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We have 4 kids under 10 and use about 2 Tbsp of the powdered Foca in a large load. I’m not brand loyal with detergent, but we also like powdered Tide when we can get it for a good price. We wash in warm to hot water on a speed cycle on heavy soil which takes about 30 minutes. It seems to work fairly well for clothes that are not heavily stained. For pre-treating stains we prefer dish soap, some water and a toothbrush. Peroxide spray for blood. Alcohol for sharpie. We prefer to line dry, but if you use the dryer always double check that the stain was removed in the wash before tossing into the dryer to dry it.
foca is a detergent that is not enzymatic, for put in clear, enzymes in a detergent helps to remove stains since activate the key enzymes of the stain to later by the soapy content end of remove it ,Foca is a detergent that is one soap for your washing machine, won't remove dry stains or hard to remove ones
Foca Ariel and Roma are amazing. You have to use enough soap and personally I use the old school machines which I have found work better than these new ones. Maybe the machines should be tested instead.😂
I use ROMA and love it ❤ I have found that a lot of products coming out of Mexico are really superior to stuff made here. I tried Ariel a long time ago and it is so strong that using too much will eat your clothes up LOL! I just got so sick and tired of using liquid laundry soap and dealing with throwing out those stinkin' big plastic jugs. Anyhow try the Mexican brands and I don't think you'll be disappointed 😊
Yes Foca is almost the same as Tide just different smell. I think they work the same but for the price I get Foca with hot water works great! Has saved me so much money over the years and we have a very active animal house.
I learned a lit about laundry from the cloth diaper community. First you only need a tablespoon or two of detergent. Bit the biggest thing is agitation and having enough laundry to get some good friction going. To little laundry and and they won't get clean and to much laundry and there us no room to move aroudn and rub againts each other. Also i feel top loaders with agitation clean so much better then theh front loader that run for hours. There is a facebook group called clean cloth nappies. Their processes can get anything clean incuding getting rid if mold. I swear they can get stains out of anything without ruining it.
Yes, absolutely true! You need to make sure the water is pushed through the clothes, no matter what soap you use. Front loaders have never been great for that or the top loaders with a plate. My washer will run a 'normal' cycle in about 20 minutes and it has an agitator. While it is true that detergent makes a difference, it NOT the most important thing. There's very very little difference between ANY of the brands I tried over the years. Mostly just the smell and how much is left after washing.
It's the washing machines themselves now days .. I used to have an old wringer washer that used to beat those clothes to death and the timer was broken so it would go as long as I would leave them. I had the cleanest clothes!!!!!!
I use foca for years I worked fast food light colored fabric I wash on warm water it would take out all grease stains. If I had bad tough stains when I would come home I would pre treat with totally awesome and in the morning I would toss in the wash all stains gone
I know they don't my husband works in a stinky job and I'd have to wash his clothes 2 to 3 times in the He washer. I did.research and went and bought a speed queen and now I'm a very very happy housewife again......
@@grandmashomemade9204omg. I have been wanting a Speed Queen for awhile now. I'm so jealous. I hate all these water saving appliances, it makes no sense when we are washing something to use less water.
No matter what the fabric is , if you don't use a prespotter like shout you will never get the stains out. You should test different prespotters then test your laudary soaps.
I use to use Foca when my kids were little and it worked great, now I use Roma because I wanted to try a different fragrance. I think I like the smell of Roma better but they both work amazingly well. They are cheap too! 😊
@@Daisyj2560 I have used 1 tablespoon regardless of the size of the load. But your question is valid. If you have a super super sized wash, you could try it with 2 tablespoons and see but no more than that. I’m a single person and I have a tiny washing machine with an agitator, so I don’t have large loads. Something else I do is on the bottle of liquid detergent, powdered detergent box, Dish soap, dishwashing powder, fabric softener, etc. I always write the date that I opened it and began using it. I’m keeping track of how long it takes me to use up the supply using this conservative method. I bought a big bottle of Tide liquid that has the spigot on it and opened that in November and I’m not even halfway through it and I do laundry like a mad woman! I hope you have as much success as I have had.🤗. For years before I learned this method I would buy a jug of liquid laundry detergent every month at anywhere between nine and $12 a pop. I also started being real careful about the amount of shampoo are used after listening to Jill say to use only a very small amount. I was buying a bottle of shampoo am I up and now I can’t even tell you the last time I bought shampoo. And then the toilet paper. Video that Tara and Mike did a few months back, well I’m just gonna leave it that it has paid off too. Every time I wash my hair I think of Jill and I think of Tara and Mike when… well, you get the unfortunate picture! I’m sure that was an unwanted side effect when they did that video 🤣
My father in law owned a laundromat for many years and he too says to only use 1T of detergent, occasionally 2T but no more. He was also big on pretreating any spots because it’s unlikely any detergent alone and diluted in a whole load will get out stains. Clean your clothes and rinse properly, yes. But stains, no.
When you have a nasty stain hang it in the sun. This has worked for me in getting mustard out of a shirt and red hot sauce out of a sweat shirt that I had already pre-treaded, washed and dried it. I forget to make sure the stain came out before I put it in the dryer.
