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Best detergents for speed queen top load. |
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Post# 960992 , Reply# 1   10/6/2017 at 19:32 (2,364 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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I have a newer speed queen too load 2015 when I bought it and I love Persil liquid detergent
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Post# 961003 , Reply# 2   10/6/2017 at 20:00 (2,364 days old) by agiflow2 ()   |   | |
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How is Persil ? Is it a high sudser ? I may give it a try when I get a chance if it rinses cleaner. Don't want to keep using two rinses on my machine. |
Post# 961006 , Reply# 3   10/6/2017 at 20:18 (2,364 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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Post# 961011 , Reply# 5   10/6/2017 at 21:08 (2,364 days old) by Dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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Post# 961019 , Reply# 6   10/6/2017 at 22:14 (2,364 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI)   |   | |
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Tide and Persil are my go to in my SQ. No issues with sudsing for either detergent. The hardness of our water is around 8 GPG. I normally dose per instructions but sometimes go a little more or less depending on what I'm washing. |
Post# 961034 , Reply# 9   10/6/2017 at 23:53 (2,364 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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I was going to suggest Rosalie's Zero Suds -- if you can afford it. Another thing you can try is adding some borax. I've noticed it helps reduce suds.
I don't own a SQ, but I did own basically the same machine in a 1997 Raytheon Amana disguise. It was indeed horrible at rinsing. Towels were the worst. Manually running third and fourth rinses still rendered plenty of suds, and I was conservative with my dosing. I gave up.
I've owned a front-load machine since offloading the Amana in 2007. When P&G changed their powdered Tide and Gain formulas to "for both" HE and regular machines, I started getting suds issues. Their liquids were better, but I recently went for Tide in the yellow bottle and it created way too much suds. I would steer clear of any P&G products in any form. I also tried Hero detergent and it was ridiculously sudsy. Both the Tide and Hero have been shifted to the patio for use in my '87 Maytag A712 TL.
At this point, it seems Persil is the only detergent that won't generate too much suds in my FL machine. Oxyclean is OK, but with certain items it can create a lot of suds, and with others not so much.
I'm interested in reading more posts about others' experiences. Water is fairly hard here, so that's not a contributing factor. Unless as a result of the drought, there has been less ground water in the supply. If so, that could still be the case, as the aquifers are still being replenished. It's possible my issues with suds will diminish in due time. |