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Post# 507498   3/28/2011 at 05:07 (4,750 days old) by twinniefan (Sydney Australia)   |   | |
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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 (4,750 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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Post# 507616 , Reply# 3   3/28/2011 at 13:18 (4,749 days old) by kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Post# 507640 , Reply# 4   3/28/2011 at 14:16 (4,749 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. |
Post# 507649 , Reply# 5   3/28/2011 at 14:45 (4,749 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! |
Post# 507685 , Reply# 7   3/28/2011 at 16:30 (4,749 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 507718 , Reply# 9   3/28/2011 at 18:23 (4,749 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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I don't remember the clear Sea 'n Ski , but I loved that suntan lotion. |
Post# 507720 , Reply# 10   3/28/2011 at 18:32 (4,749 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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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!!!!!! |
Post# 507734 , Reply# 11   3/28/2011 at 19:03 (4,749 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 (4,749 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 507765 , Reply# 13   3/28/2011 at 20:54 (4,749 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ)   |   | |
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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 (4,749 days old) by JoeEkaitis (Rialto, California, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 507831 , Reply# 15   3/29/2011 at 06:04 (4,749 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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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 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 507897 , Reply# 17   3/29/2011 at 11:23 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 507898 , Reply# 18   3/29/2011 at 11:24 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 507900 , Reply# 19   3/29/2011 at 11:27 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 507904 , Reply# 20   3/29/2011 at 11:37 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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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?
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Post# 507905 , Reply# 21   3/29/2011 at 11:43 (4,748 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 507936 , Reply# 23   3/29/2011 at 14:49 (4,748 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.)   |   | |
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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# 508006 , Reply# 25   3/29/2011 at 19:40 (4,748 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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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 (4,748 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. |
Post# 508032 , Reply# 27   3/29/2011 at 20:21 (4,748 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 |
Post# 508059 , Reply# 28   3/29/2011 at 21:27 (4,748 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. |
Post# 508074 , Reply# 29   3/29/2011 at 22:27 (4,748 days old) by GadgetGary (Bristol,CT)   |   | |
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Post# 508105 , Reply# 30   3/30/2011 at 02:08 (4,748 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 |
Post# 508107 , Reply# 31   3/30/2011 at 02:29 (4,748 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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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 (4,748 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK)   |   | |
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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. |
Post# 508120 , Reply# 33   3/30/2011 at 05:12 (4,748 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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...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 (4,747 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. |
Post# 508190 , Reply# 36   3/30/2011 at 12:48 (4,747 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# 508200 , Reply# 37   3/30/2011 at 14:09 (4,747 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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A couple of recollections:
AllWays Soft (Texize...softener which you could use in the wash, rinse or dryer...you used more in the wash than the rinse, and squirted it onto a washrag and tossed it into the dryer--late 70s) Switch (color safe liquid bleach...I remember the ads on the noon news-mid 70s) Clorox detergent (late '80s, test marketed in Chattanooga, TN) Cinch (P&G dishwashing liquid, late '80s, with grit in it for scrubbing, test marketed in Kansas City). unusual swing spout (instead of push/pull). Later name resurrected as a window cleaner (mid 90s) Monchel (P&G complexion bar...probably a Dove knockoff...mid '80s) Liqua4 (Dial pearly liquid soap in a bar-soap-sized/shaped plastic bottle, tested in Michigan early 80s) Borax Sudz (local brand in St. Louis, sold in barrels by Famous Barr...I think the point was to phone Famous' notions department and have a 50 lb container delivered back when department stores delivered) Famous-Barr actually advertising drug-store stuff (they pulled this out of the stores in the early 80s I'd guess) |
Post# 508276 , Reply# 39   3/30/2011 at 21:06 (4,747 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Post# 508313 , Reply# 40   3/31/2011 at 03:12 (4,747 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.)   |   | |
