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Washing machine and soda crystals - astonishing!

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polnan Thu 02-Jan-20 10:52:53

glad I found this thread, thankyou

I have used soda crystals , in the past, as a sort of cleaner.

for the washing machine that is

so , at the moment I use liquid sp... think the powder stuff clings to some clothes? I don`t do a hot wash... very rarely,
my towels are rough, I like rough towels, not soft ones, so that`s o.k.

so I think I may try this again, thanks Witzend... need to economise as well as rid of plastic, and my sp is in a rather large plastic bottle..
wow. never realised...

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jusnoneed Thu 02-Jan-20 10:50:45

I use liquid detergent but usually less than the measure advised, never softener, and occasionally add soda to my towel or bedding wash. Helps keep the machine and the drain
clean.

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Witzend Thu 02-Jan-20 10:45:22

I recently vowed to finally stop using the gel pods - apart from the plastic I always found the boxes a right PITA to open.

On another forum someone who evidently knows what he’s talking about, said that they gum up the machine and that in any case most of us use far too much of whichever detergent, which builds up and makes laundry feel rough.

He recommended a very hot wash with just soda crystals, adding that the machine would foam up a lot, probably more than once, because of all the residue.

I put my machine on a 90 deg wash with just soda crystals maybe 20 mins ago, and the amount of foam is absolutely astonishing!

So I shall repeat, maybe with white towels, since he says that they will come out whiter and softer than before.

In future it’s going to be powder (from a cardboard box) and rather less than I’d normally have used, with some soda crystals added.

I dare say other GNers were aware of all this, but it’s been a bit of a revelation to me!

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