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Strange laundry experience

151949 — Fri, 12 May 2017 13:58:58 GMT

Yesterday I was wearing a cotton t shirt that is a few years old and has been washed without difficulty many times. We went out to lunch and I got a veggie wrap that was not wrapped correctly and when I took a bite the bottom squirted out mayo and other juices all down the front of my shirt. When we got home I took off the shirt and sprayed Shout stain remover on it , intending to put it in the washer.My DH said he too had 2 shirts that needed shout and would I was them as well. Shouted all 3 shirts, placed them in warm water with a Tide pod and a scoop of oxiwash. When I got them out of the washer - on the back neck of my shirt , the front bottom of one of DH's shirts and the whole front of his other shirt they were white - looked like they had been bleached. My washer is a bleach virgin - I've never used bleach in this washing machine, so there could not have been any residual bleach in there. I thought the shirts were ruined and I was blaming the Shout. Well, that wasn't bizarre enough -- I put all 3 shirts in the dryer and, lo & behold, when I took them out of the dryer - the areas were gone. GONE. DH & I stood there looking at them with our mouths open in amazement. Delighted, but amazed.

Re: Strange laundry experience

KLevineFan — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:05:27 GMT

Wow, that is odd! So glad the shirts weren't ruined. What product do you think caused this reaction, try to avoid it?

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151949 — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:15:58 GMT

I use Tide & oxiwash with almost every load I wash so it had to be the shout.

BTW - all the stains did come out of all 3 shirts too.

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viva923 — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:29:11 GMT

I use oxiclean every load (except super good gentle action loads).

I use Tide pods too, as well as Gain, Arm-hammer and other washing pods.

I swear by my oxiclean. Love that stuff. What may have happened, when you put the oxiclean on bottom of washing tub (top loader) sometimes the oxiclean will disolve when filling the machine and the clothes sitting directly on the oxiclean will pick up whiter spots.

this is just my personal thought.

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Nomorebirthdays — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:33:21 GMT

I don't know why this happened. I remember when I had babies in cloth diapers the rubber pants came out looking not clean but a miniute in the dryer and they turned white.

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okaywitheasypay — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:36:08 GMT

As in life so it goes in laundry--some things just can not be understood ! actually , there probably is a chemical explanation , but I will leave that to greater minds.

At least it didn't go in the direction of my occasional laundry experience of those mystery stains of color removal even when I haven't used bleach or fabric softener .

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dex — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:41:19 GMT

My sons girlfriend was talking about something similar happening and she determined it to be the tide pods.She contacted the manufacturer to inform them.

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151949 — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:42:04 GMT

@viva923 Have you tried the ALL oxi laundry booster? I like it better than the original oxi products and it cost less.

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151949 — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:44:30 GMT

@dex Usually I only use the tide pods in HOT water, and use tide liquid for warm & cold. But I'm out of the liquid so I threw a pod in and only used warm water.I wonder if that was it?

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dex — Fri, 12 May 2017 14:55:38 GMT

@151949 I really can't answeryour question but I know my sons gf always had used tide pods and just couldn't figure out what was going on.I don't know if they were defective or a new formula but she switched detergents.

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CareBears — Fri, 12 May 2017 15:24:29 GMT

@151949 I have used the Tide pods with warm & cold water and have never had that happen?

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 12 May 2017 16:33:32 GMT

I think I may be the only person in the world not impressed with Oxi-clean!

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SilleeMee — Fri, 12 May 2017 17:18:37 GMT

A "bleach virgin"...LOL!

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Pooky1 — Fri, 12 May 2017 19:19:58 GMT

celticcrafter im with you. i have used it and i dont think it helps getting anything clean.i allways wonder how its been on the market so long.i used to work in food service that gets messy and tried it and it didnt get any stains. shout out a soak in the sink and then in washer to get tomato sauce out.

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Pooky1 — Fri, 12 May 2017 19:26:09 GMT

do you have an he top loader with no agitator. i had one and a small load with a pod was to much detergent would make clothes come out with all white on them so i would have liquid detergent on hand to use with small loads. if you have an agitator washer that uses alot of water then i cant imagin what caused it. thats my thought and good luck.

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viva923 — Fri, 12 May 2017 20:22:09 GMT

151949

I have not tried that All oxy as of yet. I have many boxes in the shed of my oxyclean. I buy it by the pallet LOL. I swear by that stuff.

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CelticCrafter — Fri, 12 May 2017 20:50:12 GMT

@Pooky1 wrote:
celticcrafter im with you. i have used it and i dont think it helps getting anything clean.i allways wonder how its been on the market so long.i used to work in food service that gets messy and tried it and it didnt get any stains. shout out a soak in the sink and then in washer to get tomato sauce out.

@Pooky1 My daughter is in Restaurant Management and every so often, when they are in the weeds, she will help out on the line. Her jacket sleeves get marked from the stainless steel counter on the expo line - it did nothing to get those out or any other type of mess.

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Carmie — Fri, 12 May 2017 21:14:43 GMT

I don't know, but maybe the white spots were salts from your body sweat. That would make sense from where they were located.

You sure mix a whole lot of laundry products together. I just use Tide and spray Citrol degreaser on grease spots.

Shout and those Oxi cleaners never seem to work well for me, but I never used them in combination.

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SilleeMee — Fri, 12 May 2017 21:40:31 GMT

I use Nellie's and sometimes add Borax 20 Mule when I've got stubborn stuff to remove.

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Pooky1 — Sat, 13 May 2017 00:08:34 GMT

sometimes i get oil stains from cooking on shirts and is hard to get out. i never used that borex20mule you mentioned but i have seen it in the market. what kind of stains do you use it for?