I am using a liquid detergent and I use exactly the half of the detergent they say I should use. If a the washing machine requires 1 cup, I do half. Mostly because I don't trust the company to put me over their interests.

Now, what will happen? Will my clothes end up staying dirty? Will it not remove stains which a full cup would have removed? Will surfexcel kidnap me and torture me for not obeying their commands? Help meeee!!

  • Gerudo@lemm.ee
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    8 days ago

    The only harm is using too much. My mother-in-law has ruined multiple washing machines over the years. She doesn't understand that modern high efficiency machines require very little detergent and proceeds to clog them up with too much.

    I literally had to teach my wife how to do laundry correctly when we got married so she wouldn't ruin the washing machine.

    • Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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      8 days ago

      Another thing is good quality washing machine cleaner/descaler/degreaser

      Use it every year, or every six months in hard water areas. Drastically increases the life of your machine, and it'll keep washing like it did when it was new