Alternative to Fairy washing powder?

rosie383

I am happy to say that I am not a slave to brand labels. However, both my children have eczema and I have not found anything else to use except Fairy, or their skin gets quite bad. I have tried other so-called sensitive powders before, and none of them were suitable.
I need to use it even on bedlinen for my bed, as sometimes we are visited by early morning little bodies!
I have recently had a brainwave and bought the cheapest stuff I could for dh's frequent football stuff, but I need a cheaper alternative for all the rest of the washing. It is expensive to buy these and find they don't work, and it's a few years since I have tried. Does anyone have the same problem and has found an alternative please?:rolleyes:

MrsAnnie

Hi. I have the similar problems with eczema in my household and I too use Fairy (the non-bio tabs). But instead of using two tabs which come in one packet, I just use one tab per wash. Therefore the box of tabs does twice as much washing. I find that one tab cleans just as well as two tabs.

And I use vinegar instead of softener, which saves a bundle too!

rosie383

I do that too with the tabs, but they don't get the stains out as well as using the full dose. Any ideas on helping with that?

rosie383

BTW, how do you use the vinegar? Just cheap stuff, and put it where?

MrsAnnie

I find that most common stains do come out. For very bad stains I still use Vanish spray.

I put a couple of teaspoons of Tesco own brand white vinegar in the softner compartment of the washing machine. Found it works well controlling skin irritations. There's a huge thread about it over on the Old Style board (that's where I pinched the idea from!). I think some posters buy really big containers of vinegar from ethnic supermarkets.

HTH.