Thread Number: 69605
/ Tag: Detergents and Additives
Sta-Puf Fabric Rinse & Other Long Gone Products |
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Post# 925008   3/5/2017 at 04:01 (2,608 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Someone needs to bring this back!
archive.org/details/1960Commerci... Never heard of Bonus detergent. Must have been a regional thing. archive.org/details/dmbb47809... archive.org/details/dmbb46903... archive.org/details/dmbb46902... archive.org/details/dmbb40111... archive.org/details/dmbb47808... Dash! archive.org/details/1958Commerci... This post was last edited 03/05/2017 at 04:25 |
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Post# 925118 , Reply# 1   3/5/2017 at 13:47 (2,608 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 925125 , Reply# 3   3/5/2017 at 14:06 (2,608 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Sta-Puf wasn't thick and gooey, either; didn't clog the softener dispenser on our 1960 Kenmore. Sta-Puf was purchased when it was on sale; otherwise we used similarly non-viscous Hilex lemon-scented fabric softener. It was a pretty yellow color, much like the background of this forum, LOL.
My mom also used Bonus detergent when it was on sale, so it was definitely available up here on the open prairie. Since the towels were rather thin, she'd give them to me to use when I was a kid. This post was last edited 03/05/2017 at 14:32 |
Post# 925154 , Reply# 4   3/5/2017 at 16:00 (2,608 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Sta-Puf was the first FS my mom used. then Texize. when the "blues" came out (Downey & Final Touch) came out, she used that a lot. We got free sample of Sta-Puf in the Kenmore 800 in 1970. I asked so many questions the salesman gave me several more bottles of it before we left the shopping center (we had to go back through sears after we'd been elsewhere in the mall to get back to the car. |
Post# 925157 , Reply# 5   3/5/2017 at 16:07 (2,608 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Post# 925163 , Reply# 7   3/5/2017 at 16:49 (2,608 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Launderess and Angus--- You'd be amazed at how people can turn a blind eye to getting less product if there's something free inside the box. We always had softened water growing up, so my mom was very parsimonious with detergent, usually around 1/3 to 1/2 cup for a full load. She also used a suds-saver so that further reduced detergent use.
Launderess, thanks for posting links to all the videos! |
Post# 925193 , Reply# 9   3/5/2017 at 19:00 (2,608 days old) by washman (o)   |   | |
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Hi frig! |
Post# 925208 , Reply# 10   3/5/2017 at 22:19 (2,607 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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I have a couple of small boxes of Bonus in my collection. Although they have the same picture on the front, the one on the left says it has 6.1% phosphorus and to use 1 and 1/4 cups for a normal load, while the one on the right has 9.7% phosphorus and says to use 1 and 1/2 to 2 cups per load. So it was around long enough for them to fiddle with the formula.
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Post# 925209 , Reply# 11   3/5/2017 at 22:25 (2,607 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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Other "premium" brands gave you glasses, dishes, and spoons. I remember seeing those glasses in somebody's house. They were nicer than the jelly jars, anyway.
I suppose I'll open them one day. As Launderess once said, there's no point being one of those people who dies with a lot of unused detergent!
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Post# 925212 , Reply# 12   3/5/2017 at 22:55 (2,607 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 926327 , Reply# 14   3/12/2017 at 01:37 (2,601 days old) by iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas)   |   | |
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My mother used sta puff. I remember her swearing if she missed the rinse. Sometimes she would have one of us kids stay with the machine. We were supposed to call her when the wash water drained so she could add the softener. I would usually volunteer because I could lift the lid and watch the clothes swish.
I also remember her boiling starch on the stove too. Then she would pour the boiling pot into the second "wrench". After the spin she would put my dads trousers on these stretchers to dry. Then she pressed a crease so tight it would cut you. |