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Detergent

All articles tagged with detergent. Lots of advice and interesting articles relevant to washing machines and dishwashers.

Updated October 17, 2019 First Published September 19, 2019

Washing at 30 degrees – 5 things you need to know

Do you mostly wash at 30 degrees? Are you thinking of starting in order to save money? Here are 5 things you need to know. 30 degree washes have limitations 1: If you are washing laundry that is stained, you can’t just throw it into the laundry basket and wash it on wash day. You

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Filed Under: Washing Machines Tagged With: Detergent, Washing Advice & Tips, Whitegoodshelp Tip - Leave a Comment

Updated October 11, 2019 First Published November 28, 2014

Dishwasher Not Cleaning Dishes Properly

Dirty Dishes

A dishwasher not cleaning dishes properly can have various causes. It’s rarely anything serious. There could be a specific fault such as the motor not running, but this article is more for when the dishwasher appears to run OK and finishes in normal time, but wash results are disappointing. Choose the correct wash cycle Obviously.

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Filed Under: Common Dishwasher Faults Tagged With: Detergent - Leave a Comment

Updated November 13, 2019 First Published November 12, 2014

Detergent capsules danger to children

Danger

I first wrote about the potential dangers of liquid detergent capsules and tabs in 2009 after I saw in the news that a baby was “badly burned” by a washing machine detergent when gel from a liquid capsule had been trapped (partially undissolved) inside a vest. The vest was then unfortunately put onto the child

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Filed Under: Safety Tips Advice & Warnings Tagged With: Children & Pets, Detergent - 2 Comments

Updated April 3, 2017 First Published June 30, 2014

Washing machine detergent from the past

washing machine detergent

Life used to be much simpler. Especially where washing machine detergent was concerned. I’ve just found a fascinating old publication by one of the leading detergent manufacturers, Unilever. Back then even their name was simpler, they were just called, “Lever”. I’ve had this booklet for over 30 years. One of the sections mentions that a

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Filed Under: Using Washing Machine Tagged With: Detergent - 1 Comment

Updated November 29, 2019 First Published June 13, 2014

Dishwasher Making Whistling Noise

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Is your dishwasher making a strange whistling noise when it’s washing dishes? It might have a surprising and unusual cause. Unusual and persistent noises from any appliance shouldn’t be ignored. Some noises may be indicating serious faults, but other noises might have trivial causes. Believe it or not, a dishwasher making a whistling noise could

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Filed Under: Common Dishwasher Faults Tagged With: Detergent - Leave a Comment

Updated October 31, 2019 First Published May 6, 2014

Using all in 1 multi tab detergent

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Unlike washing machines, dishwashers need to be set up for the correct water hardness levels. Manufacturers use factory default settings that try to be suitable for the average house in the UK. However, as water hardness varies considerably from area to area this means yours could be set too high or too low. If using

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Filed Under: Using Dishwasher Tagged With: Common Questions, Detergent, Whitegoodshelp Tip -

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