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jax

Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Posts: 98
Location: norfolk

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 5:50 pm Post subject: info on washing balls
can anyone give me some infomation on the washing balls where you do not need to use soap powder or conditioner.

jema
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 5:53 pm Post subject: Re: info on washing balls

jax wrote:

can anyone give me some infomation on the washing balls where you do not need to use soap powder or conditioner.

eh they don't really work

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 5:57 pm Post subject:
They do for me, Jema! Perhaps you're dirtier... I use a low-temperature cycle: could that be the clue?

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 12458
Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 6:13 pm Post subject:
There's a discussion about them here https://forum.downsizer.net/about5218.html You can buy them from www.cat.org.uk or www.insightecostore.com Haven't tried them myself, but my brother is a convert. Hope this is helpful and welcome to downsizer jax

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 6:19 pm Post subject:
Could a downsizer magician wave a wand please, and turn the forum address into a hyperlink? Cheers

marigold

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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Location: West Sussex

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 6:20 pm Post subject:
Thanks next time I'll know what to do....

jema
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Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 6:24 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

They do for me, Jema! Perhaps you're dirtier... I use a low-temperature cycle: could that be the clue?

But have you tried the same wash without the ball?

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 9:22 pm Post subject:
Doh! Me and my filthy mind. When I saw this on 'latest posts' I was going to suggest just a flannel and soapy water...

hoarebag

Joined: 03 Oct 2005
Posts: 5

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 05 9:55 pm Post subject:

We use the eco balls from CAT and they seem to work okay with no bleach, powder or conditioner and it all seems to come out clean. They are expensive and it may be that your washing machine could do just as well with plain water? But the eco balls apparently create ionized oxygen (ozone) a natural clensing agent. Your washing may not smell like it does when you use powder (perfumed) and may not be whiter than white (bleach). Worth a try but maybe try cheaper/shorter lived versions to see how you get on first.

jax

Joined: 06 Dec 2005
Posts: 98
Location: norfolk

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 7:20 am Post subject: info on washing balls
thankyou for the info everyone and the welcome. Ive often wondered how they could possibly work but might give them a go. Very funny Gervase, i'll have to watch how i word things in future.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 10:23 am Post subject:

Gervase wrote:

Doh! Me and my filthy mind. When I saw this on 'latest posts' I was going to suggest just a flannel and soapy water...

Now how did that pass me, NL, Behemoth and Jonnyboy by?

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 2:00 pm Post subject:

Jema: I've not tried doing a comparison wash yet: hard to replicate type and degree of dirt! And I agrre, the clothes don't smell the same as with a powder or whatever, and it's clear there are no optical brighteners in the balls! I don't mind, though, nor does the old chap: neither of us wear many white clothes, and most things are (visibly) clean enough.

I'll have to do some tests, I think: same programme, same cloths, smae stains (or as near as possible!) and it'll have to wait until spring now!

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 2:55 pm Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

I'll have to do some tests, I think: same programme, same cloths, smae stains (or as near as possible!) and it'll have to wait until spring now!

Are you not taking water conservation a little far?

I use the soap powder mix (recommended on here)in a very small quantity when clothes seem more dirty than usual and then at other times just stick the balls in to agitate the clothes. They are too old now to have any other use. And then I put lavender oil in the final rinse. We have very soft water here though I'm sure that must make some sort of difference if only psychologically.

puffedpride

Joined: 05 Nov 2005
Posts: 300
Location: bristol

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 4:01 pm Post subject:
I wrote a piece on wash balls/eco balls at www.grownupgreen.org.uk and there are some readers comments added to my pearls of wisdom too....

ele

Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Posts: 814
Location: Derby

Posted: Wed Dec 07, 05 5:19 pm Post subject:
interesting article Ta Am I the only one who doesn't have "lightly soiled" laundry?, if a load of washing is being done there is going to be at least a few things in the heap that are are able to almost walk about they're so icky

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