Reply# 9 3/28/2011 at 18:23 (2,007 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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I don't remember the clear Sea 'n Ski , but I loved that suntan lotion. | ||
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Post# 507720 , Reply# 10 3/28/2011 at 18:32 (2,007 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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Then we all started using Hawaian Tropic suntan oil and Forever tan after sun lotion. I wish they still made Forever Tan lotion. It was darn good lotion. Kind of pricey, but it was good. Now we are all using sunscreen and hoping we don't get skin cancer!!!!!! | ||
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Post# 507734 , Reply# 11 3/28/2011 at 19:03 (2,007 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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Post# 507760 , Reply# 12 3/28/2011 at 20:47 (2,007 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Anyone remember | ||
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Post# 507765 , Reply# 13 3/28/2011 at 20:54 (2,007 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ) |
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Now gone products
I remember that my Grandmother used Fels Naptha for the laundry. I think that we used Wisk when we got the automatic washer. I do remember the clean smell of Top Job. It seems that you really have to tweak todays cleaning products to get the same results of the vintage products we all discuss here.
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Post# 507794 , Reply# 14 3/28/2011 at 22:51 (2,007 days old) by JoeEkaitis (Rialto, California, USA) |
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Post# 507831 , Reply# 15 3/29/2011 at 06:04 (2,006 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Not All Discontinued, But Still
Like a trip down memory lane!
Excuse me whilst I go and weep for my mispent youth! *LOL* CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK | ||
| Post# 507896 , Reply# 16 3/29/2011 at 11:22 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
I can't think of the name, but she also used a liquid de | ||
| Post# 507897 , Reply# 17 3/29/2011 at 11:23 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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I can't think of the name, but she also used a liquid de | ||
| Post# 507898 , Reply# 18 3/29/2011 at 11:24 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 507900 , Reply# 19 3/29/2011 at 11:27 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Ajax cleaner | ||
| Post# 507904 , Reply# 20 3/29/2011 at 11:37 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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The original
Green or pink Palmolive soap. My Aunt Laverne used this and her bathroom always had that distinctive aroma. Mama would buy it from time to time. I remember these commercials. Many folks do not know Palmolive soap came in pink or green. There was a commercial I remember where twin girls would argue "It's green!" "It's Pink!" Then the maternal unit would say "Girls you're both right! It's green and pink!" Why do I remember such useless trivia?
CLICK HERE TO GO TO franksdad's LINK | ||
| Post# 507905 , Reply# 21 3/29/2011 at 11:43 (2,006 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Jergen;'s Lotion | ||
| Post# 507936 , Reply# 23 3/29/2011 at 14:49 (2,006 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.) | ||
Discontinued detergents and products
Germicide spray. A glass pump spray slender hour glass shaped bottle in two scents, regular, and rose scent. Both smelled the same, but rose was a pink color. Really smelled sort of like sour alcohol, and disinfectant.