Buy A Speed Queen old style commercial grade washer. It will change your life. Washes loads in less than 30 minutes and does a phenomenal job. I will never go back to HE washers. They don't work.
Bought the commercial Speed Queen 3 years ago and they are low water also. The only workaround is to wash everything on the Bulky cycle selecting Large load. Otherwise the top of your load wont even get wet.
If anyone gets a Speed queen ... make sure it's the classic TC series (I think) and NOT the TR series.... The TR series are awful when it comes to moving clothes around vs the classic version
We grow our own soap nuts. Before we made our own shampoo bars with lye and fat we saved from cooking like roasts or bacon. It cost us less than $5 a year for 5 loads a day. We make our own vinegar with fruit scrap instead of softener.
Now you need to try what I do for bad stains place them in a clear garbage bag fill part way with water put in lots of soap tye off the top give the bag a good swishing around let sit till next day and wash as per usual
I've used every one of those powders (except Gain which I can't stand the smell of) and they ALL perform about the same. If you have a water softener and a good washer any of them work. The minerals in the water work against the detergents. I have an 'old style' Speed Queen with full agitation. You are correct about the results of multiple washings but not for the reason you think. Back in the good 'old days' they used Phosphates in detergent, and it was very effective at cleaning most anything. That's why it was used. Since the switch to enzyme based cleaners, they work pretty well too but with one caveat. They need TIME to break down the proteins in the stain. That's why most washers have longer cycle times. In spite of that it may not be long enough. Exposure time to the enzymes is your friend with those detergents. BTW, I used to use that A&H powder all the time until about 7-8 years ago they quit selling it in my area all together and wet to liquid. I called A&H and they claimed it was being discontinued. Haven't seen it at WM in forever.
spray ink with aresol hairspray before wash. Powders woek better than liquids but are for toploaders. Best to disolve detergent in smallest amount of water washer will agitate then add laundry and fill to desired level. Buy the Ariek made in Miexico if possible, most equivalent to tide, and made by same company that makes Roma which is their bargain brand, I replaced my fancy frontloader with a 30 y/o top loader with no computer chips, washed a load in 15 min, cleaner than the new one did in 3 hours. 50 years of washing nurse and farm dirt taught me a lo
I love this test. What I have found is when I use the Arm & hammer powder. If a stain is very bad I will soak it in a bucket overnight in the detergent & it almost always gets its out. But I understand that this was just a test at face value for how they would do. An over night presoak will work wonders on heavy stains.
Our washer is currently broken so I’ve been handwashing laundry. I bought German detergent on accident from Amazon, but if you take a photo of the foreign language directions with your phone and go to Google, you can translate them quickly and easily. Hope this helps for future videos.
I like to use era plus for stains. It takes out just about any stain that I tried. I had a pair of white shorts that got a grass and mud stain. I washed several times with our usual detergent and couldn't get it out. One day I decided to buy era and I used it straight as a pretreatment. I was surprised there was no sign of the stain afterwards. It is getting harder to find. It's a red bottle with a blue cap. I try to only use it as a pretreatment because of price.
If you soak whites in a Biz bucket with hot water or Cascade dishwasher detergent, you can get almost any stain out. I tried peroxide and baking soda on some stains on my sheets and pillows. It worked great too.the Cascade used to get red clay mud out of my son’s polyester baseball pants. They stayed nice and white?
Such an interesting experiment! Imho there’s no substitute for stain pretreatment and a washer with an agitator. I use Tide power pods hygienic clean with oxiclean in every load, and have been happy with it. I used Arm & Hammer for years bc of budget and habit, and realized recently (I know, duh-but it took me a while) that our clothes were just not clean-so I experimented a bit and have settled on Tide. I do pretreat stains with Dawn or Persil liquid.
I agree with pre-treatment and and agitator. My sons played baseball for years. The HE washer never got the stains out, or even washed the dirt out of the tub. I finally bought a Speed queen, and life was much easier.
Use De solve it citrus solution to spray stains with before washing. After that it doesn’t matter what detergent you use. Available from Amazon. I went from a government front loader to a speed queen. Big difference in efficiency.
Definitely not like they used to. When i was a child my family got dirty and we just threw the clothes in the washer, never soaked or pretreated anything and all the clothes got clean. We just set it on heavy load and that old agitating machine did its job with good ole Tide.
I use Foca powdered in an HE front loader and I literally use about a tablespoon. however, I don't have particularly soiled clothes and definitely don't have motor oil on my clothes
My HE washer has compartments for prewash, detergent, and rinse cycle So i use 2 T borax for prewash, the maximim amount recommended of Tide for rhe wash, and i use vinegqr to rinse it. (Obviously, also use a prewash cycle & rinse cycle on the selector) This has actually improved grungy stains from my uniforms that developed overtime & i never thought would come out. I run the cycle on delay while I'm working so i can come home & hang it or dry it. Sometime i forget, then I'll run just a rinse cylce, cuz I'm afraid it will get musty from sitting. And i learned, the extra rinse cycle after a day of sitting....gets it even more clean!!! I hope it works for others & its not just my imagination. I believe the clothes are average dirty & definitely dont see oil stains very often.
