http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/another-triumph-greens_536862.html?page=1
I have found that for dishes the TSP works the very best with liquid cascade. The laundry has also never been cleaner.
Do be careful with TSP because it is a powerful caustic. Bleach has a pH of 13, and a 1% solution of TSP has a pH of 12.
Many products that formerly contained TSP are now manufactured with TSP Substitutes, which consist mainly of sodium carbonate along with various admixtures of nonionic surfactants and a limited percentage of sodium phosphates.
TSP is generally not good for cleaning bathrooms, because it can corrode metal and can damage grout.
Strangely enough, I just researched this a little and found that it is an ingredient in trader joe’s O cereal! LOL!
I just went to dollar store and got the cascade tablets with 8.9% phosphates for a dollar/fifteen tablet bag. I’m set for a while.
I’ve been using the TSP in the dishwasher but I had a coupon for Finish Quantum packets and they work very well too. I’ll have to check the package if I go to buy them again to see if they have phosphates.
Here is another source for dish detergent with phosphates. Keep up the good fight, Freepers! :-)
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