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Thread Number: 46865
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| Post# 682376 6/4/2013 at 08:13 (3,972 days old) by italmex (milano) | ||
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To remove spots (protein, fat, etc.), to have splendid whites, Vanish or Oxi Clean. Powder or liquid or gel? Thanks | ||
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| Post# 682381 , Reply# 1 6/4/2013 at 10:46 (3,972 days old) by dave886 (united kingdom) | ||
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oxi powder for whites & vanish for colours, because vanish is very weak, wash the soil item on a long wash with prewash selected just for boost of cleaning action | ||
| Post# 682384 , Reply# 2 6/4/2013 at 11:05 (3,972 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Post# 682403 , Reply# 3 6/4/2013 at 14:12 (3,972 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Vanish
Is a brand of oxygen bleach based laundry products from Reckitt Benckiser sold many in the EU, UK and elsewhere outside the USA. In the States similar products were sold under the brand "Spray n Wash Pink" tablets, powder and other in wash stain remover products. RB discontinued the line a few years ago but Vanish is still sold.
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Post# 682404 , Reply# 4 6/4/2013 at 14:20 (3,972 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Per se oxygen bleaches alone do not break down fats, and proteins, but they will make laundry whiter and remove stains. To remove the soils mentioned there are various other substances such as washing soda, surfactants, enzymes, borax etc... These can often be found mixed with some oxygen based bleach/stain removers or on their own.
Oxiclean powder is not a great choice for oxygen bleach as it is >50% washing soda IIRC. You would be much better off with either pure sodium percarbonate or at least the offerings of stain removers with oxygen bleach and enzymes from Vanish, P&G (Tide or Ariel), and so forth. Washing soda (sodium carbonate) is added to oxygen bleaches to increase the pH making the in water solution more alkaline which enhances performance. Truth to tell sodium percarbonate already contains enough washing soda to do the job on it's own and the balance often comes from powdered laundry detergents that contain sodium carbonate. If a oxygen bleach product must contain washing soda choose one with the lowest ratio of sodium carbonate to sodium percarbonate. Excess washing soda is used mainly as filler and really not necessary. | ||
| Post# 682431 , Reply# 5 6/4/2013 at 18:20 (3,972 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires) | ||
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Vanish Is available locally in Argentina. CLICK HERE TO GO TO thor's LINK | ||
| Post# 682432 , Reply# 6 6/4/2013 at 18:21 (3,972 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires) | ||
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OxiClean But I personally prefer OxiClean. CLICK HERE TO GO TO thor's LINK | ||
| Post# 682670 , Reply# 8 6/6/2013 at 02:42 (3,970 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California) | ||
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Post# 682734 , Reply# 13 6/6/2013 at 10:32 (3,970 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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 The German consumer magazine tested many stain removers and only Sil powder by Henkel did well. All the others not so much. Powders did better than gels or liquids.
I see that all these stain removers are basically expensive detergent (oxy + enzymes) so I think a little extra detergent would do just as well at removing stains . I also see that Vanish says to add one scoop to four liters of water, letting it all soak for an hour to achieve the antibacterial effect. How's that possible in a washing machine that surely uses more than four liters per fill? | ||
| Post# 682960 , Reply# 14 6/7/2013 at 17:31 (3,969 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
even a 60C wash in my machine is short,
Mat,
Not quite sure what you are using, but it maybe worthwhile to engage the pre-wash option if you have one with a half dose of detergent in addition to the longest cotton 60c cycle if things don't come clean with Persil/Ariel or, as an alternative, ALDI Almat Stain Lifter Bio. This was the best detergent in the last Which? test by 5%.... .....and as a bonus, it costs 1/3 the amount to use @ 11p per load compared to 30p for Ariel. | ||
| Post# 683367 , Reply# 15 6/10/2013 at 12:00 (3,966 days old) by gmmcnair (Portland, OR) | ||
Washing Soda and Borax
I make my own laundry soap...no not the dreck you see posted on the Internet...real natural liquid soap made with potassium hydroxide. It works great in soft water although I have no optical brightener.
When my clothes are extra dirty, on my white stuff, I usually add some borax to the wash to boost things and whiten. I usually follow up with a line dry in the sun if I can. My whites are splendidly white. Colored stuff like dish towels I use a bit of washing soda b/c I think its alkalinity helps boost oily stain removal a bit better. | ||
| Post# 683759 , Reply# 17 6/13/2013 at 06:39 (3,963 days old) by paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Mat,
Poundstretcher sell 100 wash boxes of Professional Ariel Antibacterial Plus for £16.99. It is very good and claims to disinfect at 40 deg ( as long as the contact time exceeds 10 mins ). I have really soft water so get away with 50ml per load so actually I should get 200 washes out of a box. A LOT cheaper than buying ordinary Ariel Bio from the supermarket.
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