Ariel is an enzymatic detergent made for south America by Procter and gamble and would be an equivalent to gain and tide together i have tried arm hammer, gain and tide and what works better in a He machine is gain powder cleans well even in short times program
i love these vids u r doing. i use the liquid foca. and i water it down alot. and gets clothes super clean my don sweats alot and gets his work clothes very clean and it smells great
💕💗💕🙏🙏🙏 Thanks Tawra, you sure did a thorough testing and no one should say otherwise. Appreciate all the trouble you went through to help us pick the best laundry detergent. May The Lord Jesus Christ bless you and your family!!!
Not all stains are alike, and not all detergents are alike. Some stains are going to obviously come out easier than others. I don't know if you said what that really dark stain is on those fabrics, but it looks like motor oil. (??) If that's the case, expecting any detergent to get that stain out without pretreating it probably isn't realistic. Almost every detergent I've used says that in order to get your heavily soiled/stained garments clean, you need to pretreat them. So if the instructions aren't followed, it kinda defeats the purpose of putting it to the test. Most oily stains need more than just detergent. I found a bio enzyme cleaner at Dollar Tree some time ago, and I use it to pretreat any oily stains I have, and on any heavy stain from whatever. It is pretty amazing stuff. I keep checking to see if they plan to restock it, but I've not seen it since my initial purchase. I have found it on Amazon, but it is literally eight times the cost of the $1.25 that I paid for it at DT. I'm hoping DT brings it back. My go-to detergent is Persil, because it actually gets our clothes cleaner than any of the bargan brands I've used, and I've tried a lot. The cheaper brands fade clothing. Persil protects your colors.
Human male adult poo could come clean by sight but not by smell by many things I tried, but only Gain rid the smell. Hope this helps any person doing such laundry.
Wow... this is quite an experiment! Thank you for testing all of these! I find that using Tide powdered laundry detergent and doing a pre-wash and extra rinse gets clothes really clean in our front loader. The laundry cycles are longer but I think it's needed to get all the smells out. 😂
@jenniferrosenthal7731 yep... I have used vinegar too. I have also been using odo ban in the wash and then a bunch of wool dryer balls. Those work great for softening too!
I do wonder if water hardness/softness has anything to do with the effectiveness of cleaning. Also by a mistake I got an HE washer, and have to leave it on "power rinse" to have enough water for the rinse cycle. Can't stand that washer but unless it conks out before I do it's what I've got for the duration. Ugh, Gain stinks to high heaven, I get stopped up just going by those packages in the laundry aisle. A lot of people think if their clothes smell like a perfume factory it must mean they're clean.
Yes water hardness is a important detail to know when doing laundry. If your water is too hard the detergent is used up softening the water and there’s not enough to remove dirt. If that’s your washing conditions then adding a water softener/conditioner is helpful.
After reading the ingredients for powder detergent, turns out Gain is best for colors. It doesn't have sodium carbonate peroxide. Tide however does have sodium carbonate peroxide. My grandfather uses tide powder and his jeans look a little faded.
@@rld1278 I agree. I got one bag and it lasted me one and a half months washing everyday. I have a water softener but I think those bagged detergents have water softening agents included.
Great video on the powder detergent, Tawra! Ariel was a European product for many years. I bought a package in Germany 25 years ago because it smelled just fresh. It was a phenomenal detergent. I bought some here in OK a couple of years ago and it was NOT the same. Did not clean well, the scent, while clean-smelling gave me a headache. I only use homemade detergent now scented with EO.
I have also used Tilex to get formula stains out of white cotton onesies and white clothes. If I have had an impossible stain I would used DD7. I don’t know if you can still buy it anymore.
Sometimes is different with the laundry detergents. Back in the day we never had to add extra ingredients for the wash. They dont seem to clean as well??? Also these new washers are horrible. Clothes don't smell clean.
Without watching the entire video yet. I use the powdered tide on my cloth diapers and it does an amazing job. I did try the arm and hammer for a while as it’s cheaper… but it sucked for us. And I’ve tried the foca as my husband loves the smell of it and it didn’t cut the cake on the diapers unfortunately.
Interesting finding… I do know with our dirty diapers I do a rinse and spin, then a deep wash with soap and then an another deep wash with no soap. And that’s what it takes to get clean diapers.
I have tried A&H (multiple versions) in a non-HE washer and later in an HE top loader with cloth diapers. Even in the non-HE washer, it caused ammonia from the first wash. I once boiled my cotton flats after running my usual wash routine with a full dose of A&H and the water was yellow! It didn’t remove any of the urine from my son’s diapers.
Ariel is a preumium brand where i live (on par with tide but actually better) its the only detergent that gets our cloth nappies clean. I loved when we lived in the states i could pick it up so cheaply as people used to speak crap about it as they thought it was a Mexican brand. It was my best kept secret lol the formula is a little different there but it was still great you just need to use the right amount as with any detergent.
None of the laundry detergent will remove any of those grease stains. I ended up buying degreaser, hottest water and longest cycle to get them out. Uniform laundry service must have something special as they always were totally grease free when hubbies work provided them. Amonia and heavy amount of laundry soap works for me when hubby gets really grubby now. Grease X from auto parts store. Haven't tried it myself.
