Washing powder & tablets

skybluesaver

Hi folks. I've long been a user of Persil non bio washing tablets as i like the idea of them going in the drum in a net so the washing machine drawer doesn't get clogged up however, they've now decided to change the formulation so they go in the drawer. I've tried them & they don;t dissolve fully in the drawer & there customer services told me not to put them in the drum or they could rot the clothes.
Any ideas on where from here?

adsk

I was a long term user of tablets but got increasingly fed up in the winter when the cold water was so cold that tablets wouldn't dissolve fully in the drawer. I've now moved back to powder.

What I did with the tablets in the winter was break them up into smaller pieces before putting them in the drawer. They dissolved fine.

This is why I switched back to powder - why make your own powder by crushing tablets when someone's done it for you already.

I've also found powder more economical because I can match the amount of detergent more closely to the size of load/amount of soiling - 1 tablet or 2 is rather crude by comparison.

skybluesaver

I've found that even powder doesn't dissolve well in the drawer as well. I think its because i live in a very hard water area, its clogged up the holes on the water jets in the drawer so nothing really dissolves well.

sidefx

I gave up on tablets because they never seemed to dissolve. I only use powder now.

delain

i have taken to using those new liquids, i used to use Bold ( i love the smell of them) but now they've started doing odd ones.

In my experience, powders and tablets either make you itchy, or cack up the drawer

BOBS

I can only use the persil non bio because of my childrens skin breaking out - I stick to this as it seems to agree with them. I find the powder in the drawer is more economical as if only a small load then I reduced powder accordingly. Yes it does clog up a bit - but I just pull drawer out ever now and then and rinse under hot water which seems to work for me.

Enterprise_1701C

I used to have problems with tablets dissolving until I cut down the amount I used. I cut down to 1 1/2 which eliminated the problem, I have now cut down to 1 unless I have a large load or the washing is particularly dirty. Washing is still perfectly clean.

I only use tablets because I store mine under the stairs, and when anybody else goes in there they are not quite so careful moving things as I am, frequently used to end up with piles of power on the floor!

skybluesaver

Thankyou all for your replies. Looks like i'll go back to the powder & keep an eye on the drawer clogging up. I use the liquid for colours but because this doesn't contain bleach, its not so good for the whites.

sidefx

I can't remember why but I was once told that liquid detergents were bad for you washing machine, that why i don't use them, i can't recall why though:o

Clowance

when surf liquid was on offer recently, making it cheaper than powder I switched and stocked up. Its brilliant, and of course you can use less just like powder (not easy with tablets I imagine). Doesn't clog up the drawer either. However I would go back to powder IF it was cheaper when I run out.
I don't know what would happen if you pour it straight in the drum, probably ok if you turn the machine on at once so water dilutes it.

Enterprise_1701C

sidefx wrote: »

I can't remember why but I was once told that liquid detergents were bad for you washing machine, that why i don't use them, i can't recall why though:o

I heard they actually clog up the washing machine, and that you have to do a really hot wash with an empty machine every so often to clear it out!
Illogical, but that is what I heard.