Arm and Hammer

9 years ago

I'm about halfway through a box of Arm and Hammer plus Oxi in tropical burst scent and I'm really liking it. The scent is light in the box and gone after the dryer. I was a little skeptical because it's a "lower rated" brand but I'm really quite happy with it. Stains come out, clothes are soft with no fabric softener (much softer than when I use tide w/bleach powder) and my whites are white. Anybody else have this in their stash?

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Rault85
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9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

Mama most of my loads are done on hot... Ive been using a plain jane GE toploader and the hot water is too hot to touch. Sometimes I do a warm wash but very rarely... tap warm here at the moment is on the hot side, close to 125. The cold rinse water is very very warm, temps range from 105-115 usually.

Ive never really cared for liquids all that much, never thought they cleaned as good as powders. When I was using liquids, (with this current machine) I would do a warm wash first followed by a hot soak/wash and I could still smell body oil. Granted I do have pregnancy nose and I'm very sensitive to smells but... the oils must be there if I'm smelling them.

So I switched over the powders and it got a bit better. I couldn't smell anything while the clothes were wet but I would catch a whiff when taking things out of the dryer.

I tried a warm wash tonight on sheets, temp was 121 at the start of the cycle, no soak, no double wash... just the A&H powder and they smelled clean... no scent after the dryer and no oil smell! :-D

ETA: Tide powder wasn't completely fixing the problem but it was much better than the liquids... totally went away with the A&H though. I can't believe I'm this excited about a detergent lol but I'm really loving it

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georgect
9 years ago
I'm a fan of A&H liquid with oxi. I do have the A&H powder but have not used it yet (too many other detergents to get through).

Thanks for posting this Andi I'm sure I'll like the powder also whenever I get to it.
Pat Z5or6 SEMich
9 years ago
I once loved the Arm & Hammer Clean Burst powder and hot water for towels and sheets. Can't remember why I stopped using it. Will try again some day.
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Rault85
Original Author
9 years ago
I've been using it for all loads and am really surprised at what it's been able to tackle. Over the past month or so I've been able to smell body oils in laundry a mile away. Tide and Gain liquids weren't even touching it... tide powder helped but I could still smell rancid body oils. I decided to give this a try and body oil smells are gone on the first try. Very happy, those smells were getting to me!
aa62579
9 years ago
I picked up a box of this today (not sure of scent, but A&H + oxi). So far the front loader is doing okay with powders, so I wanted to expand what I had.
mamapinky0
9 years ago
Andi what water temp are you using as if I need to ask lol
mamapinky0
9 years ago
I dug out my A&H with Oxi. I'll give it a shot, but I think I recall it making cloths feel dry and rough. Wonder if there's a bleach activator in this stuff ill check on that.

I was reading about this detergent on AW not long ago seems a few people think it smells like cat urine, but because it smells like the A&H cat litter..I don't know though I don't have a cat. but I remember years ago cleaning a nasty bird cage and using DOW scrubbing bubbles. I can no longer use the DOW as it reminds me of the stinky bird cage lol
Kathy W.
9 years ago
I too prefer powdered detergents over liquids, although I do use liquids for some things. In Canada we have so few powders. We don't have the A&H in powder, only liquid, no Foca either. Really we only have Tide, Sunlight and store brands in powders now that Persil pearls are gone. We do have the A&H powder pacs. I wonder how close those are to the actual powder for performance. I might have to try them sometime. Glad you found something that works. I remember that pregnancy nose well and it doesn't lie! lol