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Post# 508315 , Reply# 41   3/31/2011 at 04:39 (4,747 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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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 (4,746 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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Post# 508398 , Reply# 43   3/31/2011 at 14:14 (4,746 days old) by franksdad (Greenville, South Carolina)   |   | |
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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 (4,746 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.)   |   | |
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Post# 508403 , Reply# 45   3/31/2011 at 14:32 (4,746 days old) by booandsue (Middlesex Vt.)   |   | |
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Post# 508432 , Reply# 46   3/31/2011 at 17:09 (4,746 days old) by retromania (Anderson, South Carolina)   |   | |
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...thanks for the link to the vintage products! Andy |
Post# 508506 , Reply# 48   4/1/2011 at 01:53 (4,746 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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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. |
Post# 508510 , Reply# 49   4/1/2011 at 02:56 (4,746 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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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 (4,746 days old) by lavamat_jon (UK)   |   | |
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"More dangerous than dynamite" CLICK HERE TO GO TO lavamat_jon's LINK |
Post# 772941 , Reply# 51   7/24/2014 at 22:54 (3,535 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 (3,534 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 773068 , Reply# 53   7/25/2014 at 15:43 (3,534 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK)   |   | |
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I miss the old perfumes of Ariel and Persil, they were just soapy none of these silly fragrances you see in the supermarkets. I liked Sainsbury's Novon and Ariel 'Ultra'. |
Post# 773069 , Reply# 54   7/25/2014 at 15:48 (3,534 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 773366 , Reply# 56   7/27/2014 at 07:31 (3,532 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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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 (3,532 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 (2,750 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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used Sears detergent. I don't know who made it, but she liked it. My grandma liked Oxydol. |
Post# 899026 , Reply# 62   9/16/2016 at 20:08 (2,750 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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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 (2,750 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 899052 , Reply# 64   9/17/2016 at 03:12 (2,750 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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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. |
Post# 899068 , Reply# 65   9/17/2016 at 06:32 (2,750 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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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. |
Post# 900973 , Reply# 68   9/29/2016 at 09:53 (2,737 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 900997 , Reply# 69   9/29/2016 at 11:51 (2,737 days old) by aquarius1984 (Planet earth)   |   | |
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Radion when it was first brought out in the UK circa 1989 was actually Levers TOL detergent. I hadnt realsied this until we got a copy of the Which report from when it first came out.
It actually went in as a competitor to Ariel as it not only washed biologically and targeted stains but also odours. Radion had extra ingredients to Persil and was around IIRC 20p a box more expensive. It was also slightly more expensive than Ariel. Of the era it is interesting to look back and see that actually Daz was marketed as Persils competitor although it was cheaper to buy. Il explain... Ariel & Radion - TV adverts centred around science and men in white coats, marketed towards stains, smells, target audience DINK's - Double Income No Kids and families who were well off. Persil and Daz - Family cleaning, Mum knows best, WHITENESS. Adverst centred around cleanliness and family. Surf and Bold, marketed as cleaning well on the whole wash and costing a little less, not specifically aimed at any market group but definitely VFM. Wisk was an oddball. More centred around coloured washes although supposedly capable of cleaning everything - debateable as to where it stood in the market but from what I remember it was between Surf and Persils price point. I cant help but think that the Victor washing machine Ad's had it aimed at DINK's who didnt really wish to spend money on an expensive product whereas Surf was more a family/economy thing. Radion never really fitted in and from what I remmeber as its life fizzled out it ended up being downgraded with a similar cleaning performance albeit a different fragrance to Surf which then as Chris points out ended up absorbed into that brand. |
Post# 901031 , Reply# 71   9/29/2016 at 16:25 (2,737 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 901036 , Reply# 72   9/29/2016 at 16:47 (2,737 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Quite a few detergents tried putting towels, washcloths or other premiums inside the box.
