How do you use liquid detergent AND fabric softener? 20 January at 7:24PM in In my home (includes DIY) MoneySaving 27 replies 970 views

waqasahmed

As above really. There is a liquid compartment in the washing machine. Do you just basically pop the liquid detergent in, and effectively mix it?

If you put it in the other drawers meant for powder , you're really just sending it straight down into the washing machine as soon as you put it in there (ie: it doesn't just sit there and waits for water to dissolve it, like you would with powder) 

comeandgo

Do you not put your liquid detergent in a small container and place it directly into the washing machine drum?  

Nearlyold

Our washing machine has three dispensing compartments as do all the ones I've seen.

1) Main wash Powder Compartment adds powder to the wash cycle (though ours also has a convertor flap that drops down in that compartment so it'll work with liquid detergent if required).

2) Liquid Fabric Conditioner Compartment (most have a daisy flower symbol to indicate its purpose) adds Conditioner to the final rinse (least I think the final rinse - we dont actually use conditioner)

3) Pre wash Powder adds powder to a pre wash

NB You can't put liquid detergent in the Fabric Conditioner Compartment because it'll be dispensed  in the rinse cycle.

If your Main Wash Powder Compartment is not convertible to Liquid Detergent you just put at the back of the drum in one of those soft plastic pots designed for the job.

waqasahmed

comeandgo said:

Do you not put your liquid detergent in a small container and place it directly into the washing machine drum?  

I thought that, but it explicitly says not to do that

waqasahmed

Nearlyold said:

Our washing machine has three dispensing compartments as do all the ones I've seen.

1) Main wash Powder Compartment adds powder to the wash cycle (though ours also has a convertor flap that drops down in that compartment so it'll work with liquid detergent if required).

2) Liquid Fabric Conditioner Compartment (most have a daisy flower symbol to indicate its purpose) adds Conditioner to the final rinse (least I think the final rinse - we dont actually use conditioner)

3) Pre wash Powder adds powder to a pre wash

NB You can't put liquid detergent in the Fabric Conditioner Compartment because it'll be dispensed  in the rinse cycle.

If your Main Wash Powder Compartment is not convertible to Liquid Detergent you just put at the back of the drum in one of those soft plastic pots designed for the job.

Sorry, soft plastic pots? 

victor2

If there isn't a compartment to put liquid detergent in (our machine has an adapter to convert the powder tray to liquid), use powder or laundry tablets.

comeandgo

waqasahmed said:

comeandgo said:

Do you not put your liquid detergent in a small container and place it directly into the washing machine drum?  

I thought that, but it explicitly says not to do that

You don’t add the liquid directly onto clothes, you put it in a plastic pot in the drum.

waqasahmed

comeandgo said:

waqasahmed said:

comeandgo said:

Do you not put your liquid detergent in a small container and place it directly into the washing machine drum?  

I thought that, but it explicitly says not to do that

You don’t add the liquid directly onto clothes, you put it in a plastic pot in the drum.

It does also explicitly say not do that. Ie: it also says to put it in the detergent drawer only 

victor2

waqasahmed said:

comeandgo said:

waqasahmed said:

comeandgo said:

Do you not put your liquid detergent in a small container and place it directly into the washing machine drum?  

I thought that, but it explicitly says not to do that

You don’t add the liquid directly onto clothes, you put it in a plastic pot in the drum.

It does also explicitly say not do that. Ie: it also says to put it in the detergent drawer only 

Does it mention an adapter you put into the detergent drawer for liquid?

DullGreyGuy

waqasahmed said:

As above really. There is a liquid compartment in the washing machine. Do you just basically pop the liquid detergent in, and effectively mix it?

If you put it in the other drawers meant for powder , you're really just sending it straight down into the washing machine as soon as you put it in there (ie: it doesn't just sit there and waits for water to dissolve it, like you would with powder) 

No, that's the conditioner compartment and its drawn later in the wash cycle.

Our last 3 washing machines have had a small flap at the back of the main wash space which you move down if you want to use a liquid detergent. No such flap exists on the pre-wash compartment so can only use that with powders. 

What's the make/model of your machine? Instructions online should show how you are supposed to use liquid detergents. 

waqasahmed

DullGreyGuy said:

waqasahmed said:

As above really. There is a liquid compartment in the washing machine. Do you just basically pop the liquid detergent in, and effectively mix it?

If you put it in the other drawers meant for powder , you're really just sending it straight down into the washing machine as soon as you put it in there (ie: it doesn't just sit there and waits for water to dissolve it, like you would with powder) 

No, that's the conditioner compartment and its drawn later in the wash cycle.

Our last 3 washing machines have had a small flap at the back of the main wash space which you move down if you want to use a liquid detergent. No such flap exists on the pre-wash compartment so can only use that with powders. 

What's the make/model of your machine? Instructions online should show how you are supposed to use liquid detergents. 

DullGreyGuy said:

waqasahmed said:

As above really. There is a liquid compartment in the washing machine. Do you just basically pop the liquid detergent in, and effectively mix it?

If you put it in the other drawers meant for powder , you're really just sending it straight down into the washing machine as soon as you put it in there (ie: it doesn't just sit there and waits for water to dissolve it, like you would with powder) 

No, that's the conditioner compartment and its drawn later in the wash cycle.

Our last 3 washing machines have had a small flap at the back of the main wash space which you move down if you want to use a liquid detergent. No such flap exists on the pre-wash compartment so can only use that with powders. 

What's the make/model of your machine? Instructions online should show how you are supposed to use liquid detergents. 

Tbh they *want* me to put it in the TwinDos detergent boxes at the bottom but I wanted to use a bit of liquid before using that function, purely because I want to see how effective it is before getting the refillable thingies