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omni
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Detergents
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Apr 13 05:02 UTC 1995 |
What is your favorite detergent?
I for one, use Tide Free, and I love the way it works,
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mcpoz
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response 1 of 54:
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Apr 13 10:23 UTC 1995 |
I guess I would vote for Tide because "way back when" I was working with
detergents, Tide was the benchmark product, against which others measured
themselves.
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darling
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response 2 of 54:
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Apr 15 15:12 UTC 1995 |
and to think that now there are only about 10,000 products out there that claim
to be the best...
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mcpoz
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response 3 of 54:
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Apr 15 19:26 UTC 1995 |
True, but at least in past years, Tide was measureably better than anything
on the market. We used a "Launder-o-Meter" which gave a standard wash cycle
carefully controlled. The results were measured several ways, but whiteness
was measured on a Reflect-o-meter using standard reflectance methods. Part
of the success of a product is its proprietary "Whiteners, or Brightners"
and another part is its "suspending agents." The whiteners tend to be UV
fluorescing agents and mask (hide) yellowing. The suspending angents are
a hodgepodge of polymers and they tend to have more affinity for suspended
soils than does the fabric.
I believe that the makers of Tide put heavy duty $$$$ into R & D.
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omni
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response 4 of 54:
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Apr 16 03:23 UTC 1995 |
Just out of curiousity, where did you work, Marc?
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mcpoz
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response 5 of 54:
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Apr 16 13:37 UTC 1995 |
I did an early stint at J.B. Ford Division of Wyandotte Chemicals Co.
(That was before it was BASF Wyandotte)
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brenda
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response 6 of 54:
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Apr 17 14:08 UTC 1995 |
Consumer Reports rated Tide with bleach alternative best this month.
The other "flavors" of Tide rated in the top 5 or 10 also.
Must be Tide really *is* better. ;)
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mcpoz
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response 7 of 54:
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Apr 17 17:37 UTC 1995 |
It was the best in the past, & I'd bet it is among the best now.
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omni
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response 8 of 54:
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Apr 18 06:09 UTC 1995 |
As f-w of this conf, I hereby declare Tide to be the official detergent
of the Laundry conference. Any objections?
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rcurl
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response 9 of 54:
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Apr 18 06:12 UTC 1995 |
Yes. We must argue about it for a long time first. Besides, we don't
use Tide, and I would not feel welcome here if the Tide runs against
me.
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omni
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response 10 of 54:
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Apr 18 19:35 UTC 1995 |
Fair enough, debate shall continue.
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headdoc
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response 11 of 54:
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Apr 19 14:52 UTC 1995 |
Well, you had just better change your ways, Rane, or you will never come
clean.
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rcurl
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response 12 of 54:
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Apr 19 16:21 UTC 1995 |
I'll come clean: I have the book _Synthetic Detergents_ (Davidson and
Milwidsky), and it doesn't even mention Tide. Would you be interested
in TAED instead?
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mcpoz
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response 13 of 54:
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Apr 20 01:38 UTC 1995 |
Debate it is! (BTW we use Cheer Free)
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omni
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response 14 of 54:
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Apr 20 05:19 UTC 1995 |
re 12- I'd like to read that someday. I'm still interested in the
chemistry of laundry stuff.
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mwarner
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response 15 of 54:
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Apr 22 04:00 UTC 1995 |
3 Cheers for free and clear. Perfumes/dyes make me itch. %0-##<
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maahoc
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response 16 of 54:
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Apr 23 05:38 UTC 1995 |
personally I use what[D[Dever is on sale!!!!
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popcorn
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response 17 of 54:
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Apr 25 03:20 UTC 1995 |
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mcpoz
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response 18 of 54:
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Apr 26 00:09 UTC 1995 |
See, I told you!
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zook
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response 19 of 54:
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Apr 26 01:17 UTC 1995 |
Which was the one that was "brighter than bright" (or "whiter than white").
One of my chem profs told me they spiked that one with stuff that absorbed
ultraviolet and emitted in the visible spectrum (so their claim was indeed
true).
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rcurl
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response 20 of 54:
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Apr 26 06:14 UTC 1995 |
All (to my knowledge) detergent products include "whiteners", which
flouresce. (Visit a flourescent mineral exhibit some time, and check your
white clothes). I would also say, that detergent products consist of
nothing but "spikes": they are mixtures of many chemicals each of which
serves a particular function (in conjunction with the others).
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mcpoz
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response 21 of 54:
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Apr 27 01:01 UTC 1995 |
It is common to add fluorescing agents to detergents. These agents
give off a bluish-white to greenish-white light when exposed to UV. I remember
the advertising slogan "whiter than white" but can not recall the product.
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popcorn
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response 22 of 54:
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May 2 22:55 UTC 1995 |
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rcurl
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response 23 of 54:
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May 3 07:23 UTC 1995 |
That's OK: I bake my cakes with fluor.
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mcpoz
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response 24 of 54:
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Jul 2 11:11 UTC 1995 |
I was at the top of the park last night (taking photos by the way) and I saw
a guy with a jacket with a full size Tide logo. The whole jacket made him
look like a box of Tide with legs, arms, and a head.
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