I’m not trying to nitpick. I’m just curious. Towards the end of the video I randomly saw a jug of Ecos laundry detergent sitting there. I thought I missed something so I backed up and watched again but didn’t hear you mention it. Then I watched the video with the liquid detergents but I still didn’t see you test it. I just wondered if you had compared it. I keep a jug of that on hand at all times and use it for some loads but only a fraction of the recommended amount. Mostly I use homemade which, I think is the same as your recipe but I make it liquid. Been using that for many years.
Top loaders are definitely better than front....i used top for my grandaughters clothes for years...came out nice. My son got a front and now after 2 yrs ...no soap change....her clothes are getting dingy😢
Interesting… Your testing of cleaners and detergents inspired me. I experimented with trying to get rid of four old blood spots on a white pillowcase I was going to turn into rags. I treated with hydrogen peroxide (which lightened the spots quite a bit), then Barkeepers Friend (it was near the sink and I wanted see how the oxalic acid worked on an old stain on cloth-meh), lemon juice, then washed with All detergent and bleach. I can still see the remnants of the stains. Hydrogen peroxide did the most, but those stains were really set in by several trips thru the dryer.
They're very practical, you can buy smaller package to test And then decide which works the best . Small packs, 250 g, 400 or500 , 800 g. Very cheap . I stumbled on little Latino store in Neighborhood and picked one of each. They all worked great And smelled fresh. I like Omo , too. My laundry is not heavily soiled. I spray stains with stain Remover and toss it in to washer to wash with det .
Not necessarily. All stains are not created equal. Some will come out easier than others, and almost every detergent brand has instructions to pretreat heavily stained garments prior to washing. So if the instructions aren't followed properly and you're just throwing stained clothing into the washer expecting it to come out perfectly clean, you will be disappointed every time.
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Just to let you know, that is false information that went viral. Tide is the leading selling laundry detergent in the whole world. It is not banned anywhere.
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You really went above and beyond for these laundry detergent videos! Thank you!! ❤
We have 4 kids under 10 and use about 2 Tbsp of the powdered Foca in a large load. I’m not brand loyal with detergent, but we also like powdered Tide when we can get it for a good price. We wash in warm to hot water on a speed cycle on heavy soil which takes about 30 minutes. It seems to work fairly well for clothes that are not heavily stained. For pre-treating stains we prefer dish soap, some water and a toothbrush. Peroxide spray for blood. Alcohol for sharpie. We prefer to line dry, but if you use the dryer always double check that the stain was removed in the wash before tossing into the dryer to dry it.
foca is a detergent that is not enzymatic, for put in clear, enzymes in a detergent helps to remove stains since activate the key enzymes of the stain to later by the soapy content end of remove it ,Foca is a detergent that is one soap for your washing machine, won't remove dry stains or hard to remove ones
Thanks!
I loooove FOCA. FOCA Queen here! 😂😂😂😂 Cleans towels/washcloth, jeans, sneakers, etc., beautifully. I like it for thicker fabrics. Great stuff! 😊
Dawn dishwashing liquid, baking soda & washing soda. Use a cup of vinegar in rinse cycle. Clothes will come out clean, soft, & breathable.
What measurements do you use for them? I am looking to start making my own laundry soap.
Also, wanting to mix my own batches. I did several yrs ago when cloth diapered, but I was more selective for baby sensitivity.
Foca Ariel and Roma are amazing. You have to use enough soap and personally I use the old school machines which I have found work better than these new ones. Maybe the machines should be tested instead.😂
Absolutely!!!
I use ROMA and love it ❤ I have found that a lot of products coming out of Mexico are really superior to stuff made here. I tried Ariel a long time ago and it is so strong that using too much will eat your clothes up LOL! I just got so sick and tired of using liquid laundry soap and dealing with throwing out those stinkin' big plastic jugs. Anyhow try the Mexican brands and I don't think you'll be disappointed 😊
Very true.👍
From what I just recently learned is that Ariel is tide just mexicos version as it’s the same makers . Probably just difference in aromas.
@@Xanderful209don't disrespect Ariel like that 🤣
@@lamplight1636 lol it wasn’t a diss it’s made by the same manufacturer
I appreciate all of the work you are putting into testing the different detergents. The videos are very helpful.
Yes Foca is almost the same as Tide just different smell. I think they work the same but for the price I get Foca with hot water works great! Has saved me so much money over the years and we have a very active animal house.
To me, “best” means it gets the job done, doesn’t smell like chemicals or perfumes, and doesn’t make a mess.
Free & Clear or natural is best.
I wish she would've had the All F&C powder. We can't have smelly soap at my house.
I learned a lit about laundry from the cloth diaper community. First you only need a tablespoon or two of detergent. Bit the biggest thing is agitation and having enough laundry to get some good friction going. To little laundry and and they won't get clean and to much laundry and there us no room to move aroudn and rub againts each other.
Also i feel top loaders with agitation clean so much better then theh front loader that run for hours.
There is a facebook group called clean cloth nappies. Their processes can get anything clean incuding getting rid if mold. I swear they can get stains out of anything without ruining it.
