Dr Beckmann is one of my favourite doctors. Along with Dr Oetker, Dr Dre, Dr Fox and Dr Pepper.

Who is my favourite doctor.

​Shipman.

Is this stuff any good .... when I currently wash on a wool cycle the clothes are coming all smeared. They end up being dirtier after been washed!

Use salt

Dr Beckmann is one of my favourite doctors. Along with Dr Oetker, Dr Dre, Dr Fox and Dr Pepper.

Ty x

I'm going to guess at either Doctor Pressure or Doctor Mario.

Like the guy in the first post, my clothes are dirtier after being washed in the machine, so I bought this today, it won a good housekeeping award this year apparently. It cost me £2 at ASDA. I used a 90 degree cycle which took about 2 hours. The water was dirty and i thought it had done a good job, but i wiped around the rubber seal after it had finished and it was still full of yuk. The manufacturers suggest Calgon, might have to try that.

Top tip...don't put washing powder/gel in on an empty 90 degree cycle. Your kitchen ends up covered in foam. I can also confirm that shower gel has the same effect.

Yeah, the use of liquids only is slowly ruining machines.

Thank you, i will try that.

Totally concur with 'Iambigred' though I put an entire bottle of white vinegar in (approx 500ml) once every six months and do the the boil wash (90oC). It cleans the waste pipe-work out too.

Thank you for the advice. I didn't think powder detergent worked so well with cold fill machines, that's why i use liquid? I definitely don't overdose. I'll have to do get into the habit of doing a boil wash every so often.

I've never had a problem like this before. Possibly as I've used powder in previous machines.

White vinegar less than 50p a bottle use half to a full bottle, washing soda 65p a cup or more, 90 degree wash and better cleaning and cheaper than using this.

You should consider reverting back to powder. Liquids are mainly make your clothes smell nice, but do not clean in the same fashion as powders. Powders contain bleach, which at the very least should be used on whites. Low temp washes with liquid is really not do a good job of cleaning your clothes.

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I must admit, although my clothes do smell nice, the liquids don't clean my clothes half as well as the powder used to.

​Shipman.

This is a statement, not a question. Why are people guessing?

With liquid washing machine detergents you tend to get a moisture holding gel coating building up inside the tub, pipes etc which acts as an ideal medium for black mould to grow on, and as already mentioned unlike most powders, the liquid/gel detergents tend not to contain any bleaching agents which would help to kill the mould.

We used liquid washing machine detergent quite some years ago for about a year or so, as they worked out cheaper than powders at that time. The machine became slimy and eventually developed a highly unpleasant stink, probably because we hadn't been doing many boil washes. It took several boil washes, I think I initially used low doses of washing powder, then citric acid, and I eventually resorted to bleach (would of used oxygen bleach as contained in the OP's product if I was doing it today) to get rid of the slime and smell and had to keep an eye on the machine as the gunk washing off the machine caused it to froth up very badly so it needed stopping and pumping out.

Powders seem to wash fine in my cold fill machine, but if you prefer to use liquids I'd suggest doing occasional washes and boil washes using a powder to clean the slime and mould out so it doesn't build up.

Yes you'd definition ly have a problem if you were overdosing on liquid detergent.

Yes.

I was told by a washing machine repair fella that gels and liquids collect in the grooves of the pipes and build up over time cos it doesn't get swished away properly, building up junk that comes back into the machine over time and makes it smelly when in use... my machine used to smell like eggy farts and I was constantly blaming the hubby or the dog! haha :wink: did a few 90 degree washes with soda crystals in the drawer, worked a treat.
went back to powder and always use soda crystals in the drawer too every wash and my machine is spotless and smell free now!
Soda crystals are only 70p for a bag in Wilkies, highly recommend getting some! :smiley:

​albarn?

Tried it many times, I don't think it works

If you meant Dr Alban (It's My Life)....good shout, I concede...you win this battle of the obscure non-doctor doctors.

The first post in this thread that actually talks sense!
Soda crystals in every wash stops all this!

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Yep both in at the same time :smiley: we put in the vinegar in the drum with some crystals and then do the same in the drawer. Of you do the drum with the vinegar just make sure you don't have a machine that drains on start up ours doesn't but many do.

You shouldn't need soda crystals every wash if you're using detergent powder. It contains Zeolites that trap the limescale and Oxygen based bleaching agents that kill bacteria and mould.
So as long as you are using the correct dosage for your water hardness and load amount, I don't see why soda crystals are necessary?

Care+ Protect is the best one I've used, a years supply £16.99 works out £1.42 Per monthly treatment

I read it as Dr Beckham. I was very confused... :smile:

use powder and leave the door/drawer slightly open after washing to let the inside seals dry out

Normally at the pound shop.

Dr Who...

Dr Who is too obvious.