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The very latest product for your machine – Soap Nuts 😯
Apparently they grow on soap nut trees in India and the shells contain a soapy substance called saponin. Stick a few nuts in a drawstring bag and pop them in your machine for an ecofriendly, chemical free, bio-degradable wash. The nuts are reusable and give loads of soapy bubbles in every wash. Once the nuts are spent of all their cleaning power, simply put them on your compost heap!
As the product is totally odour free the UK importers also supply a laundry fragrance to add a smell of lavender to your wash! 😕
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Old news I’m afraid, they’ve been around for ages and been mentioned on here before.
They don’t work, end of story the simple old caveat of, “if it seems to good to be true, then it probably is” applies here.
There’s no data to support the claims made about them, but like those silly eco-balls, some people make a small fortune preying on the people that feel they are helping the ecology by using these sorts of things.
K.
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Soapy nuts ?….obviously the washing machine not rinsing smalls properly 😆 😆 😆
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Well now, it appears there is quite a market in these nuts which are selling well here in the UK and much sought after by those with severe skin allergies. They do not cause damage (corrosion) to the internal components of a washing machine and no need for ‘service washes’ either. 😯
The tree hugging forums seem to like their nuts, can’t get enough of them it seems. 😉
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I think one would have to be “nuts” to use them. I shall stick to my Ariel Sensitive – Ta!
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Speaking of environmentally friendly detergents, I see that Tesco has recently added an Ecological range of detergents to its shelves. “Tesco Naturally…” or some such name.
And a lot cheaper than the “ECOVER” versions too: So is “Ecover” over-priced, or is the Tesco version not to the same ‘friendly standard’ as “Ecover”?
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Not tested it but you’d have to think that if they’d taken out that much cost then there is a price for it. I’d suspect that, as usual, they are preying on the people that only think in terms of pounds and pence, not the result.
K.
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As a matter of interest, I purchased the Tesco ‘Naturally’ Laundry Powder and Dishwasher Tablets.
Dishwasher Tablets in Bosch Logixx SGS09L08: More foam than usually encountered with Finish/Fairy. Listening to the upper spray arm, it seemed to surge, then rotate slowly. I’m not convinced that there are suitable amounts foam suppressants in the formulation.
Biological Laundry Powder in Zanussi Jetsystem IZ16S: Claimed 16 doses per pack, as opposed to 10 for “Daz”. Four enzymes in the formulation. No fragrance as such, just the smell of cardboard and possibly a faint smell of coconut. Cleaned fine on a 40 degree Cotton ‘time-saver cycle’. Slight residue of undissolved particles on dark items; a normal cycle might have fared better.
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Trilobite whilst you may be straying off the subject here just a tad, on reflection it appears from many of your previous posts, you are at least (and I mean this in a kindly sense 😉 ) a bit of a ‘soap nut’ yourself! 🙂
Your systematic analysis of soap powders and detergents both for dishwashers and washing machines is quite amazing. 😯 One would almost think you don a white coat and work in a laboratory all day from all the observations you have made? Very good indeed! 🙂 Takes a sharp one to get past you I reckon? 8)
Well maybe just one thing…..?
Trilobite wrote:Listening to the upper spray arm, it seemed to surge, then rotate slowly. I’m not convinced that there are suitable amounts foam suppressants in the formulation.
Your Bosch dishwasher incorporates a ‘water points’ metering system that regulates the water spray between upper and lower baskets every 50 seconds (or so) and that is why you will hear a distinct 5 second pause (the spray action is heard to slow down) as it switches automatically between the two… 😉
Getting back ‘on topic’ as it were, have you tried any soap nuts in your Zanussi yet I wonder? Are they all they are ‘cracked’ up to be? 😉
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Martin wrote:Trilobite whilst you may be straying off the subject here just a tad, on reflection it appears from many of your previous posts, you are at least (and I mean this in a kindly sense 😉 ) a bit of a ‘soap nut’ yourself! 🙂
Your systematic analysis of soap powders and detergents both for dishwashers and washing machines is quite amazing. 😯 One would almost think you don a white coat and work in a laboratory all day from all the observations you have made? Very good indeed! 🙂 Takes a sharp one to get past you I reckon? 8)
Well maybe just one thing…..?
Trilobite wrote:
Listening to the upper spray arm, it seemed to surge, then rotate slowly. I’m not convinced that there are suitable amounts foam suppressants in the formulation.Your Bosch dishwasher incorporates a ‘water points’ metering system that regulates the water spray between upper and lower baskets every 50 seconds (or so) and that is why you will hear a distinct 5 second pause (the spray action is heard to slow down) as it switches automatically between the two… 😉
Getting back ‘on topic’ as it were, have you tried any soap nuts in your Zanussi yet I wonder? Are they all they are ‘cracked’ up to be? 😉
Ho ho! Ta for your psychiatric analysis! Credit given where credit is due! 😉
The Bosch when supplying the upper spray arm only (the diverter valve having previously switched into this mode) does indeed falter when too many suds are present. A further problem is, should the door be opened to investigate, a suds-lock condition can be encountered, whereby the circulation pump virtually stops and the diverter valve attempts to flip – usually unsuccessfully. A few years ago, Bosch appeared to acknowledge the suds-lock condition with certain tablets.
Overfoaming also occurs when overdosing modern powders: old-style chlorine detergents do not cause such effects.
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I haven’t tried Soap Nuts, because:
1: I haven’t encountered them previously.
2: I am mighty suspicious of cleaning products that lack at least detergent, bleaching agents and/or enzymes.
3: There is a chance that the nuts might cause some damage to the machine, ie pump blockage.
4: Possibility for damage to delicate clothing, should they emerge from the bag.
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