If you're a woman, I would recommend reading the manufacturers instructions. If you're a man, I must ask...... why the hell are you asking questions like that? Do you want to continue doing laundry as one of your regular chores? Plead ignorance, screw it up.... and guaranteed, you'll never be asked to perform the task again.... ever! (LMAO)
Front load machines require HE detergent. Front load machines (at the laundromat) are for LARGE loads. Use a top loading machine or the proper detergent for the machine you use.
Front loader washing machines typically use 2 1/2 to 4 gallons of water per cycle, where a top loader will use as much as 13-15 gallons per cycle, so the detergent amount should be trimmed back from 1/4 to 1/6 of what a top loader would use, for the same cleaning power. The HE detergent cleans the same as the regular stuff, it just produces less suds, so try that. I have a small Frigidaire front loader, and use Bold or Cheer powder detergent. For 6-7 large bath towels = 1 table spoon of Cheer, 5 dirty work jeans 5 work shirts = 3 table spoons of Cheer. Not the HE stuff, all comes out clean rinsed good.
