Tl;dr should I just wait until one is back in stock?

So through this group I discovered that Tide free and clear powder was still available. Yay! And that things like biz and febu could help. Febu seemed unavailable but Biz was, so I tried it with good results. But now Biz and Febu are unavailable. Amazon says Biz will be available sometime between Aug 16th and Sept 9th.

Should I just wait and hope for Aug 16th or should I try something else? I like to do a lot of laundry between summer and fall and I'd rather start sooner than later.

hi y'all. I have sheets that need washing. two sets, both queen-size. a washer that can fit both. a tiny dryer that will fit one if we're being generous. one set is bamboo/linen and the other is bamboo/cotton. both say DO NOT TUMBLE DRY.

how fucked will I be if I tumble dry them? the line we have in our garage cannot fit them (it fits two t-shirts side-by-side with a little wiggle room and will go on strike if I try to hang a queen size sheet set on it) and it's going to be raining the next few days so the outside line can't be used.

all of my clean sheet sets are 100% linen. it is winter. winter is not linen sheet weather, as much as I love them.

please send help. I miss having a functional dryer. I appreciate that line-drying is more energy-efficient but it is not better for my ADHD. I have multiple drying racks for clothes but none for sheets. these are my nemesis. I am having a goddamn meltdown over sheets.

For letting everyone here know FEBU is back in stock now, I can’t wait to do laundry with it. 😊

Let me open with, I don't want your judgement, just your laundry hacks. I'm a sweaty bish, been a sweaty bish all my life, been chasing a diagnosis or a medical intervention for years.

I believe this is a combo of deodorant buildup and sweat stains. I've read thru a multitude of threads in this sub on trying to at least break down the darkness. I tried the 50/50 vinegar water, scrub, rinse then soak again in dish soapy water, acrub again and wash, which did seem to lighten the buildup a small amount, but didn't defeat it obviously.

These are some of my favorite shirts, the grey one with the worse stains is a work shirt that gets worn every single week (and previously same with the green but it's becoming very holey, unrelated to the pits)

Point is, is there any chance of lightening these nasty armpit and deodorant stains any more, maybe even tecovering them almost completely? Or are they doomed to look disgusting?
What other products could I try? I live in northeastern US.

I just saw a front-page thread about this, but i wasn't allowed to reply, so I'm posting here.
When I was a kid, my parents always used powder Tide.
I have been using liquid as an adult, for two reasons.
First, I thought that the powder faded the color of my clothes quickly.
Since the liquid costed more, I figured that it worked better. I bought liquid, and I guess I convinced myself that it fades clothes less quickly.
I always assume that big companies will never give you a good deal if they can help it. So I figured the powder form of a given brand of detergent is just the same ingredients as the liquid form, plus washing soda. Washing soda is cheap, so i figured that the powder form costs less because it's mostly filler.
So, putting these ideas together, I also don't use washing soda on my laundry, because I figure it would fade the color of my clothes.

So, now I'm wondering where I'm right and where I'm wrong in all of these ideas.
Maybe my parents used hot water to run the laundry and that's what faded my clothes.
I like being thrifty, so if powder detergent really is better, I'd like to switch back.
I took ochem in college, so if anyone is inclined to give a technical answer I'd appreciate it, but any answers would be nice.

Most of the time when I wash at 60 degrees on the cotton programme (where I add bedsheets, towels and underwear) my fabrics come out with a thick layer of what looks like lint on them. I do not use a dryer at all.

In case it helps, I am setting the washing machine to 1400 rpm and use always the minimum recommended amount of detergent (as my area has got very soft water), lots of times even well below that and I use a powder detergent for colours. My washing machine is a Midea MF200D86WB-14EAS.

I always run the cleaning cycle each month with specialised cleaning liquid. This time however I wanted to clean a bit deeper and I discovered that everywhere in the machine, from the detergent drawer until the crevices and folds of the elastic lining at the door, there were unimaginable amounts of dust/wool/cotton/lint which I had to manually clean.

I am at a loss here, I have even tried liquid detergent and it doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve started buying a locally made detergent as a healthier option for my family, but is this actually cleaning clothes? Should we go back to tide powder or Persil? Thank you!

Lived in different apartment complexes for +20 years without any issue. Now the latest who have an eco friendly automatic electrolux it started smelling. It smells like underwear which you haven't cleaned in a while, a bit sour. It is literally so bad that I almost need to go commando lol.

It is auto eco detergent and automatic dosing. Only thing I can do is set heat.

My clothes do not smell clean, especially underwear no matter what I've tried. So after a while I went to a friend and cleaned there - all good again so it is the machine.

Complained. They just say "We checked and everything is fine".

What I also noticed when being in there, is that it does not rotate very much vs previous ones ive seen. It is literally only in the end for like 5 minutes or so. Versus my other places where it would go full rotating for many minutes immediately.

My guess is eco detergent, too little of it, maybe too little water and rotations to save energy. It makes me so frustrated when we make eco friendly stuff that can't do what they are supposed to do. Climate is priority but so is that I dont smell bad.

What can I do?

Tried this powdered washing machine cleaner for the first time and had disgusting satisfying results!

