Washing

jazzyjustlaw

I usually buy as I did today Ariel Colour liquid which is £3.29 and does 20 washes. I also buy the ariel non-bio for my whites. My OH and I have sensitive skin. Today I noticed sainsbury Proforma colour and it was only £1.89 for 20 washes and wondered if anyone else had used it and if it was okay for sensitive skin. Do they do a non-bio white version? Is they anything else I could try which was less than £3.29?

black-saturn

Bicarbonate of Soda or Soda Washing Crystals?

Poppy9

Sainsbury's powder is fine for my family's sensitive skin. However my washing machine doesn't like it as it goes lumpy in the powder drawer. I now use Tesco own make (About £1.59) Bio, Colour & Non Bio (for different types of clothes). No probs at all. I find that fabric softner is more likely to set off reaction than washing powder. I stick to comfort sensitive.

jazzyjustlaw

black-saturn wrote:

Bicarbonate of Soda or Soda Washing Crystals?

I have tried that but I just don't find my washing becomes that clean - mind you how much would you suggest I use?

black-saturn

On white or heavily soiled items I use half washing powder and half bicarb on a hot wash. Otherwise I use about 2 tablespoons on it's own.

jazzyjustlaw

black-saturn wrote:

On white or heavily soiled items I use half washing powder and half bicarb on a hot wash. Otherwise I use about 2 tablespoons on it's own.

I thought bicarb was quite dear though

black-saturn

I bought 2 big bags of it from the Weigh and Save this week and it came to £3.50.

Magentasue

I used homemade up until a couple of weeks ago. Get some cheap soap from Asda/Teso (21p for three bars). Grate it and mix with same quantity of soda crystals (about 50p from superarket). I used about half a bag of crystals to one bar of soap. Works even better if you run it through the food processor or blender.

I found it worked perfectly well but ... whites came out less than white. I also wondered all that soap in the machine so used Persil bio once a week for my whites on a hot wash.

Have run outof soda crystals but will definitely make some more - so cheap it has to be worth a try. It's also a pleasant enough task making it - next time I might even use home made soap!

kiwichick

Its not nearly as OS as the previous posters - sorry. I use tesco own brand liquid. Only ever use the minimum, sometimes even less and 1 1.5l bottle will so me about 26-30 washes. My son has exzema and this is one of the few that doesnt cause him a flare up so it would prob be ok on sensitive skin too.Its £2.30.

brummiebabe

I use Tesco non bio powder. A large box does 45 washes & it costs £3.74!! We have sensitive skin in our house and have had no problems with it! I also use their biological in the same range - again no problems (although I do put kids clothes on an extra rinse- just in case:)) A box of each can last us a month or more (and I do a LOT of washing.)

Have to stick to Comfort Pure though for the softener -itch like mad if we use anything else!!!!

Sweet_Pea_2

Can I ask what to most may be a silly question?
What is the difference between bio and non bio?

I use Daz as its really good for whites. The box I have at the moment is 2.85 kg and it says 30 washes on it, but I got 50 washes out of the last box. I tried cutting down the amount of powder I use to half a scoop and I have noticed no difference at all except to my bank balance! Fab conditioner is Aldi easy iron, so far I have got 45 washes out of a standard sized bottle as its concentrated. I started to keep a tally on the side of the bottle out of interest to see how far I could stretch it.