I am using a liquid detergent and I use exactly the half of the detergent they say I should use. If a the washing machine requires 1 cup, I do half. Mostly because I don’t trust the company to put me over their interests.
Now, what will happen? Will my clothes end up staying dirty? Will it not remove stains which a full cup would have removed? Will surfexcel kidnap me and torture me for not obeying their commands? Help meeee!!
You almost can’t use too little detergent, recommended amounts are actually too much and tend to leave residue. You only need 1-2TBSP to properly clean your clothes.
The detergent goblin takes them, as you haven’t provided the right payment.
Help me oh kind wizard, I do not want to die.
Throw in some extra socks next time. He’ll take them as tribute and leave your other clothes.
Any effect should be immediately obvious, shouldn’t it? If your clothes are still dirty after washing, that’s something you can see/smell/feel. Anything else that your average detergent claims to do is luxury.
The only harm is using too much. My mother-in-law has ruined multiple washing machines over the years. She doesn’t understand that modern high efficiency machines require very little detergent and proceeds to clog them up with too much.
I literally had to teach my wife how to do laundry correctly when we got married so she wouldn’t ruin the washing machine.
Another thing is good quality washing machine cleaner/descaler/degreaser
Use it every year, or every six months in hard water areas. Drastically increases the life of your machine, and it’ll keep washing like it did when it was new
That and don’t forget to clean the filter! I do that every month, doesn’t take long and it keeps everything running smoothly.
What brand do you recommend, or style?
The own brand stuff in Lidl is excellent
The first technolgy connections video with the words washing machine in it.
This is a dishwashing machine video, not a clothes washing machine video.
Apologies - That was very lazy of me.
On a second look I’m shocked to be unable to find a technology connections video on this. This guy has near on 10 years of gold on YouTube.What’s the difference?
it deals with items of different materials and different kinds of dirtyness. drying is done wildly differently too, and some dishwaser detergent has stuff to help faster drying
Put your dishes in clothes washing machine and find out.
I always use less detergent and add some vinegar.
Typically one trusts the instructions, but it does depend on the kind and quality of detergent, the quality of the machine, and the amount and types of clothes. I myself just entered an era of having no working machines for two days (on my third and am surviving on a pink hoodie over purple plaid shirt, jeans, and temple garment bra/panties which is my “last life”) because the slots are broken on both home and public machines and do a half-effective job.
Keep in mind that the instructions are written by those who wish to extract money from you.
It’s not like they’re stealing it. They’re just guiding you on how to use detergent.
It’s like saying the people who make microwavable popcorn are extracting money from me because they struggle to take into consideration how the microwave works.
If (hypothetically) they specifically guide you to use more than necessary, thus wasting detergent, theyre making you spend more money on their product, thus extracting money from you.
Microwave popcorn isn’t a reasonable analogue because you don’t “use more product” following their instructions. Maybe hot chocolate is a good example? Every package I’ve bought has suggested using basically 2x as much as I find I need to make a mug of it.
Unless trial and error come into play, which is why I brought up popcorn. I honestly wonder how many of those complaining about this actually do laundry. Too much detergent ends up making the clothes seem like they went through a car wash, so if too much was being used, it’s not like the person wouldn’t know. There also aren’t as many hard rules about it as people think there are to base the idea of some of the purportedly “wrong” specifications on.
Switch to powder, your wallet will thank you.
Switched from powder to liquid actually, powder wouldnt mix and leave residue, liquid is kinda easier
