Powdered TSP (1lb)

This was my first purchase of TSP so I can't say whether this brand is especially good or bad compared to others. I wanted to try it as a laundry additive and wall wash specifically to remove synthetic fragrance. The tenant before us here stank up the washing machine with scented laundry stuff and it transferred onto our clothes & is proving very hard to remove! The TSP is definitely better than borax, baking soda, vinegar, or detergent, but perhaps not quite as good as ammonia. No matter what we try, it seems it takes a half dozen runs through the machine (with long soaks) to remove the vile chemicals. This same stinky tenant used some sort of scented candle or something in one of the rooms and we have it closed off until we figure out how to clean it up (I get very ill from certain ingredients in synthetic fragrance). We will someday soon be donning full PPE and scrubbing that room with TSP, after which I will update this review. We will also be trying it on the walls and benches in a little screened-in porch here that people used for smoking for many years. I have high hopes it can tackle that as it is the main claim to fame of TSP that it can remove smoke residue. Edit: OMG I'm sorry I forgot to add to this after I did the smoke abatement. STELLAR results!!! So we had a screened-in porch that had decades of smoke buildup on the walls, windowsills, wooden ceiling, vinyl flooring, and handmade rustic furniture. I was dreading all that scrubbing. TSP made it come off SO EASILY! Like a flippin miracle. So amazing. I put on a white suit and booties, taped the ankles together, also taped rubber gloves to the suit's wrists, and pulled the hood up around a full-face respirator. I hear TSP is a bit irritating to the skin but my big worry was all the nicotine & other poisons in the cigarette tar, especially as I've always been a nonsmoker so my body would be very jolted by a sudden big dose of nicotine. It was no joke- the dirty water came off incredibly brown like giant volumes of chew-tobacco spit hah! Sealed up well I took a bucket of warm water and rags for wiping, and a bucket of warm TSP water (about 1/4c for a couple gallons), with a sponge on a stick (I think it's designed for use in doing dishes) and a bristled scrubby brush for applying. I applied the TSP water generously over an area about 6'x 6', and then went back to where I started, and rubbed the area with more TSP water on the scrubby brush. In just ten min or so of sitting, it had dissolved the tar wonderfully and it came off well. The bristles were more useful for getting into crevices than needed for scouring. I didn't have to push hard or linger long. It worked perhaps a bit too well... the varnish came off a bit. But I think it had been carelessly applied, just a single layer. If you're planning to repaint after cleaning, this would actually be an advantage as the new paint would stick better to a corroded surface than a sleek one. The damaged varnish did not peel, it just disappeared- the fact that it's partially gone is not very noticeable until you look closely. No ugly flaking. Anyhoo, then I went across the same 6x6 area with the sponge-on-a-stick and the plain water. Changed the water then rinsed again with the clean rag. Dried with another clean rag. Then repeated on the next 6x6 chunk of the room. It took several long days but I was so proud when I finally got the last bit of it complete! This was done in the spring, and all summer, whether on baking hot days or soggy foggy rainy days, there was zero cigarette smell in that porch! The residues are truly totally gone! I can't believe it worked so great and it didn't take a long soak, or much scrubbing, or any tremendous heat... it was easy and simple (aside from gearing up in all that PPE) Oh, the picnic furniture I took out onto the lawn so when the rinsing stage came I just used the hose rather than fussing to wipe it all clean with rags. I rinsed the lawn pretty well afterward. There was no discoloration of the grass. So that was nice- I thought maybe it would either kill or overfertilize the grass.

Worked great in the roof shingle stains. I mix a cup of TSP with a couple cups of bleach and fill up a 2 gallon sprayer. Then wet down the shingles with a hose and spray the TSP/Bleach solution on the shingles generously. Let it sit for a bit and rinse off. Stains gone! Great product, great price, great delivery.

TSP is the quality go to for cleaning before painting and other projects. TSP is known for its cleaning power, easy to use, with no harsh smells . I was very pleased to find it in a 4.5 lb resealable bag at a very reasonable price.

