Laundry Starch

linen_lady

Boots have stopped doing their powdered laundry starch :-(
Anyone know where I can buy the powdered variety in the shops now please?
Many thanks,
linen_lady xx

mathsus

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/laundry-starch/F/product/4813?src=gpsol&sq=laundry%20starch

but how expensive is that?

meanmarie

My failing memory prompts me to say that I think that you can use cornflour in the same way as powdered starch....not starched anything in a long time but might be worth a try on something small......

Marie

mathsus

If you google 'laundry starch' you get a few suppliers... seems the Lakeland price is not that bad after all!

linen_lady

Thanks everyone - the Lakeland starch costs 3 times than Boots did - and other suppliers are far more. Can't help wondering what's happened to make starch suddenly so expensive. Cornflour for me next wash day!

elsien

There's also this one - more expensive than lakeland but free delivery which might balance it out a bit.
http://www.starchsupplies.co.uk/1kg-of-traditional-laundry-starch-p-31.html

yewan101

Please use this link for laundry starch, its great value too.
www. astralhygiene. co.uk/ starch-powder-614-p. asp

ChocClare wrote: »

Call me old-fashioned, but I like my napkins to be crisply starched, particularly for "posh" occasions.

The trouble is, it's such a faff. I wash the little blighters, then have to ponce around measuring out starch and boiling water and then cooling it down with cold, and unless you use the whole packet you have an inch of starchy water which you're desperately trying to squish all your napkins into, then they've got to dry and you can end up with them like cardboard if you get it wrong.

Spray starch, on the other hand, has so much silicon in it that all it does is make my carpet slippery where the spray drifts to the floor - and my napkins are still all limp (ooh-er missus)...

I know you can buy liquid starch which you put into the drawer of the washing machine - the trouble is, it's hugely pricy.

Does anyone have any experience of using bog-standard Robin starch (or Boots' own, I've got both), mixed up and stuck in the washing machine? Does it work? I'd like to try it, but not if it's going to gum up the works... Or have you got any other brilliant ideas??

Artytarty

Um, I found a "recipe" online using cornflour, it was awful, I kept having to pick lumps of the stuff off my linen.

sauvignon

Not knowing about this forum I tried Boots for laundry starch yesterday. They said it was sold out but I could try ordering online. Unfortunately it wasn't available there, just the spray stuff that's useless and expensive.
I used the Lakeland one and quite apart from the fact that it was expensive, it didn't work for me at all. The boots one did, but they seem to be withdrawing it now. Haven't tried the other suppliers suggested here.
I have exactly the same experience as the poster who started this thread and would love to find laundry starch that can be used in the washing machine. This is commonly done abroad, so I guess I'll have to find it on one of my work trips. Will post again if I succeed.

Fimor

I've been using launch starch on my bed linen for several years - it's sheer luxury. I checked out all the online suppliers and found that Lakeland was probably the cheapest for small quantities (£7 for 700gm). Unfortunately you then have to pay £4.25 postage, unless like me you have a local store. If you can buy in bulk then starch supplies.co.uk became by far the cheapest option. at £7 per kilo for a 5 kilo package including postage. My neighbour and I both use it so we take it in turns to buy. Two things though: 1) You need to put in on the final rinse - you can't leave it in the washing machine dispenser as it separates and clogs the dispenser. 2) You need to clean out the dispenser regularly so that mould doesn't build up.
Having said all this. I've just run a new search and found Astral Hygiene.co.uk who sell a 10 kilo bag of starch for £38 including VAT and delivery - so £3.80 per kilo. I haven't tried them so can't comment on how good the starch is.