In addition to Breeze, Lever also did this with Silver Dust, and P&G tried it with Bonus. P&G's Duz also had cups, plates, and glasses at different times; the boxes suggested buying it in bulk with your neighbors in order to build a set of dishes faster. I suppose it might have made some sense for large families that broke a lot of dishes, but no doubt the main idea was to make people think they were getting something for nothing, Which rarely happens. |
Post# 901146 , Reply# 73   9/30/2016 at 08:18 (2,736 days old) by richardc1983 (Leeds, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 901170 , Reply# 76   9/30/2016 at 09:42 (2,736 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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See above - there's a whole discussion about it. Radion Sun Fresh became Surf Sun Fresh after it was discontinued.
The "new" Radion is name only and when I looked at the ingredients list it was >5% of everything, so I wouldn't expect it to be much good. On par with Easy & Morning Fresh (pound shop specials). |
Post# 901171 , Reply# 77   9/30/2016 at 09:44 (2,736 days old) by AquaCycle (West Yorkshire, UK)   |   | |
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There's also a whole load of Radion Sun Fresh chatter on this thread.
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Post# 905200 , Reply# 78   11/2/2016 at 17:09 (2,703 days old) by Hotpointwfwt02 (Manchester)   |   | |
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Post# 905219 , Reply# 79   11/2/2016 at 19:56 (2,703 days old) by GRWasher_expert (Athens)   |   | |
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So the only liquid form of Persil available in the UK is Small and mighty?How long is the liquigel discontinued?In the rest of Europe Skip/Omo liquigel is still sold. |
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Post# 1188347 , Reply# 84   8/23/2023 at 23:03 (218 days old) by Tjb (60 Mali Drive North Plainfield, New Jersey)   |   | |
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Post# 1188349 , Reply# 85   8/23/2023 at 23:13 (218 days old) by Tjb (60 Mali Drive North Plainfield, New Jersey)   |   | |
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Oxydol, Instant Fels, Cheer, LaFrance Whitener/Brightener, Snowy Bleach, Salvo Tablets, Kirkman Flakes, Ivory Flakes, Lux, Rinso, Cold Power, Drive, Punch, Fab with Lemon Freshened Borax, Duz, Dishwasher All, Electrasol, Sta-Puf Softener, Rain Barrel Softener, Final Touch Softener, Nucoa Softener, ShopRite Fluffy Pink Fabric Softener. |
Post# 1188352 , Reply# 86   8/23/2023 at 23:29 (218 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.))   |   | |
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Post# 1188378 , Reply# 87   8/24/2023 at 08:50 (217 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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^ Great photo, Tjb
I couldn’t find a photo, but around 2007-09 Whole Foods had their 365 brand dryer sheets in a pink box with some kind of a floral scent. I forget the name of the scent, but it was so soft, floral and light. I normally buy unscented dryer sheets, but that was one I liked. Opaque white dish liquids with mild scents. Ivory was mentioned in an older comment up above, but there was also Dove. Mop & Glo floor cleaner Glass Plus is still being sold, but they recently updated the packaging (again), and that kind of ruined it for me. The last bottle design was better, but what I really liked was the old style bottle pictured here: |
Post# 1188390 , Reply# 88   8/24/2023 at 12:14 (217 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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I still have an ancient bottle of Mrs. Stewart's Blueing. It only takes a few drops in the final rinse, and I have used it from time to time. |
Post# 1188393 , Reply# 89   8/24/2023 at 12:24 (217 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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When I was in the 8th grade in ‘64 there was an older woman named Mrs Amundsen that lived near the school that used Mrs. Stewart’s Bluing on her white hair as a final rinse. She didn’t apply it very evenly and her hair used to look like the sky with fluffy clouds in it. I thought that it was a fascinating look.
We used to use it in the final rinse for whites in the laundry tub that we rinsed the clothes that were washed in our Maytag Wringer washer. Eddie |
Post# 1188394 , Reply# 90   8/24/2023 at 12:33 (217 days old) by panasonicvac (Northern Utah)   |   | |
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I remember this non HE Tide powder was one of the things that really got me into laundry.