Swan dish detergent. Woodbury bar soap. Mum deodorant. Jubilee kitchen wax for appliances. Hai Karate after shave and cologne for men. These were a couple things that came to mind while reading these posts. Brings back a lot of memories. | ||
| Post# 507937 , Reply# 24 3/29/2011 at 14:56 (2,006 days old) by mtn1584 (USA) | ||
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Hey I think I have a few you guys missed........ Does anyone remember "SNOWY" color safe bleach, or "Viva" Papertowels? Has "Rain Barrell" fabric softener been mentioned or the original "Final Touch?" How about "Agree" Shampoo and Conditioner. Mike | ||
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Post# 508006 , Reply# 25 3/29/2011 at 19:40 (2,006 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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Yes I remember ..... Hai Karate. Santa left bottles of it to my brother and me in our stockings one Christmas and we sloshed it on and I'm sure stunk up the whole house using way too much of it, but we thought we were grown because Santa had brought us men's cologne! LOL | ||
| Post# 508010 , Reply# 26 3/29/2011 at 19:51 (2,006 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.) | ||
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That detergent with "Hazel" on the box was Colgate's Burst. It was introduced in 1969 as a concentrated enzyme detergent and was only around a few years. Smelled a lot like Fab before the lemon freshened borax. | ||
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Post# 508032 , Reply# 27 3/29/2011 at 20:21 (2,006 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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The 3 detergents I miss most are Dash, Ajax and Rinso. Also really miss the Original April Fresh Downy. The laundry product that I miss the most and wish I could get some is LaFrance bluing. David | ||
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Post# 508059 , Reply# 28 3/29/2011 at 21:27 (2,006 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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The products I miss are: Jubilee Pride (liquid furniture polish) Both were Johnson Wax products. Sani-Wax (something like Jubilee) I saw Ajax ammoniated cleaner somewhere not too long ago. It was in a gallon jug at a janitorial supply place. | ||
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Post# 508074 , Reply# 29 3/29/2011 at 22:27 (2,006 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT) |
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Burst | ||
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Post# 508105 , Reply# 30 3/30/2011 at 02:08 (2,005 days old) by alr2903 (TN) |
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Slvo laundry tablets, for Spacemate westy machines, Mom would break the big tablet in half. alr2903 | ||
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Post# 508107 , Reply# 31 3/30/2011 at 02:29 (2,005 days old) by sudsmaster (East of SF, West of Eden) |
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What I actually miss...
White King D. It was cheap but had phosphates and worked well.
Real soap version of Ivory Snow. Costco's "Clout" bargain powder, also with phosphates, which worked very well. When they pulled the phosphates out, it performed poorly. And while we are on topic of cleaning products... in the automotive field, in California and probably the rest of the country, chlorinated solvents are pretty much gone from the marketplace. And yet they had many advantages over their substitutions: they were not flammable, they evaporated slowly, and they cut through grease and grime excellently. The replacements are generally highly flammable, mostly acetone or heptane, and evaporate so fast that they don't have much of a chance to dissolve stubborn deposits. I can understand why they are gone - probably something to do with the ozone layer - but they did serve a purpose. There are, however, still some available. Such as electromotive cleaner, which because it's used on electrical parts that might spark, still have chlorinated solvent that are not flammable. Of course I would NEVER use such a product on, say, brake rotors or drums. Never ever. | ||
| Post# 508116 , Reply# 32 3/30/2011 at 04:33 (2,005 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK) | ||
ARIEL - OLD SCENT, quickwash action formula - up till 2005, reformulated in 2006
Ariel Futur - Compact Powder, Tiny Scoop (Discontinued in 2001) Ariel Alpine - 1998-2002, they still sell it in France. Comfort Silk - Disappeared in 2002 Comfort Lily and RiceFlower - lovely smell, they stopped selling it in 2007 Comfort Blue - Old Scent, without the fresh release, Lenor Spring Awakening - Old Scent in Blue Bottles with Blue Cap - late 1990s Lenor Alpine Spirit - Blue Bottle Green Cap - Late 1990s Lenor Oriental Blossom - Blue Bottle Pink Cap - Late 1990s Bold Spring Fresh/Summer Meadow Fresh - 1990s Bold Aqua/Active Fresh - 2000s Daz - Old Scent 90s-2005 Persil Automatic - 80s/Early 90s - My Gran used to have a big box of Persil Automatic and wash the teatowels/bartowels in her Bendix/Zanussi Persil Aloe Vera Liquigel/Small and Mighty Surf Cotton Fresh/Sunfresh/Lemon Fresh - 1999-2003 Asda Logic with Silk Sainsburys Novon Sainsburys Bio Powder - reformulated in 2009 (crap now) was my favourite powder at uni, actually cleaned well and smelt like old Ariel. I remember the days when powder was in bags and small boxes powder was compacted down into a small bag/box liquid had refill pouches Fabric Conditioner had refillable Cartons. 