Yes, absolutely true! You need to make sure the water is pushed through the clothes, no matter what soap you use. Front loaders have never been great for that or the top loaders with a plate. My washer will run a 'normal' cycle in about 20 minutes and it has an agitator. While it is true that detergent makes a difference, it NOT the most important thing. There's very very little difference between ANY of the brands I tried over the years. Mostly just the smell and how much is left after washing.
I used to soak my babies’ cloth diapers in Borax water until I washed them. They were always bright white and clean.
It's the washing machines themselves now days .. I used to have an old wringer washer that used to beat those clothes to death and the timer was broken so it would go as long as I would leave them. I had the cleanest clothes!!!!!!
I use foca for years I worked fast food light colored fabric I wash on warm water it would take out all grease stains. If I had bad tough stains when I would come home I would pre treat with totally awesome and in the morning I would toss in the wash all stains gone
I think HE washers don't use enough water to clean properly.
Especially heavily soiled items, like sport uniforms.
I think you're right!
I know they don't my husband works in a stinky job and I'd have to wash his clothes 2 to 3 times in the He washer. I did.research and went and bought a speed queen and now I'm a very very happy housewife again......
@@grandmashomemade9204me too, I got a used speed queen and I love it!
@@grandmashomemade9204omg. I have been wanting a Speed Queen for awhile now. I'm so jealous. I hate all these water saving appliances, it makes no sense when we are washing something to use less water.
No matter what the fabric is , if you don't use a prespotter like shout you will never get the stains out. You should test different prespotters then test your laudary soaps.
I switched from Tide to Roma and am happy.
I use to use Foca when my kids were little and it worked great, now I use Roma because I wanted to try a different fragrance. I think I like the smell of Roma better but they both work amazingly well. They are cheap too! 😊
I have followed Pistol’s advice on 1T of powder and my life has improved vastly! He was right!
I want to try this, did you just use 1 tblsp for a small load of laundry or for a large?
@@Daisyj2560 I have used 1 tablespoon regardless of the size of the load. But your question is valid. If you have a super super sized wash, you could try it with 2 tablespoons and see but no more than that. I’m a single person and I have a tiny washing machine with an agitator, so I don’t have large loads. Something else I do is on the bottle of liquid detergent, powdered detergent box, Dish soap, dishwashing powder, fabric softener, etc. I always write the date that I opened it and began using it. I’m keeping track of how long it takes me to use up the supply using this conservative method. I bought a big bottle of Tide liquid that has the spigot on it and opened that in November and I’m not even halfway through it and I do laundry like a mad woman! I hope you have as much success as I have had.🤗. For years before I learned this method I would buy a jug of liquid laundry detergent every month at anywhere between nine and $12 a pop. I also started being real careful about the amount of shampoo are used after listening to Jill say to use only a very small amount. I was buying a bottle of shampoo am I up and now I can’t even tell you the last time I bought shampoo. And then the toilet paper. Video that Tara and Mike did a few months back, well I’m just gonna leave it that it has paid off too. Every time I wash my hair I think of Jill and I think of Tara and Mike when… well, you get the unfortunate picture! I’m sure that was an unwanted side effect when they did that video 🤣
My father in law owned a laundromat for many years and he too says to only use 1T of detergent, occasionally 2T but no more. He was also big on pretreating any spots because it’s unlikely any detergent alone and diluted in a whole load will get out stains. Clean your clothes and rinse properly, yes. But stains, no.
@@jenniferrosenthal7731 I love your comment thank you so much ! I agree on pre-treating
When you have a nasty stain hang it in the sun. This has worked for me in getting mustard out of a shirt and red hot sauce out of a sweat shirt that I had already pre-treaded, washed and dried it. I forget to make sure the stain came out before I put it in the dryer.
I heard you mix a 1/2 pine sol with laundry detergent to get out oil stains
Or lestoil...
Buy A Speed Queen old style commercial grade washer. It will change your life. Washes loads in less than 30 minutes and does a phenomenal job. I will never go back to HE washers. They don't work.
I am waiting for my washer to die so I can get one. :-)
Bought the commercial Speed Queen 3 years ago and they are low water also. The only workaround is to wash everything on the Bulky cycle selecting Large load. Otherwise the top of your load wont even get wet.
I agree. But you can't find the old agitator washers. They are the best.
@@cherylschneider6903I just bought one brand new. They still make speed queens with an agitator 😊
If anyone gets a Speed queen ... make sure it's the classic TC series (I think) and NOT the TR series.... The TR series are awful when it comes to moving clothes around vs the classic version
We grow our own soap nuts. Before we made our own shampoo bars with lye and fat we saved from cooking like roasts or bacon. It cost us less than $5 a year for 5 loads a day. We make our own vinegar with fruit scrap instead of softener.
Now you need to try what I do for bad stains place them in a clear garbage bag fill part way with water put in lots of soap tye off the top give the bag a good swishing around let sit till next day and wash as per usual
You should have used a cuo of Ariel like you did on everything else. I use it and smells and works great.
