Do you have to use "baby" detergent?

Tide is nasty smelling and it gets really stinky the longer it is on the
clothes. Resale shops can really pick up that *smell.* Glad I am not the
only one!

I do like the smell of Surf.

Kelly
#4 2/12/05

"Vicky Bilaniuk" wrote in message
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Jenrose wrote:

Now that I've been washing "forever" with perfume and dye free, I can't
stand the smell of scented detergents, I hold my breath, dash down the

Oh same here!!

I bought some Tide HE because I was stupid. (the reason is actually
that I like to get the measuring cups out of them, and this time I
bought a liquid version because they finally started selling liquid Tide
Free in huge bottles around here. The reason why I was stupid is
because the liquid versions all have the same measuring cup - they've
just watered the HE stuff down, or something, so that you use the same
amount as you would with regular detergent. The measuring cups for the
powdered stuff are different.) Brought it home and told DH to only use
it on the towels (he and I share the laundry chore). Well, the first
thing he did was use it on a regular load. I went downstairs and I
could smell it immediately, without even opening the door on the
machine. I didn't even take the stuff out - just turned the machine
back on and ran it through an entire wash cycle again, complete with
extra rinse. The smell *still* wouldn't go away!! I have a few shirts
that completely *reek* (and they've now been washed a couple of times).
How can people actually like this stuff, I wonder? I can't believe
how strong it is, and how well it persists.

aisle, grab the bottle, and dash away so I don't have to smell them in
the
store--they can put me into an asthma attack if I linger in that aisle.

I have a hard time in that aisle, too, but I have a much *worse* time in
drug stores. There, they've got detergents of all types (sometimes
including laundry detergent, if it's a big enough store), plus perfume
and bath products. I practically have to use an inhaler just to go
shopping in one of these places. Very irritating.

But you know, I swear, when I was a kid, things didn't reek as much as
they do now. I swear companies are putting stronger and stronger
perfumes in their products. I know, I know, this is what sells. *sigh*
What smells, sells, heh heh.

Fortunately we have a front loader, so I only have to buy detergent once
every 9-12 months.

Front loader here, too, but I used to have buy detergent a lot more
often because the store only sold it in small boxes. Now that they've
got huge jugs of the liquid stuff, I'm hoping to stretch it out more.
Now, if only they would sell the softener in huge jugs, too. :-(

No, you don't have to. We chose to, partly because baby All just smelled so
good. I tend to wash Taylor and Addie's clothes together, separate from
ours. At a certain point, around a year or so, I just wash everything
together in normal detergent. The only reason I'm still washing Taylor's
with baby detergent is that we have a new baby, and I can fill up the
machine that way.
--

Jamie
Earth Angels:
Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03
Addison Grace, 9/30/04

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