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Post# 508120 , Reply# 33 3/30/2011 at 05:12 (2,005 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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I talked to my mother... ...last night on the phone and we were reminiscing about the Hai Karate Christmas and she said: "How well I remember! You all were supposed to use just a little bit and instead you put on half the bottle!" I told her she had a good memory! | ||
| Post# 508187 , Reply# 34 3/30/2011 at 12:11 (2,005 days old) by hoovermatic (UK) | ||
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Sainsburys Novon was the best. Why they had to screw around with it I have no idea. Used to come in concentrate powder and one scoop did the works! I really miss that product. | ||
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Post# 508190 , Reply# 36 3/30/2011 at 12:48 (2,005 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Yes, Johnson's Pride was a wax that you buffed with a cloth after it had dried. I think it may have been like paste wax that was thinned down with a solvent. It left a beautiful finish on the wood, unlike the smeary Pledge and other spray waxes. | ||
| Post# 508276 , Reply# 39 3/30/2011 at 21:06 (2,005 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
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| Post# 508313 , Reply# 40 3/31/2011 at 03:12 (2,004 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.) | ||
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Hai Karate | ||
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Post# 508315 , Reply# 41 3/31/2011 at 04:39 (2,004 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Clorox Non-Chlorine Bleach
If youse mean that blue and white box with the huge Clorox logo, it *was* sold here on the east coast. Had several boxes in my stash and am now finishing up the last.
A very good activated oxygen bleach product it was/is. Can be little high foaming but then again it was designed for top loading washing machines. Am also here to tell you that when used as part of a "boil wash" either on the range or in a washing machine, the stuff is fantastic. L. | ||
| Post# 508396 , Reply# 42 3/31/2011 at 14:10 (2,004 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Niagra Instant Starch | ||
| Post# 508398 , Reply# 43 3/31/2011 at 14:14 (2,004 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
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Niagra Instant Starch
in the green box. My Mama used it when I was young to starch shirts and her work dresses. I loved it when she hung out the starched shirts and dresses. When they dried they would be stiff as cardboard. We would bring them in and she would place a sprinkler cap on a Pepsi bottle filled with clear cool water and "dampen down" the clothing. Mama would put the plastic laundry bag filled with starched clothes in the chest freezer until she ironed them. Sometimes Mama would squech my begging and let me starch the pillow cases, dampen them down, and iron them. I would love to have some Niagra Instant starch to starch my shirts in for old time sake. Everytime I go into an old store I look for it.
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| Post# 508399 , Reply# 44 3/31/2011 at 14:22 (2,004 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.) | ||
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| Post# 508403 , Reply# 45 3/31/2011 at 14:32 (2,004 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.) | ||
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Post# 508432 , Reply# 46 3/31/2011 at 17:09 (2,004 days old) by retromania (Anderson, SC ) |
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Launderess... ...thanks for the link to the vintage products! Andy | ||
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Post# 508506 , Reply# 48 4/1/2011 at 01:53 (2,004 days old) by sudsmaster (East of SF, West of Eden) |
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Cleaning products that might not be missed today
Back in the day (my Mom told me) they used to "dry clean" clothes with... gasoline...
Kind of dangerous. However I have an old Binks air compressor in my workshop, and the air intake filter says to clean it in... gasoline... Safer product that followed it was carbon tetrachloride. Until about 20-30 years ago, it was fairly common. You could buy it at supermarkets and hardware stores. Not flammable, but could give off toxic gas if overheated. And it's effectively banned now because of the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbons on the ozone layer. | ||
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Post# 508510 , Reply# 49 4/1/2011 at 02:56 (2,003 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Gasoline For Dry Cleaning
Oh yes they did!
