Dharma Professional Textile Detergent

Works great for scouring wool fleeces. Gets all the lanolin sheep dip dirt etc out of the fleece so it is ready for carding and spinning into yarn or using for felting. Love that it doesn't have any extra stuff added like perfumes or blueing agents.

The gallon container is a value (if it worked). I spent $32.xx and the two shirts I just rinsed are muddy. I am going to my local store to buy synthrapol (as I have used that in the past and it works). Very disappointed.

This soap is Not pH balanced like synthrapol. That Needs to be made known. There are no ingredients on the label to see that fact. It altered the colors of some pieces and removed colors on others that I washed after dyeing naturally. I see reviews that it washed color out of a persons natural dyed item so it wasn't just me as this happens with acids for some colors.

This stuff is excellent! I recently discovered that using a tiny bit when preparing mandrels for lampworking flame working beads gets them completely bare so the clay release sticks better. No more flaking is the fire! Thank God

This stuff is fantastic! I use it on really skunky stuff like gym clothes waders dog sweaters too. Works on firefighter uniforms as well. Afterwards I use milsoft about every third time I wash and everything comes out perfect.

I'm sure it's a great product as I usually Synthrapol and it seems the same. But it really stinks. So offensive this smell. Suggestions are warranted as I have full gallon.

I've been using this for tie dyeing and it seems to work pretty good on that front. However I have never used Synthrapol and only started using Procion-type dyes the same time I started using this detergent so I cannot offer comparison. What I can offer is to tell you how fantastically happy I am with this detergent for its ability to remove stains and smells without destroying the fabric. Usually when I get an oil or grease stain on clothes I just rub in some liquid detergent wash it as normal and it comes out no problem. But this doesn't really work on any athletic wear or similar fabrics. So I tried it using Dharma's detergent and holy cow! It worked fantastically! It also completely renewed my socks by removing all the old stains and odors from sweat dirt and whatever else I had stepped in. A while ago found some great shirts at a thrift store but no matter how many times I washed them the hideous smell of the perfumed detergent the store used would just not come out. The smell was so potent even after five washes and several soaks with baking soda the scent still transferred onto whatever fabric was next to the shirt. I tried sealing them in a bag with unscented dryer sheets for several weeks since that always works to remove smells from books but even that didn't work. I only ever use unscented detergent because scented makes me sneeze constantly so these shirts were unwearable even after so many washings. Then I remembered that I had some of Dharma's detergent left and washed them one more time. And holy crap it worked! The hideous perfume smell is gone! The only complaint I would have about it is I'm not that fond of the smell of the detergent but that's a minor issue. All I have to do is wash clothing once more in my regular unscented detergent and the smell is gone. And unlike the hideous smell of perfumed detergent Dharma's detergent doesn't transfer to other fabrics persist for months or make me sneeze so that's a definite plus. So I like this stuff fine for tie-dyeing but I really love it for saving my clothing. I'm going to have to buy a gallon now so I can always have some on hand for laundry needs.

Did not work as advertised. Bought this to correct a red color run on two cotton blankets from washing them together. One blanket was originally solid natural cotton color now it is light pink after multiple washings. The other blanks was deep red and white in a woven pattern now it is deep red and medium pink! This detergent did _not_ remove the fabric runs as it was advertised as doing! Very disappointed.