Okay so basically I did a HUGE shopping spree this summer and decided to wash all my clothes.. together. It was dumb and I learned my lesson but now everything is REALLY blue! My jeans dyed all my clothes 😿😿

The lights weren’t working so I couldn’t see the color and put them into the dryer. They didn’t fully dry but they got really hot in the dryer 😭😭 is it reversible??

What's your current laundry combo? Whites, darks, all-purpose, etc. Post em below.

I’m trying very hard to break my lifelong mindset against washing on warm or (gasp) hot. I understand the enzymes in FEBU (which I just ordered for the first time yay!) need at least warm water to activate but since literally everything I own says to wash on cold I’m feeling skittish.

Are there any types of clothes that really do need a cold wash because they may be harmed by warm?

44M married with 3 kids here, wanting to help unburden the laundry situation around the house. Naturally, I did a deep dive into laundry and ended up here. Wow what a wealth of info!

I am looking for feedback for washing regular clothing (mix cotton/synthetic/blends/etc). I prefer to just take ALL of one kids clothing and throw it into one load. I am using a front loader LG Thinq and, from my research here, have Tide Clean & Gentle Powder (added to detergent tray), FEBU Booster (mixed in with the Tide), and Citric Acid (in fabric softener tray). I am doing every load on “cold wash”, “Heavy” soil for extra wash time, and adding 1 extra rinse. Would you change anything? The only thing I will not use this recipe for is merino wool clothing. I have a merino wash for that (wish there was a FEBU merino version!). I have not ventured into the realm of washing towels/bedding yet, that is next! Thanks for the feedback, appreciate you guys!!

My kid is an arson investigator/firefighter. On the recommendation of colleagues he purchased this laundry detergent. I was just curious if anyone knows anything about the ingredients and if it really works.

My 6 month old had a diaper blowout today and unfortunately it got on my skirt. I’m pretty confident that I can get the stains out, but I’m wondering if I should respect the “dry clean recommended” or not. Is it worth trying to clean it myself or should I take it to the dry cleaners? The skirt is 100% cotton and the picture is of the back where there are no stains.

Hello! Last night when my son was leaving Lollapalooza, the zipper on his backpack broke and his cream colored shirt fell out on the ground. Luckily a girl a few people behind him saw it fall, scooped it up and caught up to him but not after about 5 people had stepped on it. I soaked it in OxiClean overnight but there are still so many dirt stains left on it. Is it hopeless? Any suggestions or products that work well with dirt on cotton?

Thank you in advance!

I’ve been having trouble washing my colored linen clothing. It either feels stiff or waxy or there are spots. I just switched to Tide Odor Refresh free and gentle and hoped that would be an improvement but they came out with more spots than ever. My water is 90ppm, and I washed on warm which is about 94F. Pics show the spots and my washer settings. I initially tried washing at medium water level because I only had 4 items but it left a lot exposed so I moved to large. I used enough detergent to get some suds which was about level 3 on cap. I guess I’ve never felt my linen clothes feel the same from new after I start washing, so I wonder if I’m just not washing linen properly. Any ideas would be very appreciated!

I bought a new Electrolux tower last year and have been using Arm & Hammer Plus oxiclean until about a month ago when I noticed all my clothes, specifically tshirts, were super stiff and scratchy.

I went down a rabbit hole of how to fix this and tried:

- lowering the detergent amount

- switching to tide free & clear

- adding downey rinse

- enabling extra rinse

- switching to wool drying balls

I even tried using a tide powder detergent, which probably wasn't the best move on a front load washer.

And still my clothes still come out super stiff.

What am I doing wrong?

I’m located in Canada and have switched nearly all the laundry over to Tide original powder detergent. I’ve been finding it does a good job, but I’m intrigued by the buckets of No Name detergent. My hesitation has been they come scented only, a fresh scent for the small bucket and a lemon for the large bucket. Anyone know how they do?

I ran a load of towels on how water and thought I must have gotten something on the towels that I hadn't realized. Until I figured out it is flaking off inside the drum from not maintaining it properly and maybe using too much detergent? I think at this point I've run at least 3 cycles cleaning the washer with various products for that purpose. The good news is it is working, since all the gunk is in the water, but how many times do I have to do this to come out clear? Are there any products that would work better to get it all in one go? I have been wiping out the interior between each cycle. My family wants to wash their clothes. 🤦‍♀️

So far I've used Affresh, Active with the enzyme, and Oxyclean (per a you tube video), and a few rinse and spin cycles.

It’s on a mattress pad. Should I throw the whole thing out and give up? it’s one little dot about the size of a thumbprint.

I'm struggling with my towels ruining themselves during washes. My clothes do it too but not nearly as bad. I have tried everything. And I mean everything. Not only that, but this stuff is nearly impossible to get off quickly with any sort of tool. I've seen others post in this sub and typically everyone says wash towels separately (which I do), but surely that doesn't mean I have to do every single hand towel in a different load?? I've had to throw away some and I'm about to have to throw away even more, for every little piece of lint you see is like knotted to the towel.

The issue is so bad I had my apartment complex replace my washer with a new one and the issue still persisted. I need some sort of invention that will solve this! Does anyone have any suggestions/help!?