The quest for the ultimate green washing powder continues….

Posted by Andy Hamilton - 14/09/08 at 02:09:35 pm

To recap previous blog entries I am washing muddy clothes in a normal wash at 30 degrees Celsius.  I have only tried two methods so far and here is a brief description of the results.

• Soap Nuts – not bad for everyday but fails to really clean mucky clothes.  – 5/10
• Alma Win – Cleanut laundry Detergent. -An improvement on above, still does not remove the most stubborn stains. However, it does warn this on the packaging. 6/10 (I might even push up to a 7 on a good day.
• Bio D Non Biological Washing Powder, See below

Bio D came highly recommended by a friend of mine with 2 small children; they live on the edge of a city and so have plenty of muddy fields surrounding them. Needless to say she does have to deal with some pretty mucky clothes.

I tested this load with a dark load of washing and it has all come out pretty clean.  I have a pair of water proof trousers (that have been overused this summer)! they really do get caked and ingrained with mud. This was to be the item I inspected closely in order to ascertain the effectiveness of the powder. They still do have mud ingrained in them but I think this is from a while back when I went to a very, very muddy festival along with months on the allotment.  So again Bio D can’t work miracles but it is effective and does seem to wash clothes at low temperatures with similar results to one of the leading fish killing detergents.

Bio D 7.5 out of 10.

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1. I don’t much like Bio D – I find that it clogs in the machine. I tend to use Ecover powder – non-bio. It won’t get out the big stains but soaking or using the ecover stain remover does help.

   Comment by Shirley — September 17, 2008 #

2. It has been some time since I tried Ecover and I will have to put it to the test again. I think I need to invest in some sort of stain remover to get the real allotmented shirts sorted out, I wonder if soaking with borax might help?

   Comment by andyhamilton — September 19, 2008 #

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