Earthborn Elements Sodium Tripolyphosphate, 1 Gallon Bucket, Cleaning Agent, Water Softener, Laundry Additive, Resealable Bucket

My husband likes to wear white undershirts and for whatever reason the armpits always turn dark gray. It’s ugly and I have struggled with getting those stains out. This is the only product I’ve ever found that removes those stains without scrubbing. I just add a teaspoon or two to the wash With laundry soap and it does the job.

Similar price point to Savogran 10622 Trisodium Phosphate, but the biggest difference is that it comes out smooth and unclumped every time. I used to use Savogran and it would arrive as a solid brick in a box and I had to pound it with a hammer in a bag to powderize it or run it through my blender...man, did that get old.

I assume that it's a crime against the environment to use this stuff, but with tap water being so filthy with stuff like manganese that stains toilette bowls a hard crusty black, some of us don't have any other choice.

Notice a difference using only 1/4 c with each HE wash load, and 1 teaspoon each dishwasher load. No scent whatsoever. However note that it will contain small amounts of dirt, string, and dual layer paper bag, very much like they picked up a dirty 100 lb bag of the stuff, partially tore off the top, and dumped as-is, dirt, string, and all. Would NOT recommend for food use due to this.

If you seem to remember that your detergent from years ago worked a lot better, you’re not wrong. Farm fertilizer runoff was making into some groundwater, and the genius overlords decided to remove it from our detergents. Add one teaspoon to your dishwasher and three teaspoons to your laundry. Your dishes will sparkle and your tighty-whities will look like they’re ready for Easter.The large container is really economical, though I’d pay more not to look like the unwashed masses

I use this for my laundry and dishwasher as well. I use it to soften my hard water and also give it a boost that other laundry additives cannot do. It also helps suspend dirt and hard water minerals making for a cleaner and more thorough rinse in my washing machine. Depending on your water hardness and if you have an HE machine or not (as well as top loader/front loader) will help you decide how much you need per load. Do your research and you should expect great results with this stuff! It doesn't clump and dissolves immediately. Just make sure you keep it away from moisture and humidity and kept in an air tight container. This stuff is great for cleaning your washing machine and dishwasher alone to keep limescale, hard water build up and other grime away. Added to your wash routine will keep clothes nice and clean like in the old days when this stuff was in every detergent possible! As well as adding it to your dishwashing detergent, your dishes will be sparkling in the end!

I'm old enough to remember when even the less expensive detergents cleaned laundry and dishes in even the hardest of water. After years of searching, and hundred of dollars spent on boosters and overpriced laundry detergents that didn’t clean but were given five star reviews by people who didn’t know any better, or had simple settled for mediocre, I finally found what the detergents have been missing... STPP.My laundry and dishes are clean once again. My only regret is that I didn't find this product sooner before I wasted good money on a new dishwasher and washing machine thinking perhaps my old ones were the problem. Come to find out it wasnt the machines, since my new ones didn't clean any better than the older ones... it was simple the lack of stpp in the detergents I was using.Before buying a new washing machine or dishwasher, try adding this product to your regular detergent first. You may find it is all that was needed.

I didn't realize this until after purchasing but sodium triphosphate is extremely damaging for the environment and is banned in many places. So I discovered sodium carbonate, which works just as well for improving effectiveness of laundry detergent and is actually half the price.