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Post# 1188399 , Reply# 91   8/24/2023 at 13:38 (217 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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^Lol about the Mrs Stewart’s Bluing. I think I might just try that. Today I was searching for White Brite but the store that used to carry it doesn’t have it. Maybe I’ll buy that instead. Our well water makes whites so dingy.
And I always like the original Tide powder too, my mother used that when I was growing up.
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Post# 1188402 , Reply# 92   8/24/2023 at 14:03 (217 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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I miss the original scent of several products.
Dawn dish detergent. Tide powder. April Fresh Downy. There's more that I just can't think of at the moment. As for a product that I miss; Final Touch fabric softener. I don't know if it's officially discontinued, but we haven't been able to find it anywhere for quite some time now. In a web search, the only thing I can find says that it was discontinued by the manufacturer in 2018. We definitely bought it more recently than that. Maybe until last year. |
Post# 1188407 , Reply# 93   8/24/2023 at 15:32 (217 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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^ The scents were so nostalgic, and also wish some stayed the same. I still have a tiny bottle of Palmolive dish liquid from before they changed it to whatever the smell is now, and sniff it occasionally for the nostalgia.
How about DidiSeven stain remover? I remember the commercials but never tried it. I can’t believe they still make it. Maybe I’ll try it sometime and see if it really works:
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Post# 1188411 , Reply# 94   8/24/2023 at 15:57 (217 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Far as one knows Final Touch fabric softener was discontinued back in 2018. There seems to be quite a lot of it out there so maybe someone else bought the name.
www.ontimesupplies.com/pb.... For those who like a good read.... www.ontimesupplies.com/pb.... Downy (P&G) was top selling premium FS on US market with Final Touch (Lever Bros.) second in sales. Balance of market was made up of lesser brands such as Lavender Sachet with Sta-Puf dead last (barely one percent market share). What happened to Final Touch? Lever Bros. launched Snuggle, that's what. *LOL* Though Lever Bros. hadn't intended for Snuggle FS to cannibalize sales from Final Touch, in many markets that is exactly what happened. Snuggle was positioned as lower priced offering compared to Downy and Final Touch. Latter's claim to fame against Downy wasn't so much softening but whitening. www.automaticwasher.org/c... baltimorebrew.com/2014/02/12/ano... |
Post# 1188431 , Reply# 95   8/24/2023 at 20:31 (217 days old) by JoeEkaitis (Rialto, California, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 1188578 , Reply# 96   8/26/2023 at 18:21 (215 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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Post# 1188720 , Reply# 98   8/28/2023 at 08:40 (213 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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^ That would great, I’ll go search for it locally too if it’s still around in other markets. Haven’t seen it in years, only Dial Basics, but I think that one has been discontinued too (recently).
Ivory is a good soap and I go back to that one often, but wish the company would bring back some of these other things in the classic Ivory soap scent:
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Post# 1188734 , Reply# 99   8/28/2023 at 11:31 (213 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA)   |   | |
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Post# 1188736 , Reply# 100   8/28/2023 at 11:55 (213 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Post# 1188753 , Reply# 101   8/28/2023 at 15:16 (213 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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Same here about the Ivory dish soap. I actually remember this commercial, it aired when I was maybe 5 or 6. I’d love to get into a Time Machine and travel back to those times, I’d stockpile the cleaning and bath & body products :D.
