Stardrops vs Washing Up Liquid/Laundry Gloop

HappyShopper3

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between stardrops and washing up liquid as they both appear to do the same things. After reading a ton of information on stardrops I came to the conclusion it was the same as washing up liquid. Does anyone know if this is true? What are the ingredients in stardrops?

Also, sorry to go on, but I've become hooked on reading about money saving and making your own laundry gloop. The recipe says to grate the soap, but can you cut it up (don't have a grater) or what about microwaving the soap? Are there other uses for the laundry gloop, as I am determined to save money. LOL.

Thanks for your help.

larmy16

Re: the soap - I have read that you can just heat it up in water for it to dissolve. You would have to cut it quite fine though. I am sure you can get a cheapish grater from Morrisons or a car boot? I bought one of those stick blenders at a car boot for 50p, save it just for that task. I tend to just make the powder version now.

Don't know the answer to the Stardrops question tho.:)

Horasio

I would try it out and see if it as good, then pick the cheapest and the one that works

HappyShopper3

Bumping this up as I'm really curious as to the difference between stardrops vs washing up liquid.

Also, any recipes for home made shower gel?

Badgergal

I don't know what the difference is, but there was a stain on my mum's carpet nothing would get rid of including washing up liquid. Then, months later, she tried Stardrops on my suggestion - it got rid of the stain. So it must have something different?

tawnyowls

I don't think you can know unless you get the full ingredients off the manufacturers - an 'anionic surfactant' can be any of a number of substances (plain soap being one) and manufacturers don't have to list anything else in the product. However, I would agree that Stardrops is far superior to WUL.

twink

i havnt used washing up liquid for a while now am happy with stardrops, i always rinse the dishes though

bulchy

When ever I run out of washing up liquid, I use stardrops. It gets the dishes lovely and clean, but I find that I use too much, with it being a lot thinner than washing up liquid and I'm quite heavy handed.
Sue

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Can you use star drops in the washing machine for either laundry or cleaning the washing machine itself?

Or the dishwasher?

vik6525

so stardrops works on the dishes? ive always been a bit scared of doing my washing up with it cause it contains bitrex, and im too lazy to rinse the dishes...

MoJo

tawnyowls wrote:

I don't think you can know unless you get the full ingredients off the manufacturers - an 'anionic surfactant' can be any of a number of substances (plain soap being one) and manufacturers don't have to list anything else in the product. However, I would agree that Stardrops is far superior to WUL.

http://www.thorntonross.com/household/STARDROPS contains the following ingredients.pdf.

Tried to C&P but couldn't