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Thread Number: 64841
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
We're using way too much laundry detergent, and here's why |
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Post# 874886 3/29/2016 at 19:16 (2,939 days old) by Ultramatic  (New York City) |
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Post# 874891 , Reply# 1 3/29/2016 at 19:51 (2,939 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 I guess I'm missing the point -- if there was one. He never states that following the manufacturer's dosing recommendation is wasteful, and the people he spoke with appeared to be using less than a full scoop or cup, which sounds like the right thing to be doing.
Out the manufacturers if they're telling us to use more than we should. That's what I was expecting this clip to do. I was additionally expecting some advice on the correct amount to use.
There doesn't appear to be a "print" article that might contain a fuller story, so I'm left wondering how this guy thinks interviewing people who all tended to use less detergent than recommended backs up his claim that we're all wasting the stuff.
Maybe the Yahoo news department has infiltrated The Post.
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| Post# 874941 , Reply# 3 3/30/2016 at 06:49 (2,939 days old) by joeypete (Concord, NH) | ||
It's very true though...reality is you only need a small amount of modern detergents. With any detergent, if I followed the package directions, I would have major sudsing. That was true in my HE machine and in my GE FF. Like Persil for example...the directions say to use 1/4 cup for regular loads and about 1/3 cup for large or dirty loads. I can't even use 1/4 cup most of the time, it gets way too sudsy. I find about 1/8 cup is perfect in my FF.
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Post# 874957 , Reply# 4 3/30/2016 at 09:44 (2,939 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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for one thing, most of the dosing caps are hard to figure out where the lines are...it might be a bit easier if they were highlighted.....
what most people fail to realize is the recommended loads per bottle is for 'medium' size loads......yet they are washing over size loads....considering less is more, they might be right on track.... when it comes to detergents like Gain and Tide, in a FLer, I find a shot glass to be the perfect dosage for every load....just easier to measure that way, plus I leave the shot glass in the dispenser to clean it as well.... most concentrated liquids are so thick, you can't rinse out the excess stuck inside the cap as you would with a TLer while it's filling.... | ||
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Post# 874982 , Reply# 5 3/30/2016 at 13:49 (2,938 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I was a bit heavy-handed with detergent, too. I'm amazed at how little detergent is automatically dosed by the Maytag front-loader at the soft water setting for an average 8-lb. load. Clothes are clean, so no complaints.
In Other Detergent-Related News: My Hy-Vee grocery store has stopped carrying Persil 2-in-1. Noticed only a few jugs of it left at Walmart last time I was there. Every other version of Persil is stocked in abundance at both places. I'm still a Tide Ultra Stain Release guy at heart, but stockpiled a few jugs of Persil 2-in-1 in case they become extinct out here on the prairie. | ||
| Post# 874984 , Reply# 6 3/30/2016 at 13:54 (2,938 days old) by mamapinky (blairsville pa) | ||
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Speaking of Persil 2 in 1 it just beat Tide in CR again this year. Cheryl | ||
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Post# 874986 , Reply# 7 3/30/2016 at 14:02 (2,938 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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I'd venture a guess that we all get a feeling for how much is the right amount over time. In Munich, I used a zeolith based water softener and Persil Mega-Perls. Worked great. Here, I use TSP or STTP and one of a variety of enzyme based name brand no-scent detergents (can't stand strong scents) and double the washing time on everything. Wash at 145F, of course as the bullshit about cold water washing is total nonsense. Everything comes out just as clean as it did in Germany and, in both cases, I use the normal amount of detergent for the quantity of clothing being washed. My mom, who was an early enzyme adopter, lets her FL fill with warm water (120F, not 75F), tumble for five minutes and then resets the start to delay by one hour. Everything comes out clean as a whistle and she uses the recommended amount of whichever Persil is on sale. | ||
| Post# 875114 , Reply# 9 3/31/2016 at 10:30 (2,938 days old) by liamy1 (-) | ||
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Yes. Mr_b, exact same here, hotter = more suds and lighter loads the same. | ||
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