One shudders to think now many housewives and anyone else "dry cleaning" with petrol went to their makers after a horrible death, or were badly burned and or injured to the point of disfigurement. IIRC there is a video on the same site that hosts vintage Ironrite movies about what happened to a woman dry cleaning at home with petrol. All one can remember is the opening shot of a woman running screaming from her house on fire. Many of my vintage housekeeping/laundry manuals from the early part of the 20th century give directions for "dry cleaning" with petrol. However that is going way back just too far a Moi! "French" dry cleaning (as it was known back then), wasn't always available everywhere, especially if one lived outside a major urban area and or out in the country, so people had to make do. Turpentine or petrol was also used when laundering clothing as well. My old manuals give directions and amounts to be used. Basically one added either to boiling soapy water, and it was supposed to do away with all the soaking and scrubbing that went with laundry day before washing machines came along. When you think about it first naptha soaps, then modern detergents (which are made from petrol based chemicals), replaced the former. | ||
| Post# 508511 , Reply# 50 4/1/2011 at 03:19 (2,003 days old) by lavamat_jon (-) | ||
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"More dangerous than dynamite" CLICK HERE TO GO TO lavamat_jon's LINK | ||
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Post# 772941 , Reply# 51 7/24/2014 at 22:54 (793 days old) by arris (Rochester New York) |
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I've been reading all the posts regarding what we all remember using or our mother's using brings back great memories, I do have to say that I love reading Launderess's posts, the way she phrases them is great.. It's great reading them !!!! some of them I laugh until I have tears in my eyes, they are great pick me up's !!!!!!
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Post# 773064 , Reply# 52 7/25/2014 at 15:08 (792 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Powdered Calgon in Chicago | ||
| Post# 773068 , Reply# 53 7/25/2014 at 15:43 (792 days old) by liberatordeluxe (Chelmsford) | ||
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Post# 773069 , Reply# 54 7/25/2014 at 15:48 (792 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Cheer Has Been Discontiuned | ||
| Post# 773366 , Reply# 56 7/27/2014 at 07:31 (790 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
for me brand that where discontinued or stop selling 
Hello to all aw members,
I know this thread is old but i need to post this in the province of quebec idk what was the reason they discontinued selling all laundry detergent (*thats still avalable in the us) oxydol laundry detergent wisk bold 3 ect i wish they would start selling these producs again in the province of quebec like all laundry detergent powerder for non he washers and he washer in other word for all machines same with wisk and oxydol and other laundry detergent and product avalable in the us that should be made avalable for canadiens including the province of quebec. sigh | ||
| Post# 773406 , Reply# 57 7/27/2014 at 11:54 (790 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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Nobody mentioned Calgonite Dishwasher Detergent. It was about as popular as Cascade or Finish. My parents used it in their GE Mobile Maid circa 1961 or so. | ||
| Post# 898969 , Reply# 59 9/16/2016 at 11:38 by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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My mom used Sears detergent. I don't know who made it, but she liked it. My grandma liked Oxydol. | ||
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Post# 899026 , Reply# 62 9/16/2016 at 20:08 by wayupnorth (Maine - Vacationland ) |
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My extra manual with my '48 Kenmore has another booklet dedicated to the Housewife as to how a Mrs Martin kept her kids clothes perfect, curtains stretched and the husband that worked to pay for the washer had bright, crisp shirts with Rinso-O. Guess in 1948 Sears did not pack Tide in every new washer, but that booklet is a hoot that only Rinso-O would work right.Obviously that was written by a man paid by Rinso-O in 1948 and the lady of the house had her interview. My clinical test shows cheap liquid detergent works just fine in it. My mother used original Tide for everything. It made me sneeze to smell it up close but as she said, It scours well.
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Post# 899043 , Reply# 63 9/17/2016 at 00:42 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Rinse-O | ||
| Post# 899052 , Reply# 64 9/17/2016 at 03:12 by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
Is Fresh Start around? Judging from what I see with a Google search, it's no longer available... If so, that would be my nomination. I remember my mother using it at one point in the 80s.
I got a bottle 5-10 years ago. I'm the formula is different, but it was fun... I half wish I'd gotten more when it went on clearance at my usual grocery store. | ||
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Post# 899068 , Reply# 65 9/17/2016 at 06:32 by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Fresh Start
Someone was selling the stuff on eBay last year. Grabbed several bottles and am still on the first one opened.
Near as one can see there were two varieties; one with enzymes (proteinase) and without. Otherwise formulas are the same basic phosphates (about 14%), nonionic surfactants, OBAs, etc... Truth to tell a blend of anionic and nonionic surfactants are better than one of the either. Anionic surfactants are like soaps and really good at dealing with oils, grease, and fats. Like the scent of Fresh Start, and it is low sudsing with good rinsing. | ||
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