Thread Number: 87394
/ Tag: Detergents and Additives
looking for unscented/low scent powdered laundry detergents that produce few suds |
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Post# 1119560 , Reply# 1   6/7/2021 at 05:44 (1,052 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Unili you can find a product that suits your needs, use your fingers to wipe some silicone oil or WD40 around the inside of the pipe. When the suds hit the oil, they will break down. |
Post# 1119565 , Reply# 2   6/7/2021 at 07:16 (1,052 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 1119572 , Reply# 3   6/7/2021 at 07:46 (1,052 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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OIL Jamie? We have some of that too! |
Post# 1119589 , Reply# 4   6/7/2021 at 11:10 (1,052 days old) by emmach (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Thanks, Tom. May I ask how far down you recommend wiping it as I read that WD40 repels water. Also is it recommended to remove the WD40 at some point? |
Post# 1119592 , Reply# 5   6/7/2021 at 12:37 (1,052 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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The suds is because of the spin. Even the lowest foaming of detergents will produce this spin suds. All detergents here in Europe (where they are all low foam) do that too especially in spin drain machines vs neutral drain ones. I had this problem. As it increase the speed it whips the suds and if you have a tall elbow siphon and the drain hose is not sealed will back up as it is unable to go past the siphon unlike plain water. Sadly the oil effect will vanish a lot as soon as first water pass through, but the problem is in the last water drained as the spin speed kicks in stronger. Try to seal the drain hose where it enters the stand pipe with a fine rubber ring or rubber gasket to have the hose pressed sealed tight into the stand pipe. No suds will go out. This is not a matter of detergent, some loads also tend to produce more spin suds than other. Heavy towels for istance.
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Post# 1119594 , Reply# 6   6/7/2021 at 12:54 (1,052 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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For example these might work, may be smaller than the SQ adapter? www.amazon.com/Silicone-Washing-M... |
Post# 1119599 , Reply# 7   6/7/2021 at 13:32 (1,052 days old) by emmach (New Jersey)   |   | |
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Thanks. Can you possibly recommend a particular rubber ring or rubber gasket that you mentioned? Tbh, I dont quite understand what you mean by the elbow siphon as I dont have a siphon break on my hose. |
Post# 1119600 , Reply# 8   6/7/2021 at 13:58 (1,052 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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The size of the ring really depends on the size of your standpipe, so as you say that the adapter that came with the machine is too big for your pipe you need to chose something thinner that would fit and create a gasket. The gasket on Amazon that i have posted looks more thin than the Speed Queen adapter, anyway there are measures on one of the photos. The siphon I am talking about probably is under the floor and or before entering the main drain line. Siphons are there to avoid stench and or gases from the drain line or septic tank to come up the pipe. Especially in a standpipe for a washer. If the elbow of the siphon is tall or S shaped suds will Just not pass but tend to accumulate inside the pipe before the siphon and come out from where the hose enters without being sealed with a gasket.
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Post# 1119602 , Reply# 9   6/7/2021 at 14:07 (1,052 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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Post# 1119984 , Reply# 11   6/11/2021 at 10:49 (1,048 days old) by Kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.)   |   | |
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