Charlie's Soap is well worth the $20 - Page 3

xtahoex · 01-07-07, 06:06

So when yall say that certain soaps/detergents do not get your mf's clean, do you mean that you can visibly see spots on them after a wash? Or do you mean that there is a residue that is invisible to the naked eye left in the fabric? If the second, how do you tell. Right now my mf's always come out of the wash looking clean to the eye, and feeling clean, is this good enough?

xtahoex · 01-09-07, 03:11

bump.....anyone?

a.k.a. Patrick · 01-09-07, 03:37

Take a glass and pour a small amount of water on it (mf). Let us know what happens.

mburnickas · 01-09-07, 04:22

i was thinking about getting a gallon. So far the Whirpool 9400 (duet) with HE all works good. Maybe Charlie would be better. Have to try

sspeer · 01-09-07, 04:28

any real differences between the powder and liquid.

I admit that this soap is interesting..it seems to have alot of followers

Accumulator · 01-09-07, 04:41

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Originally Posted by Accumulator

I had high hopes that the Charlie's would replace my Micro-Restore and MicroPak but it just doesn't work as well on my detailing-use MFs as those products do.... I'm using Charlie's for the household textiles because of how well it works...

UPDATE: I'm no longer using the Charlie's on household textiles either, at least not ones that matter. Accumulatorette complained that everything was looking dingy so I went back to Tide HE and Cheer HE. Now things are looking good again

I gave Charlie's an honest try (and still have a few gallons that I'll be using up on, uhm, something) but with my washing machines (both HE and conventional) and my water (conditioned/softened and double-filtered municipal water) it just doesn't get stuff clean for me

I'd buy a reasonable quantity and make sure it works well for you before getting many gallons of it. Funny, I didn't have any complaints with the first gallon, but after using it for a more extended period of time it proved to be a loser (for *me*, not saying it doesn't/won't work for anybody else).

SilverLexus · 01-09-07, 08:05

I thnk Tide HE works great as well. But for mf I think MicroRestore is the best I have tried.

Pennypacker · 01-09-07, 08:18

I saw on the news that Consumer Reports recently tested laundry detergents and voted Tide #1.

I, therefore, concluded that it must not be very good.

SilverLexus · 01-09-07, 08:39

Consumer Reports is good on laundry detergent, it's consumer electronics you have to avoid.

xtahoex · 01-09-07, 08:53

ok patrick I did what you suggested and the water spread for a split second probaly 1/4 of a second then soaked into the mf. I'm guessing the longer it takes to soak in the more products there are left in the towel. So how does 1/4 of a second compare?

Pennypacker · 01-09-07, 09:12

After CR's "wax test," it makes me wonder about any of the conclusions they draw, but yeah for laundry soap it's probably ok. I was being facetious more than anything.

a.k.a. Patrick · 01-09-07, 09:27

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Originally Posted by xtahoex

ok patrick I did what you suggested and the water spread for a split second probaly 1/4 of a second then soaked into the mf. I'm guessing the longer it takes to soak in the more products there are left in the towel. So how does 1/4 of a second compare?

Thats actually a good sign that there is no residue remaining on your towels! Good work, keep it up! Its doesnt necessarily speak for the quality of the MF, just the fact that its not retaining residue with your current wash methods.