What You Need To Know about the Sludgy Secrets of Laundry Fillers
- Cheryl Lowry
- Jul 25, 2020
- 4 min read
When we think of a laundry filler, it is natural to just think of an ingredient used to just help fill up the container. You might not associate it as being potentially toxic, dangerous or hazardous. What is a “filler” you might ask?.
Why would fillers be used in Laundry Products?
How can they be dangerous?
The laundry product industry is extremely competitive. Many of the big brand laundry product manufacturers are always looking for options to make their products cheaper. This happens so they will be able to compete in the market and offer huge discounts that we see in the supermarket each week. Remember you donʼt get anything for nothing, something has to give.
Why are fillers used in Laundry Products?
The main brands need to thin out their products and add other ingredients to bulk them up. To do this a filler powder is added to dilute the formulation and make it cheaper to produce This renders the product weaker.
Formulations with “fillers” are therefore less concentrated and so, of course, you must use more to get the same results. What you donʼt realise is that you have been trained to use large amounts of washing liquid or powder, as you feel this gives you a better result.
Larger amounts must mean more cleaning suds and a better clean right? Wrong!
All this does is make you use more and buy more.
Not only do these “fillers” cheat you on price and performance, but the most detrimental side effects of fillers are frightening.
What are the side effects?
Side effects of laundry fillers include:
Damage to your washing machine due to corrosion of the alloy and metal parts such as the pump and the impeller that moves the water within your machine.
Build up in parts of the machine as a sediment that will turn into a rock- hard cement like blockage in pipes and passage ways and again can damage pumps and other internals.
It can shorten the life of the rubber hoses in your machine.
Fillers cause allergic reactions to your skin and health because the fillers remains in the micro fibres of your fabrics. This is a main cause of skin irritations.
Fillers rot your fabric in storage and eventually clothes “smell” because the filler remains in the fabric and this attracts moisture causing mould, rot and odour.
It also prevents “grey water” from your machine being used on lawns, gardens and certain septic systems as fillers are harmful to plant life.
Take the Test and Confirm if your Current Laundry Powder has Fillers: Stir a teaspoon of your washing powder into a glass of water. Wait 4-5 minutes and observe the insoluble “fillers” settle to the bottom of the glass. A white sediment will appear like undissolved salt or sugar.
These “fillers” will never dissolve as many are made from silica. Silica powder is finely crushed quartz (also sadly used in baby powder).
Now try this test with our Laundry Liquid to see that it is totally 100% soluble. Our washing liquid dissolves completely.
Many of our Shopping Club Members tell us that the hardest part about changing to us is training yourself to use less, so much less, as we only use a pure concentrate.
We have bottles of tests like this. Check the experiment here in the photos. The white powder is all the sludge filler that cannot be removed easily. Thatʼs what you are washing your families clothes in each week. Do you ever wonder what the white marks on your wash is, particularly noticeable on darker items?
You guessed it . It is the fillers which are usually very harsh chemicals.
When you use our eco friendly pure concentrated Laundry cleaners you will have NO added fillers or perfumes. Itʼs what we donʼt use that makes our products so eco friendly and so much better for your families health and well being.
Why are our Eco friendly products a solution to better health for your family? The Benefits of our eco friendly products include;
Price – more washes per container. so economical. Just train yourself to use less.
Your Families' Health – No more nasty additives left in your clothes and bed linen.
Machine Life – maintains your washing machine each time you wash.
Fabric Life – No nasty fillers left behind in your clothes, meaning they wear less and last in storage longer.
Recommendations: We recommend first time users in an older machine to do an “empty” wash to allow the “built up fillers” to come out. You will be surprised what "nasties" you will find harboring in your machine. Most customers have an interesting tale or story about their experience with our eco friendly personal and home hygiene products.
By changing to our eco friendly products for home and personal use you will see the results actually working for you.
Not only will you save your hard earned money but you will be kinder to your family and their health and well being.
Contact me if you want to know more.
A big hug, 'til next time,
Cheryl
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