The power of Synthropol
#21
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Keller, TX
Posts: 1,941
What, don't use fabric sheets in a front loading machine??? Is he nuts? The color catcher sheet isn't any different than a cotton washcloth, and you wash plenty of those. Her tech doesn't know what he is talking about. For gosh sakes what does he think you are washing in your machine....everything is fabric.
#22
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 432
question: Do you know why you can't use Synthropol with front loaders? DH doesn't like our front loader, swears it doesn't get clothes as clean. I love it. However in the process of trying to figure out what could be done to make it so he likes it better, i was told that additional hot water could be added to machine during cycle by pouring it into the bleach dispenser. Would that work for the S. or is it a chemical issue?
#23
Super Member
Join Date: May 2009
Location: No. California
Posts: 2,130
I use all three....and I have a front loader.....never had a problem.....I swear by the Color Catchers....they are a bit pricey, but I usually find a coupon that I put away for just their purchase.....I use them almost exclusively. I do use the Retayne and Syntrapol for soaking smaller pieces in my wash basin. I use a lot of batiks(famous for bleeding). So far, so good!!!!
#26
Lots of good info on Synthropol at Dharma Trading. There is also a new low foam version that is supposed to be better for front loading machines.
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2127-AA.shtml
http://www.dharmatrading.com/html/eng/2127-AA.shtml
#27
question: Do you know why you can't use Synthropol with front loaders? DH doesn't like our front loader, swears it doesn't get clothes as clean. I love it. However in the process of trying to figure out what could be done to make it so he likes it better, i was told that additional hot water could be added to machine during cycle by pouring it into the bleach dispenser. Would that work for the S. or is it a chemical issue?
#29
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: northeast NE
Posts: 1,072
I have always prewashed my fabrics, for garments and quilts. And since I've been piecing quilts, I prewash the fabrics I'm going to use for a quilt altogether with the Retayne and hot water. I include "Launder in cool water only" on my labels. I don't want someone to have the red dye into the white and ending up with pink and etc. after all the work is done. My sister-in-law made a blue jeans denim quilt and added wine colored blocks with it. After the first wash, it was a miserable looking mess; even for a jeans quilt. Lesson learned for her. She thought she was 'saving time' by not prewashing the wine colored fabric. I haven't ever used the sythrapol.
#30
My LG brand front-loader has a small drain tube easily accessible on the lower front to drain any water that may remain. I bend over less with this machine than with my previous (top-loader) because I put it on a platform--a plywood box because I did not want to spend ridiculously high $$s on the accessory pedestal for a machine that lives in the garage. My laundry comes out just as clean, if not cleaner, than before, using only half the water and detergent. And no agitator means the clothes are treated more gently, extending their wearability. I shopped around and managed to get this machine for the same price I would have had to pay for a top-loader at the time, about two years ago.
Last edited by suzanprincess; 04-03-2012 at 12:17 AM.
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