My glasses come out of my dishwasher looking like new...many are over ten years old...no "film" or "spots" just crystal CLEAN clear glass. My stainless cookware has a mirror finish again and the flatware is no longer "gray color" but shines like it did new out of the box. We have very hard water here and the convenience of a dishwasher was the expected trade off of the ease of loading dirty dishes and removing sanitized, mostly clean dishes that you don't mind eating off of but might sort through to find the least embarrassing examples to set down in front of company. When the government removed the phosphates our dishes here went from "passable" to unacceptable by the lowest of standards. I'm actually glad now that it happened because I had no idea what excellent results a dishwasher was capable of (not ours anyway). Here is what works for us: One Tablespoon of TSP in the first wash compartment...... because if I add it to the main wash compartment and close the lid.... it leaves a film on the glasses from not rinsing out completely. The TSP does a great job on grease and oil. (you can clean garage floors with it). Next I add a Finish Powerball Tablets, Fresh Scent, 60-Count to the main wash (I found they worked better than powders ....gels work least of all) and sprinkle Lemi Shine around the tablet and close the compartment lid. Lemi Shine will remove the hardness out of the water and eat the lime deposits off your glasses and silverware (and the paint decals off a painted glass so read the precautions because it's citric acid but the stuff works magic..seriously!). Finally I have a small jug of bleach I keep under the sink beside the dishwasher, (really handy in a small jug) I splash a small amount in the bottom of the machine for the coffee (pot and lid) and tea stains nothing else will get out (if you run your wooden handle knives in the dishwasher....you probably won't mind them bleaching gray. Just kidding because of course you don't run your good knives in a dishwasher now do you?....) along with tomato stains in plastics, etc.., Finally I run the pots and pans cycle with the sanitize option turned on (habit from trying to boost the results of do nothing detergents) and the end result is a glass that looks like it did new. Even with a meatloaf pan in the bottom rack. I suspect this is close to the detergent formulations of when I was a kid because I don't remember mom's dishwasher turning out spotted, scroungy dishes. I used an empty Lemi Shine bottle, pulled the label off and wrote in marker TSP on the bottle and filled it up to make it easier to handle than a big honkin 4 lb box. There are NO CHILDREN here or everything would be so high up in shelves I would need a ladder to reach it all. Everything under the sink is a killer so protect the little ones folks. If you have hard water you really should follow the one time cleaning instructions found on the Lemi Shine bottle (I buy mine locally at walmart and krogers for $3.77) which is really just dumping it in and letting it sit in the dishwasher overnight then turning it back on and letting it finish its cycle....the insides look like new. Also keep a good rinse agent in your dispenser (I use Finish Jet-Dry Turbo Dry Drying Agent: 6.76 OZ and it really does seem to dry plastic better than the others). It sounds like a lot now that I re-read this but its only a tablet, two powders and a splash. NO pre rinsing or pre washing...just remove the bones off the plates and cram em in (yes I overload) and turn it on...you will be pleasantly surprised with your results. :-)

This is REAL TSP, not the fake, ineffective "TSP Substitute" that is all too common these days. So the product itself is excellent. However, because this is a heavy powder in a box (much like detergent might be), it needs to be packaged for shipment in an outer box, preferably with padding or a tight fit so it will survive normal handling during shipping. I've received two of the three of these that I ordered, and they were both simply placed into shipping bags, and of course, the boxes arrived broken open, with the product spilling out. I've had to repackage the remaining powder since the original boxes arrive fairly well destroyed. So the product itself is excellent. But the boxes need more substantial packaging prior to shipment. But I do sympathize with how expensive it must be to properly package and ship such a relatively inexpensive and heavy product, too. And I was happy just to find a source for real TSP. TSP is a very effective grease cutter, but has been hard to find due to environmental regulations which are designed to limit phosphate pollution of waterways.