I've used every one of those powders (except Gain which I can't stand the smell of) and they ALL perform about the same. If you have a water softener and a good washer any of them work. The minerals in the water work against the detergents. I have an 'old style' Speed Queen with full agitation. You are correct about the results of multiple washings but not for the reason you think. Back in the good 'old days' they used Phosphates in detergent, and it was very effective at cleaning most anything. That's why it was used. Since the switch to enzyme based cleaners, they work pretty well too but with one caveat. They need TIME to break down the proteins in the stain. That's why most washers have longer cycle times. In spite of that it may not be long enough. Exposure time to the enzymes is your friend with those detergents.
BTW, I used to use that A&H powder all the time until about 7-8 years ago they quit selling it in my area all together and wet to liquid. I called A&H and they claimed it was being discontinued. Haven't seen it at WM in forever.
spray ink with aresol hairspray before wash. Powders woek better than liquids but are for toploaders. Best to disolve detergent in smallest amount of water washer will agitate then add laundry and fill to desired level. Buy the Ariek made in Miexico if possible, most equivalent to tide, and made by same company that makes Roma which is their bargain brand, I replaced my fancy frontloader with a 30 y/o top loader with no computer chips, washed a load in 15 min, cleaner than the new one did in 3 hours. 50 years of washing nurse and farm dirt taught me a lo
I love this test. What I have found is when I use the Arm & hammer powder. If a stain is very bad I will soak it in a bucket overnight in the detergent & it almost always gets its out. But I understand that this was just a test at face value for how they would do. An over night presoak will work wonders on heavy stains.
Our washer is currently broken so I’ve been handwashing laundry. I bought German detergent on accident from Amazon, but if you take a photo of the foreign language directions with your phone and go to Google, you can translate them quickly and easily. Hope this helps for future videos.
I like to use era plus for stains. It takes out just about any stain that I tried. I had a pair of white shorts that got a grass and mud stain. I washed several times with our usual detergent and couldn't get it out. One day I decided to buy era and I used it straight as a pretreatment. I was surprised there was no sign of the stain afterwards. It is getting harder to find. It's a red bottle with a blue cap. I try to only use it as a pretreatment because of price.
If you soak whites in a Biz bucket with hot water or Cascade dishwasher detergent, you can get almost any stain out. I tried peroxide and baking soda on some stains on my sheets and pillows. It worked great too.the Cascade used to get red clay mud out of my son’s polyester baseball pants. They stayed nice and white?
Old school Washers, Always got the Job done!
Such an interesting experiment! Imho there’s no substitute for stain pretreatment and a washer with an agitator. I use Tide power pods hygienic clean with oxiclean in every load, and have been happy with it. I used Arm & Hammer for years bc of budget and habit, and realized recently (I know, duh-but it took me a while) that our clothes were just not clean-so I experimented a bit and have settled on Tide. I do pretreat stains with Dawn or Persil liquid.
I agree with pre-treatment and and agitator. My sons played baseball for years. The HE washer never got the stains out, or even washed the dirt out of the tub. I finally bought a Speed queen, and life was much easier.
@@motherhenn8850 That’s my next washing machine. 👍
That's amazing machine !👍
Pre treating, soaking and scrubbing are the things that get out stains and dirt. Detergents are only so-so.
Use De solve it citrus solution to spray stains with before washing. After that it doesn’t matter what detergent you use. Available from Amazon. I went from a government front loader to a speed queen. Big difference in efficiency.
I don't think new washers really agitate the clothes.
Definitely not like they used to. When i was a child my family got dirty and we just threw the clothes in the washer, never soaked or pretreated anything and all the clothes got clean. We just set it on heavy load and that old agitating machine did its job with good ole Tide.
I use Foca powdered in an HE front loader and I literally use about a tablespoon. however, I don't have particularly soiled clothes and definitely don't have motor oil on my clothes
My HE washer has compartments for prewash, detergent, and rinse cycle
So i use 2 T borax for prewash, the maximim amount recommended of Tide for rhe wash, and i use vinegqr to rinse it. (Obviously, also use a prewash cycle & rinse cycle on the selector)
This has actually improved grungy stains from my uniforms that developed overtime & i never thought would come out.
I run the cycle on delay while I'm working so i can come home & hang it or dry it. Sometime i forget, then I'll run just a rinse cylce, cuz I'm afraid it will get musty from sitting. And i learned, the extra rinse cycle after a day of sitting....gets it even more clean!!!
I hope it works for others & its not just my imagination. I believe the clothes are average dirty & definitely dont see oil stains very often.
Ariel is an enzymatic detergent made for south America by Procter and gamble and would be an equivalent to gain and tide together i have tried arm hammer, gain and tide and what works better in a He machine is gain powder cleans well even in short times program
Thank you for putting so much effort into this series Tawra! It has been so helpful!
In my experience if you have really dirty clothes, you need to use hot water.
i love these vids u r doing. i use the liquid foca. and i water it down alot. and gets clothes super clean my don sweats alot and gets his work clothes very clean and it smells great
💕💗💕🙏🙏🙏 Thanks Tawra, you sure did a thorough testing and no one should say otherwise. Appreciate all the trouble you went through to help us pick the best laundry detergent. May The Lord Jesus Christ bless you and your family!!!
Not all stains are alike, and not all detergents are alike.
Some stains are going to obviously come out easier than others.
