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Thread Number: 83730
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The Arielette ball |
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| Post# 1080902 7/13/2020 at 17:04 (1,382 days old) by barry (Ireland) | ||
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Hi everyone I was wondering if someone could help me out. I'm looking for the old Arielette dosing ball. I've tried everywhere to get one but to no avail. Can anyone on here help me please | ||
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Post# 1080936 , Reply# 1 7/13/2020 at 23:34 (1,381 days old) by Launderess  (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Saw one on eBay years ago, but they don't pop up often.
picclick.co.uk/ARIELETTE-Automat... See this thread as apparently Fairy and a few others had similar devices. You might have better luck casting a wider net. www.automaticwasher.org/c... Is this you then? Had no luck since finding one? www.automaticwasher.org/c... For those unfamiliar with these Ariel liquid dosing balls. | ||
| Post# 1082581 , Reply# 2 7/27/2020 at 05:20 (1,368 days old) by barryo40 (Ireland) | ||
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Yeah that was me. Had no luck finding one | ||
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Post# 1082593 , Reply# 3 7/27/2020 at 06:27 (1,368 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 1082599 , Reply# 4 7/27/2020 at 07:10 (1,368 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Its for Detergent | ||
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Post# 1082624 , Reply# 5 7/27/2020 at 09:14 (1,368 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 1082627 , Reply# 6 7/27/2020 at 09:29 (1,368 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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It was to save | ||
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Post# 1082629 , Reply# 7 7/27/2020 at 09:32 (1,368 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 1082630 , Reply# 8 7/27/2020 at 09:34 (1,368 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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@ultramatic | ||
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Post# 1082685 , Reply# 9 7/27/2020 at 15:37 (1,368 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Arielette ball has more holes across top than Downy thing. The latter is just a ball with a stopper or something IIRC. During spin cycle it would be thrown against side of tub which caused it to open, contents then would be dispersed during rinse.
Of course Downy ball was meant to be used with top loading washing machines American households favored at the time. Thus there was copious amounts of water to flush out (hopefully) contents. All this came about because few top loading washing machines then had fabric softener dispensers. So people had to listen or otherwise look out for start of rinse, then run to machine and add FS. That or return after machine had completed cycle and restart for another rinse. Dryer sheets were invented and largely supplanted liquid fabric softeners for this reason. There were early attempts at fabric softeners one added to wash cycle (Rain Barrel), but they were largely useless and soon vanished from market. Next attempt was using clay (bentonite) which gained a bit more traction and was found in "2 in 1" laundry detergent/softener. Clay is also the active ingredient in those in wash fabric softener crystals flogged by Purex and others. | ||
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Post# 1082687 , Reply# 10 7/27/2020 at 15:40 (1,368 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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"waste of the detergent filling the sump before the days of pre-fill that most do nowadays."
Personally use dosing device from Ariel gel for all liquid/gel detergents when washing in H-axis machines. Just fill and bung it into tub before closing door. Find it keeps dispenser draw and system cleaner especially as liquids have become more viscous. Nothing is worse than liquid detergent residue going down into tub during first or second rinses because path wasn't totally cleared of it at wash. | ||
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Post# 1082696 , Reply# 11 7/27/2020 at 16:34 (1,368 days old) by Ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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It was all the craze !
Ariel liquid was a huge craze in the 80s my mum loved it. No more messy soap powder drawers to clean just fill and pop in the drum ( we in UK were nearly all front loaders ) I loved the smell of this too. Sadly Ariels fragrance now isn’t as good. My mums servis slimline 320 was quite bad at wasting detergent as the pipe from the drawer delivered soap and water to the base of outer tub. Liquids though don’t carry bleaches so are higher in surfactants and optical brighteners. In those days they were quite diluted so a full ball was needed. I’ve got one and if you find one I’d say don’t use it. The plastic will have hardened and they shatter in the wash. The adverts were quirky too as this was seen as unusual or a backward step as front loaders got soap powder drawers in the late 60s so to go back to putting detergent in drum need some encouragement.
Richard CLICK HERE TO GO TO Ricky5050's LINK | ||
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Post# 1082698 , Reply# 12 7/27/2020 at 16:39 (1,368 days old) by Ricky5050 (Durham Britain) |
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Ariel liquid ... it’s staggering... | ||
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Post# 1082720 , Reply# 13 7/27/2020 at 20:02 (1,367 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Girls these char agencies send one! | ||
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Post# 1082721 , Reply# 14 7/27/2020 at 20:03 (1,367 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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