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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2017 15:37:53 GMT
Me too, even though I go through pockets before I put the garments in the washing machine. You can bet that there will be a rogue tissue lurking somewhere. it's sad when you discover the Kleenex load, feverishly pick all the shreds off and then a couple loads later you include another Kleenex in another load… I don't even bother picking off the shreds. I toss everything in the dryer and it removes and deposits the shreds in the lint trap. |
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Post by crazy4scraps on May 6, 2017 15:49:58 GMT
My sister is a stain ninja. She would take a half cup of powdered dishwasher detergent and a half cup of powdered Biz dissolved in the hottest water possible in a small dishpan. She'd put the stained thing (usually cotton baby clothes) in it and let it soak overnight. Dump the whole mess into the washer the next day and run as normal. I'd guess the stain came out at least 80% of the time on the first try.
Periodically I soak my DD's stained socks in a dishpan full of oxyclean dissolved in hot water (it specifically says on the container to use the hottest water possible that's safe for the fabric) and it's amazing to me how much dirt still comes out of them even if they had been washed already, hadn't been worn again, and started out allegedly "clean" ugh.
I usually do pretty well with getting stains out of stuff but I've had a few things of DD's that I couldn't get the stain out no matter what I tried. One was a light pink dress that I think got thrown in with a pair of new pants and the stain was dye transfer. Nothing got that out. Another one was a brand new yellow t-shirt that she wore ONCE to a birthday party and spilled chocolate ice cream on it, somehow on the front AND the back. Washed it 5-6 times with different stain removers, never put it through the dryer. Stain is still there. And the last one was pink velour pants that she somehow got dry erase marker on at school, and nothing worked with getting that stain out either.
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Post by iamkristinl16 on May 6, 2017 16:31:31 GMT
As the mom of four active boys, I love Zout. It gets stains out even after they have been through the washer/dryer already.
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Post by maryland on May 6, 2017 21:24:03 GMT
I never scrub. I think it pushes the stain deeper into the fiber. I apply stain remover on the front and back of the stain. I wash almost all of my clothes (except things like PJs and underwear) in cold water. I used to be a huge Tide addict but I decided to buy Persil this last time to see what the fuss is about. I bought the German version from Amazon, which is supposedly different from the Walmart version. I like the detergent and the smell. I'm close to the point that I have to reorder, and I'm not sure if I'll get Persil or go back to Tide. For really bad stains I soak in Biz. Sometimes for days! I've gotten out pretty much every stain with it, including blackberry juice on a pale blue sweater and that pollen dust that comes off of lily stamens. If I put something in the wash with a stain in it, I hang it to dry to make sure the stain is gone. If I have to re-treat--same thing: it doesn't go in the dryer. Once the stain is gone I go back to machine drying. Do you use liquid Biz and soak it in Biz alone or with Biz (liquid or powder) and water? I haven't bought Biz for a while, may have to try it! |
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Post by milocat on May 6, 2017 21:53:05 GMT
Uggg red shale and white baseball pants is the worst! I feel your pain. Other teams in the league have grey pants why can't we have those? This is mens baseball so I'm never getting out of it either.
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Post by mirabelleswalker on May 6, 2017 23:06:17 GMT
I never scrub. I think it pushes the stain deeper into the fiber. I apply stain remover on the front and back of the stain. I wash almost all of my clothes (except things like PJs and underwear) in cold water. I used to be a huge Tide addict but I decided to buy Persil this last time to see what the fuss is about. I bought the German version from Amazon, which is supposedly different from the Walmart version. I like the detergent and the smell. I'm close to the point that I have to reorder, and I'm not sure if I'll get Persil or go back to Tide. For really bad stains I soak in Biz. Sometimes for days! I've gotten out pretty much every stain with it, including blackberry juice on a pale blue sweater and that pollen dust that comes off of lily stamens. If I put something in the wash with a stain in it, I hang it to dry to make sure the stain is gone. If I have to re-treat--same thing: it doesn't go in the dryer. Once the stain is gone I go back to machine drying. Do you use liquid Biz and soak it in Biz alone or with Biz (liquid or powder) and water? I haven't bought Biz for a while, may have to try it! Biz powder and water. |
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Post by leslie132 on May 6, 2017 23:13:20 GMT
I'm completely inept when it comes to getting out stains! My DS has white baseball pants and they look awful! I scrub with a stain stick, I soak in hot water with Oxyclean, and then I wash. They still are so stained that they look like I did nothing. I'm a total failure in the laundry department. Easiest way to deal with white baseball pants. Wash in cold with your normal detergent. I get my pants wet and then I put my arms thru the leg holes. In my hand I take a bar of Fels Naptha soup (made by Pyrex ...found at Walmart) I then go about scrubbing my legs of he pants. Keeping them on my arms until the end just helps . Once I go over all the stains I roll them in a ball and scrub them around. Drop into the wash immediately. We have had the same pants for 2 years. They aren't even the top line of pants. No major name brand like Nike or UA.....yet these pants look brand new every time I launder the. EVERY TIME! Best laundry item ever. Fels Naphtha. It takes maybe 10 minutes to scrub both pair of pants. |
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Post by LilyRose on May 7, 2017 0:21:33 GMT
Then, take a bar of Fels Naphtha, a fingernail brush and a glass of hot water. Dunk the brush in the hot water, scrub it over the soap, then scrub that into the baseball pants. Let sit for 15 minutes. Wash in hot water with detergent and either Clorox 2 or Oxy Clean. Let them.soak in the hot water for 15 minutes before starting the wash cycle. If they aren't clean coming out of the washer, repeat the Fels Naphtha and so on. I never had it take more than two tries. If it is mud rather than dirt, well, I had a second pair of pants for muddy days because the mud is awful. A friend did the car wash on mud and said it worked. Fels Naphtha was my mother's go-to for my brother's baseball pants. |
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