I don't know if you said what that really dark stain is on those fabrics, but it looks like motor oil. (??) If that's the case, expecting any detergent to get that stain out without pretreating it probably isn't realistic. Almost every detergent I've used says that in order to get your heavily soiled/stained garments clean, you need to pretreat them. So if the instructions aren't followed, it kinda defeats the purpose of putting it to the test.
Most oily stains need more than just detergent. I found a bio enzyme cleaner at Dollar Tree some time ago, and I use it to pretreat any oily stains I have, and on any heavy stain from whatever. It is pretty amazing stuff. I keep checking to see if they plan to restock it, but I've not seen it since my initial purchase. I have found it on Amazon, but it is literally eight times the cost of the $1.25 that I paid for it at DT. I'm hoping DT brings it back.
My go-to detergent is Persil, because it actually gets our clothes cleaner than any of the bargan brands I've used, and I've tried a lot. The cheaper brands fade clothing. Persil protects your colors.
I love the comparison videos. I learn a lot. Thanks.
It’s the Ariel and Foca for me I think they get the clothes clean and they are both pure not much scent.
Human male adult poo could come clean by sight but not by smell by many things I tried, but only Gain rid the smell. Hope this helps any person doing such laundry.
P.S. I used the Gain pods, not powder.
Wow... this is quite an experiment! Thank you for testing all of these!
I find that using Tide powdered laundry detergent and doing a pre-wash and extra rinse gets clothes really clean in our front loader. The laundry cycles are longer but I think it's needed to get all the smells out. 😂
Vinegar works wonders on smells and it naturally softens your clothes
@jenniferrosenthal7731 yep... I have used vinegar too. I have also been using odo ban in the wash and then a bunch of wool dryer balls. Those work great for softening too!
I do wonder if water hardness/softness has anything to do with the effectiveness of cleaning. Also by a mistake I got an HE washer, and have to leave it on "power rinse" to have enough water for the rinse cycle. Can't stand that washer but unless it conks out before I do it's what I've got for the duration. Ugh, Gain stinks to high heaven, I get stopped up just going by those packages in the laundry aisle. A lot of people think if their clothes smell like a perfume factory it must mean they're clean.
Yes water hardness is a important detail to know when doing laundry. If your water is too hard the detergent is used up softening the water and there’s not enough to remove dirt. If that’s your washing conditions then adding a water softener/conditioner is helpful.
After reading the ingredients for powder detergent, turns out Gain is best for colors. It doesn't have sodium carbonate peroxide.
Tide however does have sodium carbonate peroxide. My grandfather uses tide powder and his jeans look a little faded.
A laundromat in the town closest to me has a sign up not to use Foca in their machines. I don't know why.
There has to be a good reason. It must clog up the machines.
Because it says to use a whole cup and it's just too much I bet. I use ¼ to ⅓ cup Max, always in warm water!
Lol thats funny they think people will actually follow that rule....i see people do what they want...they dont care...its not thier machine....
@@rld1278 I agree. I got one bag and it lasted me one and a half months washing everyday. I have a water softener but I think those bagged detergents have water softening agents included.
For oily and stubborn stains, stain additives are used
We need agitators in our washing machines and more water. I always use hot water wash.
Great video on the powder detergent, Tawra! Ariel was a European product for many years. I bought a package in Germany 25 years ago because it smelled just fresh. It was a phenomenal detergent. I bought some here in OK a couple of years ago and it was NOT the same. Did not clean well, the scent, while clean-smelling gave me a headache. I only use homemade detergent now scented with EO.
I had the same experience too when I tried that a number of years ago. The smell was just absolutely overpowering.
The washers from the old days that actually agitated works best. The new washers suck
I have used the washing machine sheets only when we go to the beach. We don’t get dirty like we do at home
I have also used Tilex to get formula stains out of white cotton onesies and white clothes. If I have had an impossible stain I would used DD7. I don’t know if you can still buy it anymore.
Sometimes is different with the laundry detergents. Back in the day we never had to add extra ingredients for the wash. They dont seem to clean as well??? Also these new washers are horrible. Clothes don't smell clean.
Arm & Hammer liquid detergents are great for stains. I have used it for 20+ years.
Without watching the entire video yet. I use the powdered tide on my cloth diapers and it does an amazing job. I did try the arm and hammer for a while as it’s cheaper… but it sucked for us. And I’ve tried the foca as my husband loves the smell of it and it didn’t cut the cake on the diapers unfortunately.
Interesting finding… I do know with our dirty diapers I do a rinse and spin, then a deep wash with soap and then an another deep wash with no soap. And that’s what it takes to get clean diapers.
Ahhh and you have a front load washer that will affect results too. Thanks for this video it was fun lol
I have tried A&H (multiple versions) in a non-HE washer and later in an HE top loader with cloth diapers. Even in the non-HE washer, it caused ammonia from the first wash. I once boiled my cotton flats after running my usual wash routine with a full dose of A&H and the water was yellow! It didn’t remove any of the urine from my son’s diapers.
