What Type of Washing (Laundry) Cleaning Product Do You Use?

Lilyplonk

I've been using Asda SP Liquid for around 18mths - got fed up with the powder clumping really solid in the drawer. I also add a scoop of Asda Oxygen Whitener directly into the drawer, which never clumps, and I use Asda Fabric Conditioner.

I find that as long as I give the drawer a 'blast with my steam cleaner' it keeps it clean and 'mould free' ................... really can't abide dirty washing machine drawers :shocked:.


My washing is always clean - most stains come out - and it smells fresh every time. Any really stubborn stains get treated with a pre-wash rub with the gel. If that doesn't work, THEN I resort to an overnight soak in good old bleach .

Any 'greasey splashes' get treated with washing-up liquid rubbed into them before being washed. I reckon that if it can get rid of grease off the plates, it can handle whatever has splashed onto clothes - has never let me down so far .

Elliesmum

I use gloop...... Costing less than a penny a wash. I've been glooping for over a year now and haven't had any problems with the machine or results.

If a wash needs a boost then I use additional amounts of washing soda and I have nappisan on hand when I need to disinfect the dogs bedding etc.

Softener is another home made mix using white vinegar, essential oils and hair conditioner and comes in at 4p a wash...

I love my gloop!

EM x

Justamum

Lilyplonk wrote: »

I've been using Asda SP Liquid for around 18mths - got fed up with the powder clumping really solid in the drawer.

I always put powder into the drum. I can't stand clogged up drawers.

soon2bjobless

I use a dessertspoon of Asda Smart price soap powder and 1/2 a capful of Aldis fabric softener - will use vinegar on my towls but it doesnt seem to deal with static as well as the softener.

meritaten

I use Aldi Biological - and my skin, which is sensitive to most other brands doesn't react at all. to be fair, I think it isn't the detergent component but the perfume. Daz in particular is highly perfumed and I can smell a Daz user at 50 paces. I think the Aldi one has great cleaning power and in the ten years or so I have used it I don't find it clogs the machine. I do however run an empty wash and put loads of vinegar in a couple of times a year.
I also find that using about a third of recommended dose is quite sufficient now that OH isn't playing in the mud! (no he wasn't in his second childhood but his job involved digging the roads up and 'playing in the mud'), along with him giving up playing rugby.

Canardvert

Just been part of a focus group testing New Daz for whites and colours. If you haven't used Daz fr years, give this a try. It does what it says. Off to try the liquid version now.