Thread Number: 40684
Finish Dishwasher Tablets - Expiry Date? |
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Post# 601892   6/8/2012 at 07:00 (4,338 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK)   |   | |
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Ive just moved into a shared house and we ran out of dishwasher tablets. I went to B&M and got a box of 42 Regular Finish all in one Tablets for £3.99, they had the old packaging and the Which Label from March 2009.
I checked the underneath and it says 15 03 2011, does this mean they have expired, and can I still use them?, Ive already done one wash with them and they dissolved fine, but I only ran a Quick wash, so it didn't really get the full effect of drying. one would think they would be okay being dishwasher tablets in plastic wrappers. I shall do another wash with them and see how it copes on a regular wash. If it doesn't wash well, then its back to Asda Citrus all in one or Magnum Lemon all in one tablets |
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Post# 602414 , Reply# 2   6/10/2012 at 16:36 (4,336 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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In my stash, some >ten years old including the several crates of vintage Henkel Persil, and all work pretty much as they should.
The only thing is such products must be stored in a cool and dry environment. So if the package is "expanding" or what not that means moisture has some how gotten in and yes, the stuff is no good. When Electrasol tablets (as the product was known before Finish took over) came out here there was a sale of stock before the switch over. Purchased a good amount of canisters and boxes of those tablets. None of the packets expanded or otherwise went off, and still did the job as intended. The only problem we saw was that as time went into years the darn things became hard as rocks. Took to using a mallet to whack the closed packet to bits before using. Mind you did so because one tablet caused huge froth issues in our dishwasher,so only used half tab per load. Have no idea if one of the hockey puck tabs would have disolved on it's own if dispensed. |
Post# 602574 , Reply# 3   6/11/2012 at 04:41 (4,335 days old) by zanussi_lover (Nottingham, UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1148294 , Reply# 7   5/8/2022 at 10:13 (717 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK)   |   | |
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Used to be a user of Finish but swapped to Fairy instead. Cleans better and cheaper in the long run if you buy from Savers or Wilko. |