Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Hypoallergenic detergent

So we now have one of those front-loading washers that uses a lot less water. Problem is, even using the "extra wash" and "second rinse" cycles without soap, I still have to put it through a second run of the above to get all of the soap out, and we're already using less than the normal amount of soap specified in all the directions.

More details on the washer: It supports a normal wash, rinse, spin-dry sequence, same as any other. It also supports an "extra wash" and a "2nd rinse". I usually run loads with "extra wash" and "2nd rinse" enabled, to get more water through to dilute out the soap.

Why is it important to get all the soap out? It gives my grandmother hives. We're using "Hypoallergenic Purex UltraConcentrate h.e", and even with five soap-free rinses (one normal run with extra wash and 2nd rinse enabled, one soap-free run with the same), there's still enough soap remaining to cause allergic reactions.

Does anyone know of something more hypoallergenic than the stuff we're already using?

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