Sodium Tripolyphosphate 1lb

You need this to clean. Put it in the dishwasher, laundry machine, mop bucket, etc. This is what's missing in most cleaning agents. Great quality, fine powder that leaves no residue nor bunches up into balls. To get your clothes super clean, fill your bathtub with the hottest water you can get, put in just a bit of detergent, half a cup of Sodium Tripolyphosphate, 2-4 cups of Sodium Bicarbonate, and a cup of borax. Mix it up. Put your clothes in and leave them over night. Next day wash them like normal adding the Tripolyphosphate to the wash. They'll be better than brand new.

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 am not worried about eutrophication or the fact that this is a phosphate because so little is used at a time and it has little to no impact regarding our rivers and lakes. If you expand on your research, it shows regular households barely played a roll in this and more so with the farm runoff and toxic fertilizer amounts used on farms, without any regulations, etc. Hope this helps!

So, the EPA eliminated phosphates in most laundry detergents because it was polluting coastal areas. I guess that makes sense if you live near bodies of water, but hey - lots of us live far away from water and don’t really have that issue. Heck, where I live there aren’t enough phosphates in the soil and gardeners typically add a super phosphate to help their plants. Add a teaspoon or two per load of laundry and be amazed at the cleaning power and stain removal capabilities. It also works great just as a cleaner for surfaces.

My dishes are clean again!!! No longer have to rewash half my dishes by hand after spending hours in the dishwasher! I use half a teaspoon per load and everything comes out looking perfect as long as everyone loads the dishwasher right so water gets in all the areas. This bag should last a long time. Buy this today if you hate cleaning up after your dishwasher.

With the newest dishwashers using so little water to wash dishes and dishwasher soap not doing its job, I was back to handwashing all dishes before I found this stuff. I add a teaspoon to each dishwasher load and my dishes come out shiny and clean.

I was afraid that the powder would clump in our Florida humidity. The entire contents of the 1 pound bag fits perfectly in a Ziploc small bowl (14 fl oz). Found a small utility scoop to use. This may not be advisable if there are children around.

It seems to be working. In the house we're working on detoxing. Only one has complained of stomach aches--but is going to try at a lesser dosage and work her way up.

Half a teaspoon for laundry, qtr teaspoon in the dishwasher. Use the same amt of detergent and all of my clothes are noticeably cleaner and all ky dishes are sparkling.