HE Laundry Detergent
Without a doubt, the fasted growing trend in washing machine technology is the front loading model. It is an innovative and stylish design and there are a lot of cost saving features to the front loading washing machine that means you will get clothes just as clean with half the water and electricity usage. Not only that but because clothes are cleaned through a tumbling action that mixed the water, detergent and air, they come out much cleaner and the process is much gentler on your clothing which means they will last longer.
A front loading washer is a new design in every way and it must be understood that it is also a machine that needs a completely different kind of detergent. If you load a front loading machine with your laundry and you use the same old detergent you have always bought, that will produce a mass of suds that can push out the front of the machine and cause a lot of damage to the mechanism.
It pays to understand what kind of detergent to use when you go with a front loading washing machine. The category of detergent that is used is "high efficiency" detergent because you use much less of it and it does not generate very many suds in the process of cleaning. This innovative kind of detergent is so different that you might feel disappointed when you look into the washer and don't see suds which we always associated with clothes getting washed.
Sudsing detergents are wrong for a front loading machine because the way your clothes are cleaned is completely different too. The standard method of filling a tub fill of water that you clothes will take a bath in along with lots of sudsy detergent has been completely replaced with a new approach to clothing care.
The front loading design uses a tumbling action similar to what you are used to when you dry your clothes. The water resides at the bottom of the drum with the detergent in it. The washer lifts the clothing from the wash and drops them into the water again from above as the drum tumbles the clothing allowing the water, soap and air to wash through the clothing efficiently cleaning them. At the end of the cycle, as the clothing tumbles, the dirty water is drained out of the bottom so it has very little further contact with your clean cloths.
Not only does this new system not use suds in the cleaning process, they would interfere tremendously because they would build up on the top of the water in the bottom and get in the way of the clothing interacting with the water. That tumbling which takes better advantage of the water's ability to clean clothes is crucial to the success of a front loading washer.
Just as you made an investment in taking advantage of this new technology to get cleaner clothes at a reduced cost, make sure you follow through with the right detergent for the job. High efficiency detergent will keep your washer working well and your clothes clean with much less detergent than you are used to. So follow the directions closely for both the washer and the detergent and you will be very satisfied with your new washer system.