This stuff used to be in every detergent and comrpised about 15% of the powder by weight. it was phased out for environmental reasons and that is why you haven't had really clean clothes since the 1980s and easrly 90s. However, if you use this product sensibly and only on the things that need it the most, you won't be damaging the environment IF your waste water goes to a Treatment Plant. If it goes straight into the ground water or into a septic tank as in some rural places, I would say you should consider an alternative to TSP, and there are some. That said, if you do use TSP judiciously, it really helps with whites and socks the most. When you first start using it, you can see old socks that had black heels start getting brighter with each wash. Also, I add it to the water FIRST, always use it with HOT water wash (rinse can be warm) and then I add the clothnes after the TSP and detergent have mixed fully. In a few agitations, you see the dirty water right away and it's amazing. Even if it just extends the life of socks and white tees, undies, etc, it's worth it but I've noticed it also really helps prevent food stains from staying on the clothes. I don't use this in every load, but when I do use it, I'm glad to have it. It's probably a GOOD thing that this chemcial is no longer in EVERY laundry detergent on the market cuz you don't really need it every time you wash and never did. However, when you are doing socks or really dirty clothes, it helps make a HUGE difference. I only use it maybe 3 times a month so I feel I am making up for the added phosphate in the water by not having to buy new clothes as frequently or re-wash the dirty socks over and over to get them clean. My Carbon Footprint is probably evened out by eliminating the use of bleach, all those rewashes and the purchases of newly made clothes which require so much water, bleaching of the cotton and so forth. I only use 1/4 cup dissolved in water for a medium to large load of socks and other major dirty things so one purchase lasts me about 8 to 9 months or more. Do you NEED this? Well, if you like your laundry results just fine, you truly don't need this. However, f your socks are still coming out black, you likely DO need this for the socks and undies loads. Just remember, this is not a product to be used willy nilly in every load. it isn't Oxyclean, and thank goodness it's not since OxyClean eats holes in your natural fibers including Cotton. Oh, they won't tell you that on the label but they do when you call them up and ask why all your cottons suddenly have holes in them. This can be a less harmful solution when used with proper judgment. Obviously, one needs to weigh the costs and benefits of adding phosphates to your grey water waste and find some ways to make up for that in other areas of your cleaning regimine or recycling efforts. You can't just add something back to your routine without taking other envionmentally impactive products OUT. We began ramping up our our composting efforts and line drying more loads in the bathroom since we can't do it outside due to air pollution. This was a family lesson for us and a teachable moment.

This product arrived in great shape. I was a little worried because of a negative review that I read, yet most were positive. I am so glad that I went for it! In my house we had the unfortunate experience of getting some unwanted moisture, and then mold. Ugh! It was behind paneling, so we did not know that it was there until it required that we do some serious gutting. We tried baking soda, tea tree oil and other essential oils, and nothing else came close to the mixture made with this. We combined, by weight 1% of this product with 5% by weight washing soda, and simply dissolved those in water. We rented a serious fogger at a local tool store and we were able to fog the entire room in about 15 minutes. It worked great! I'm amazed! Before trying it, I read extensively online anything that I could find from others who had tried it. A respirator, safety goggles and clothing are worn. The fogger is pointed to each corner of the room for 25% of the total time, based on square footage, and that time will depend upon the fogger that you are using. Make sure it comes with good directions! The mixture must dry to kill the mold. Once it dries, we cannot see it. Most mold spots completely disappeared! Others warned online that if you over-do it with the fogging then you will see a whitish coating on things. We didn't over-do it, and did not run into that problem. This does not need to be rinsed off. Before going ahead, we removed anything that would not tolerate moisture, protected electronics, and emotionally separated from anything that needed the fogging yet might not make it through the process. If it has mold, it has to go anyways! So, even if we were not sure, we decided to be ok with anything failing to make it as otherwise we'd have to trash it all anyway. I was astounded that all the cushions came through just great with no musty smell at all! I'm sure it can vary, depending on how things are made, etc. I cannot tell you what a relief this has been. If you are thinking about using this for mold clean-up, then I encourage you to do online searches and learn more about using this to fog. I'll be adding the mixture to the laundry, too, as we put the clothing we wore during clean-up through the machine. Next, I will be using this on the walls with gloss paint that need to be re-done, and on the pool patio furniture that needs re-painting. Cleaning can be a nasty job; having products that work at least provide a great satisfaction in seeing those efforts pay off. Prior to this, I tried using a TSP substitute, not with the fogger but for other household cleaning. It is not anything like using actual TSP, the substitute was not helpful, in my experience. After having such a great experience where we knew of mold issues, we quickly checked all the different crawl spaces, attic spaces, etc., and found that one off of our garage had a musty smell. So, we fogged that area, too. The musty smell is completely gone. WOO HOO!!!! I'm so grateful!

Used this to clean my greasy cabinets before painting them. A little goes a long way. 1/2 cup per 2 gallons, so I will have a lot leftover to use in the future. It did the job. A couple cabinets that were above the stove were pretty greasy and it cleaned them nicely. I did have to scrub a little harder in areas where it was caked on, but other than that, great product. Didnt really have a smell. Don't skip this step if painting your cabinets.