Washing powder v liquid or tablets

black-saturn

I agree with the soap nuts. They are really great and work out at about 2p per wash. I sent for a sample which I am nowhere near finishing yet and I've done about 8 washes out of the sample so far. I have sent for a bag of them but they havn't arrived yet.

At first I was sceptical but they really work and everything has come out much cleaner than with washing powder or bicarb.

tina68

Bogof_Babe wrote:

What puzzles (and annoys) me is why none of the supermarkets seem to do a Value powder in non-bio, for those of us with sensitive skin.

this may sound strange and my Dr was baffled too but my son has v.sensitive skin and had eczema.allergy to eggs and milk also when little so at his suggestion changed washing brands to gentler kind...it made the poor wee man worse looked like fag burns on his skin ouch.:eek: ..got cream off Dr and switched back to bio and things got better..he's coming up 17 now and if he lends a top to a pal he asks for it back unwashed so i can do it..i too have scars from when i had nappies :rotfl: (i'm 37 now) washed in Arial...but i can use it along with bold 2in1 now...Daz is a complete irritant to me as is persil both bio and non...
useless info but hey
Tina x

JailhouseBabe

Following advice from the older thread, I bought the ingredients for my own mix today: 1kg Surf (£1.47), 1kg asda bio (50p) and 1kg soda crystals (51p).

So altogether, £2.48 for 3kg, of which I intend to use approx 50g per wash - so 60 washes at 4p each

Also noticed when in asda, 1kg box of value bio powder 50p, 3kg box £1.62. I wonder if anyone actually buys them?

xmaslolly76

wow i'm gonna give this a go never tried putting soda crystals in the wash i have used soda crystals for years for general cleaning around the house i have never found anything better for getting grease of your oven and hob and i always rave about them to my mates and drive them mad.

hobo123

Hi can anyone advise which is the cheapest and best soap powder to use? wondering if anyone has used supermarkets own brands and finds them as good as others.

Thanks for help.

mouseymousey99

hi hobo, I use Aldi non-bio, as we have funny skin I mix it with fairy non-bio which pads it out; touch wood so far clean clothes & no rashes!!

tinselfairy

We use Co-op own washing powder. It, and the ingredients have not been tested on animals, and they have it on BOGOF on a fairly regular basis. It's been on offer this past week. Priced currently at £2.09. I have used this for years and haven't paid full price for a washing powder since.

lilkittikat

Hi! I used to use morrisons bettabuy powder, 50p a box (normal size 10 wash size box) which used to wash the clothes great, but had to stop using it as dd has v sensitive skin, so i now use morrisons non-bio cyclon which i think is about £5.50 for a big 30 wash size box. hth.

Biddyrolo

Never noticed a difference between branded and shops own so I buy whatever is on special offer.

Mariel

I bought Tesco value this time and it is fine, I used to buy it some time ago but it never dissolved properly but I think they must have changed the formulation as it is fine now. I make sure I use a decent fabric conditioner though to make the washing (and the house LOL) smell nice.