Add baking soda to ur wash with detergent. / works great
Ariel is a preumium brand where i live (on par with tide but actually better) its the only detergent that gets our cloth nappies clean. I loved when we lived in the states i could pick it up so cheaply as people used to speak crap about it as they thought it was a Mexican brand. It was my best kept secret lol the formula is a little different there but it was still great you just need to use the right amount as with any detergent.
None of the laundry detergent will remove any of those grease stains. I ended up buying degreaser, hottest water and longest cycle to get them out. Uniform laundry service must have something special as they always were totally grease free when hubbies work provided them. Amonia and heavy amount of laundry soap works for me when hubby gets really grubby now. Grease X from auto parts store. Haven't tried it myself.
I have a feeling similar results like the others. Moral is just don't get real dirty or have grubbies for messy work.
I’m not trying to nitpick. I’m just curious. Towards the end of the video I randomly saw a jug of Ecos laundry detergent sitting there. I thought I missed something so I backed up and watched again but didn’t hear you mention it. Then I watched the video with the liquid detergents but I still didn’t see you test it. I just wondered if you had compared it. I keep a jug of that on hand at all times and use it for some loads but only a fraction of the recommended amount. Mostly I use homemade which, I think is the same as your recipe but I make it liquid. Been using that for many years.
That's coming up in tomorrow's video.
I dont use stain removers i mix detergent with a little water and put directly on the stain
Pre soak, then wait and finally wash.
Top loaders are definitely better than front....i used top for my grandaughters clothes for years...came out nice. My son got a front and now after 2 yrs ...no soap change....her clothes are getting dingy😢
If you ever get a chance, the ultimate stain is gear oil. It stinks and is hard to remove.
Did the non HE detergents do any damage to your washer or not wash correctly?
No just use the 1 tsp. on small load and 1 Tbsp. on large and you're fine.
Foca is my favorite but Ariel cleaned better for me
I’ve never heard of a 3 hour wash! And the most rinses my washer does is 3.
You will have enough laundry detergent to last you through the Millennium.
Works well as a cleanser on walls etc. esp Tide :)
I just an old, used Kenmore elite from 2004. Should I get rid of that washer and buy HE before trying these recommended detergent?
If it's still working, don't get rid of it.
I love Roma and foca.
Interesting… Your testing of cleaners and detergents inspired me. I experimented with trying to get rid of four old blood spots on a white pillowcase I was going to turn into rags. I treated with hydrogen peroxide (which lightened the spots quite a bit), then Barkeepers Friend (it was near the sink and I wanted see how the oxalic acid worked on an old stain on cloth-meh), lemon juice, then washed with All detergent and bleach. I can still see the remnants of the stains. Hydrogen peroxide did the most, but those stains were really set in by several trips thru the dryer.
I ordered the 40 lb tub of Boardwalk Hurrican powder from Walmart for $36
Project farm tested a number of detergents and the winner was Arm/Hammer at 8 cents per load and Gain at 10 cents per load
Tide oxy is the best
Me personally I stick with the liquid detergent I hadn't used powder detergent in years😅
i think the winner is ur homemade version of the soap
I tried laundry sheets once and will never use them again, they were absolutely useless.
Sorry which one did the best ?
What temperature did you wash in?
What about soap nuts? I've heard of those and did you test those?I haven't seen him so far.
I didn't test them but every person I've seen who has said they are worthless.
Having used them before. They not really good for soiled clothes
Where are from? The way you say wash and measure just gets me lol😊
Tarragon, I need to apologize for my statement in an earlier video. I let my own stress negate my manners. Please forgive me.
Ariel laundry detergent is made by tide!
Did you go down to Mexico to buy all that? Or do you have a large population of Spanish speakers in your area?
Many Walmarts have all of those brands
@@jenniferrosenthal7731 Indeed. But I was referring to the instructions being exclusively in Spanish.
Its in almost all stores
They're very practical, you can buy smaller package to test
And then decide which works the best . Small packs, 250 g, 400 or500 , 800 g. Very cheap . I stumbled on little Latino store in
Neighborhood and picked one of each. They all worked great
And smelled fresh. I like Omo , too.
My laundry is not heavily soiled. I spray stains with stain
Remover and toss it in to washer to wash with det .
With powder detergent only use 2 tablespoons
You need a speed queen washer
I make my own...
The reason why the stains aren’t coming out maybe due to the fabric being used
Not necessarily. All stains are not created equal. Some will come out easier than others, and almost every detergent brand has instructions to pretreat heavily stained garments prior to washing. So if the instructions aren't followed properly and you're just throwing stained clothing into the washer expecting it to come out perfectly clean, you will be disappointed every time.
What’s a “HE” washer?
It’s a High Efficiency washer.
They suck. Old school washers are rhe best. Bit ebough water ro wash or rinse.
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I've been completely happy with Roma for years, but I think Walmart isn't going to be carrying it any more 😥.
Id never use any of those.
Did you know Tide is banned in 80 countries because of the Toxic chemicals?
What do you use to wash your clothes ?
Just to let you know, that is false information that went viral. Tide is the leading selling laundry detergent in the whole world. It is not banned anywhere.
Came to say the same thing about Tide. 👍
@@bholloway7923they dont have it in australia
I've never seen tide anywhere is Europe
Borax is the best for everything, but it is not in your list.
I think it’s your washer. TBH.