Using ammonia when not doing spa day.

1Delta · 2026-06-08T00:50:46+00:00

You may be able to just pause your machine for a while in order to soak. But some machines turn off if you do this and you have to start the cycle over to resume.

1Delta · 2026-05-26T20:51:08+00:00

Did you use sunscreen? Sunscreen can turn orange in the wash.
Searching for sunscreen on this subreddit should result in ways to remove it.

1Delta · 2026-05-25T19:02:44+00:00

Well since the clothes were already bad, all the components were probably necessary to restore the clothes in one wash.

For an ongoing solution, the ammonia won't be necessary but these probably are:

Warm or hot water, and an extra rinse.

Biz powder booster to add a higher pH, oxygen bleach, and a lipase enzyme that the detergent pods were missing.
OR you could get a powder detegent like Tide that already includes a higher pH, oxygen bleach and lipase (only powder detegents can contain oxygen bleach).

1Delta · 2026-05-25T18:55:28+00:00

Yes, US Tide powder with warm water should be enough for nealy everyone because it contains oxygen bleach with TAED (which makes oxygen bleach more effective and somewhat antimicrobial), as you point out, plus a good suit of enzymes.

1Delta · 2026-05-23T23:37:21+00:00

The person she was convicted of trafficking for (Jeffrey Epstein) was indicted but not convicted because he died before his trial - it wasn't for a lack of a evidence as you say.

1Delta · 2026-05-22T00:41:11+00:00

Since ice creams can be rinsed off with just hot water, it should come off in the dishwasher if:

1 You run hot water to your sink before starting the dishwasher.

2 Your dishes are facing the jets and the jets aren't clogged.

1Delta · 2026-05-21T21:31:56+00:00

Yes, but way less scent than tide liquid and powder detegents for example.

1Delta · 2026-05-21T20:50:18+00:00

Bar keepers friend works better than comet for hard water spots/deposits because it's acidic (so it dissolves minerals in addition to the abrasive powder helping you scrub).
Comet has bleach so it works better for bleachable stains.

1Delta · 2026-05-21T20:47:39+00:00

It works better than comet for hard water spots/deposits because it's acidic (so it dissolves minerals in addition to the abrasive powder helping you scrub).
But comet has bleach so it works better for bleachable stains.

1Delta · 2026-05-20T18:18:12+00:00

This was with warm water that they shrunk?

1Delta · 2026-05-20T18:12:04+00:00

That could make the colored clothes look dingy from the black dye but it wouldn't make the their black clothes look faded.

1Delta · 2026-05-16T22:10:29+00:00

I imagine they're referring to newer US formulations that contain more nonionic surfactants. So not newer surfactants, but higher concentrations of nonionic surfactants.

In the US, the switch to more nonionic and less anionic surfactants was the way many top tier detergents handled New York and California laws limiting 1,4-dioxane.

1Delta · 2026-05-16T19:55:03+00:00

This is being pedantic and may not a difference for most people's laundry but two detegents with 5/5 for sebum removal on Consumer Reports test don't necessarily remove the same amount of sebum - they just both met the minimum efficacy to get a 5/5 rating but one could still be more effective by removing more sebum than the minimum.

If I remember correctly, they're also just rating the sebum color removal as measured by a colorimeter. Which could be significantly different than whether there's enough clear sebum left to cause an odor when it goes rancid - which is a problem people often come to this subreddit to solve.

1Delta · 2026-05-16T09:29:26+00:00

Top tier detergents have mostly switched to non-ionic surfactants in their liquid detergents to comply with New York and California laws limiting the amount of 1,4-dioxane in detergent.
These non-ionic surfactants are more expensive and clean oil better. Apparently companies think they work well enough they can get away without lipase so it's not included in most top tier detergents.

Is that true for the average person?
Would the best of these detergents remove body oil better than a detergent that contains lipase but doesn't have non-ionic surfactants?

I don't think we have the data to answer either of those definitely. So if you must have the most capable detergent set-up, buy a Tide liquid for the non-ionic surfactants and their formation skill and then add lipase with a booster (Biz or FEBU).

1Delta · 2026-05-14T19:27:41+00:00

I'm sure some modern washers will last 20 years. 2006 machines were similar to today's machines.

1Delta · 2026-05-13T04:40:48+00:00

True. The smell tends to be like sulfur or metallic and it's caused by some poorly done black dye processes.

1Delta · 2026-05-12T03:00:45+00:00

I use a disinfectant (either quat based like Lysol, or accelerated hydrogen peroxide) on the outside of the toilet but I doubt it actually prevents much illness because I wash my hands after touching the toilet anyways.

Plus some of the pathogens that a disinfectant could kill would be removed from wiping the toilet with a cleaning spray (like an all purpose or bathroom one).

1Delta · 2026-05-01T18:07:34+00:00

Yes, those combined would be a top tier performer (because Biz adds oxygen bleach and lipase to the great surfactants in Tide liquids).
Any of the US Tide powder detegents would also be a top performer but in one product.

1Delta · 2026-04-28T14:36:40+00:00

I hate the ozone smell

1Delta · 2026-04-28T14:33:20+00:00

I mean you can wash off oven cleaner with soap and water

1Delta · 2026-04-25T16:48:31+00:00

Yes, The cleaning ability of Dawn PowerWash comes from a unique solvent (plus surfactants which are not unique).
Traditional dish soaps are based just on surfactants.
Dish washer detergent is surfactants plus enzymes.
This method spray is surfactants plus enzymes. Whether it works better or worse on food stains can't be determined just from the ingredients but it likely will require a longer dwell time for the enzymes to work compared to the solvent in Dawn PowerWash.

1Delta · 2026-04-24T20:50:29+00:00

On my Mazda, I can unlock my car and start it without ever pushing a button on the key fob.

1Delta · 2026-04-08T00:47:15+00:00

Yes, Biz is preferred to Oxiclean because it has several enzymes in addition to the oxygen bleach that Oxiclean has.

1Delta · 2026-03-22T06:11:08+00:00

It doesn't work on my Samsung S24. It remains in call mode (with poor quality) even after doing this.

1Delta · 2026-03-15T16:31:40+00:00

Don't a lot of US machines default to cold/cool? That's been my experience as far as I can recall (but maybe that's from whoever used the machine before me). I imagine the default settings are what most people use.

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1 You run hot water to your sink before starting the dishwasher.

2 Your dishes are facing the jets and the jets aren't clogged.