What's the best washing powder??

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I know, such an exciting topic for Saturday night!!

What brand do you find the best?
I've tried Asda's own and Surf. Neither get plain old mud out.
I'm fed up of either rewashing jeans or just wearing them as the dogs get me dirty within minutes anyway.

And as an aside, Powder, gel, tabs or liquitabs?

Ariel powder is the best

I like Bold 2 in 1 the best as I can put flannels, cloths, towels in as well as everything else. Gets it pretty clean too.

Ariel or Persil powder

I use what is on offer out of Ariel, Persil and Daz. I use powder as it leaves the drum of the machine less slimy (I got marks on my clothes when using liquids). I always use Bio powder.

I use Aerial or Bold. For really muddy clothes I'd use a pre-wash programme and put some Napisan in the wash too. I'd use gel - the liquitabs tend to cause bleach spots on my clothes where the contents have pooled in one spot.

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For mud: put muddy clothes in the bath and spray with cold water from the shower to get the worst off.

Soak in a bucket in a solution of biological colour powder and warm water for 4 hours.

Rinse in the machine.

Rub any remaining grass stains with washing up liquid.

Wash with bio powder at 40 minimum.

Best colour bio powder is Persil, imo.

Best non-bio = Fairy.

Best bio for whites = Persil.

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Or you could just buy waterproof trousers to go over your jeans when walking the dog!

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Ariel makes our entire family itch and it does not smell nice. (IMO)
I use Surcare with a shake of napisan in the drawer and always do an extra rinse.

I have, however, not found a way to get white school socks nice and sparkly again, I've soaked overnight in v weak bleach but it failed miserably!

We get Formil non bio from lidl. Sounds cheap I know but can honestly recommend it and it is only 6.50 for a big box. It also has a which recommendation for best value

Do you think I could teach the dogs to wipe their paws when they come in??

I use ariel colour and ecover bio powder (weird mix, I know...)
if I have bad stains I soak in a mix of powder and warm water for a few hours and after that chuck the whole load, soapy water and all into the mashine and switch on.
I find washing mashines vary quite a bit, in our old flat we had a hoover mashine which got everything clean in the normal wash, now I have a whirlpool mashine and I need to pre treat a lot more, it just doesn*t wash as well.

persil liquid or Ariel Gel are my 2 faves, although I have used the Formil from Lidl, very good and much cheaper.

try washing at higher temperature say 60C

Hi folks!
Which is the best supermarket for low prices on large sizes of washing powder?
Many thanks. :)

For colours, I make washing powder (grated cheap soap, soda crystals in equal quantities) and mix in some supermarket powder. Lasts months and months. Any supermarket powder works as it's in there mainly for the fragrance. The only stains that need pre treating are oil and tomato based food ones. Mud comes out first time. If there's anything really dirty, I add a scoop of soda crystals or up the temp to 60.

I like Ariel for whites - I use half and half homemade and Ariel and wash at 60 or 75 - all towels and sheets are white, as are work shirts and a lot of T shirts in this house. Every now and again, I set it at 95, mostly for to clean the machine.

I use Formil from Lidl. It usually does well in consumer reports, and I'm happy with it.

I soak grimy clothes and they're usually fine after a quick wash.

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Persil bio for whites and Persil non bio for colour. Fairy is also good.

I use Aldi Almat bio colour, and whites. Powder is better for the machine, I believe. I use white vinegar with a dash of lavender oil instead of fabric conditioner. More eco friendly, better for the machine, more natural smelling, helps preserve colours and can be used on towels etc without reducing their absorbency.

I use Ecover liquid. I've used it for years and I'm perfectly happy with it.

I've been using Ariel pods but have been vaguely unhappy with the results. Thanks to this thread I went back to Ariel Original powder and oh, the difference, and I'm just so pleased!

I put a scoop of Astonish powder in for stains/whites and the Astinish laundry spray to spot treat .

For detergent , the Sainsbury own brand ones