I don’t work in marketing or advertising, but I have a good friend who does. He has the same line of thought, in that that many companies would kill for an iconic scent like Ivory has, and he has the same shocked reaction when companies take the iconic scented products and completely change them. Maybe the sales are better now? I have no idea, but I think the dish soap is pretty bad & perfume-y now, and I miss the laundry detergent in that scent. I liked the green Palmolive bar soap too, and the “gold” one. CLICK HERE TO GO TO yuccadew's LINK |
Post# 1188769 , Reply# 103   8/28/2023 at 19:51 (213 days old) by hobbyapocalypse (Northeast Pennsylvania)   |   | |
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Just found out this summer, when I went to buy some, that you can't get "Dove for Dishes" anymore. My last bottle lasted such a long time because I used it only for cleaning phonograph records, the vinyl ones not the older shellac discs. I couldn't find anything that looked comparable to Dove. I wound up getting a small bottle of Sesame Street Baby Wash. It says "gentle formula" but it is very noticeably scented and I haven't tried it on any records yet.
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Post# 1188854 , Reply# 104   8/29/2023 at 23:16 (212 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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Whatever happened to Cascade plastic booster? I would've liked to try some. |
Post# 1188873 , Reply# 105   8/30/2023 at 10:11 (211 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 1188876 , Reply# 106   8/30/2023 at 10:50 (211 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Post# 1188891 , Reply# 107   8/30/2023 at 13:20 (211 days old) by labboy (SD, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1188918 , Reply# 108   8/30/2023 at 16:05 (211 days old) by yuccadew ( US / East Coast )   |   | |
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unimatic1140- those Addit containers are adorable. So cool that you saved them!
Whenever I see things like that, it reminds me that some day l’d like to go to the Museum of Failed Products in Michigan. I bet they have a lot of fun things like that: CLICK HERE TO GO TO yuccadew's LINK |
Post# 1188944 , Reply# 109   8/30/2023 at 23:14 (211 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Addit was a laundry booster liquid largely based on phosphate, solvent and surfactants (nonionic?) and other substances. Miracle White is something similar that comes to mind.
"A washing-aid composition suitable for removal of stains and soil from delicate fabrics which are deleteriously affected by alkaline pH conditions which contains a phosphate ester surfactant, an alkali metal salt of an aminopolyacetic acid in an amount sufficient to essentially neutralize the surfactant to a pH of about 7, a water miscible organic solvent in an amount sufficient to solubilize organic borne stains and dirt, and water in an amount sufficient to solubilize the aminopolyacetic acid salt." patents.google.com/patent/US3956... At some point Addit seems to have joined phosphate free bandwagon. www.dirtdoctor.com/garden... |
Post# 1189004 , Reply# 110   8/31/2023 at 19:11 (210 days old) by brendawinifred (central New York)   |   | |
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Breck Shampoo. Appliance dealers giving a dozen or so small boxes of Tide with a new machine. AND best of all for me- the commercials and their jingles. They were actually FUN to watch and sing along with. |
Post# 1189008 , Reply# 111   8/31/2023 at 19:39 (210 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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"I am always reminded of "Behind the Green Door" when I see Marilyn Chambers on the old boxes of Ivory Snow. I loved the smell of that detergent."
Original Ivory Snow was pure granulated soap. P&G spent huge sums over years marketing Ivory Snow as not being a detergent and thus more gentle for laundering a host of things from diapers to woolens to lady's flimsy things. But yes, the stuff had a wonderful scent. Nothing makes one go all broody than a whiff of Ivory Snow of old.. In the end not even mighty advertising and marketing campaings by P&G could forestall the inevitable. Ivory Snow switched from being a soap based product to "gentle care" detergent. |
Post# 1189023 , Reply# 112   8/31/2023 at 22:43 (210 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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As mentioned in the post above, the detergent scent took me back home in the sixties. For a while, Tide with Bleach had the same scent but they kept changing it. Dash was a great detergent that would have had a future but P&G had to make all of its vintage brands into some variation of a Tide that doesn't even exist anymore. Dash was a low-sudsing product; low-sudsing was the vintage term for "HE" of course.
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Post# 1189025 , Reply# 113   8/31/2023 at 22:58 (210 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Post# 1189320 , Reply# 114   9/4/2023 at 18:25 (206 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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