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Lysol Laundry Sanitizer question

SilleeMee — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 11:59:22 GMT

Can this product be added to the wash cycle instead of the rinse cycle (as directed)? I'd rather not have any chemicals left on my clothes when they come out of my washer. If you use this I would like to read your comments about it. TIA.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:09:57 GMT

I don't use it and never will.

I figure I must be doing something right if I haven't killed us yet doing laundry the way I do.

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151949 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:14:28 GMT

I was told by my appliance repairman that it is very very very bad to use bleach here in Fl.by the ocean because it will rust out the washer when mixed with the salt air. The proof of that was my original washing machine was only 5 years old and the tub actually fell out due to rust.So now I use the lysol laundry sanitizer on my towels and sheets , hankies and napkins and our underwear instead.I don't want the scent on my finished laundry so I prefer to use it in my bleach dispenser , where it goes into the wash cycle. Who knows if it works that way or not? One good thing is it doesn't attack the fabrics like bleach does. Doesn't fade anything. We can only trust that it is actually sanitizing our clothes.

I don't hate the scent - just a clean smell - but I have asthma & scents are a trigger for it.

A few months ago my lanai furniture was all mildewed - horrible. I put each cushion, one at a time , into the washer and ran them using tide and the lysol laundry sanitizer and they came out looking like new, and have stayed nice so far - no return of the mildew.

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janeec — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 12:35:36 GMT

I have used a bit of plain lysol concentrate (in a brown bottle) in the washing machine with my detergent for years. I would never put it in the rinse cycle. It was a mandatory requirement to launder our clothes with it when I took microbiology.

I have very sensitive skin and it works for me. Sometimes I even use a double rinse.

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Mistreatedbycs — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:03:32 GMT

@SilleeMee

Referring to the responses, I am assuming that they do not know about this product, it has 0% bleach.

It's an awesome product and I'm on my 3rd or 4th bottle already!

I add it with my laundry soap. For one load, I add a half of a cap and never have gone above that.

It's great for my gym clothes, socks, and even like the couch cushions that the dog lays on. Odors are a thing of the past. I used to add the laundry crystals to the wash but they only mask the odor, I believe with the Lysol product, the clothes/sheets are actually sanitized.

Never did warm or hot water, I believe this is a cold water product.

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Mary Bailey — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:23:16 GMT

I also add to wash cycle with detergent.

I just started using the plant based fabric softener by Downy. It doesn't leave that film in the cap. I think it must be better for the clothes.

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Tigriss — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:46:38 GMT

I've been on Amazon looking at this product. Many people point out that it requires you to leave it in the rinse cycle for 16 minutes before finishing the rinse. I always use an extra rinse on my clothes just for good measure anyway. My machine has an extra rinse cycle I always leave on. If I was to use something like this, then I would use it in the first rinse. The instructions state that it isn't meant to be mixed with laundry detergent. That is concerning. I did find other products that are enzyme cleaners, Kleen-Green, Kleen-Free, Odorban Biolaundry Enzyme Cleaner, Pesil Hygiene disinfecting rinse, and Nature's Eradicator. I did see people's reviews for the Lysol product that said it gave them hives and rashes. I would want to make sure that it is rinsed out. I pretty much just use Persil detergent and some oxy-clean when things are tough. The Lysol thing is pretty much liquid oxy-clean or peroxide cleaner. Y'all do know that Clorox makes a color safe bleach that you can use as well. Vinegar is also good for cleaning. You can always do a pre-wash soak in the Lysol product then launder to make sure the chemical is rinsed out, but this will make your laundry take longer. My father worked in a papermill welding. He would smell so that we had a hamper out the back door where he parked to take off his clothes there and leave them outside. Mom did a soak in Odorban, the regular one she got from Sam's, and then rinsed and washed. It took all those horrid smells out. He always went to work clean and fresh but came back the smell of a paper mill. If you have ever driven by a paper mill, then you know what I'm talking about.

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Fressa — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 14:52:31 GMT

I would put it in the bleach dispenser if you have one.

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RedTop — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 16:47:07 GMT

I have been using this product for about 6 months; mainly on my trucker daughters clothes since she showers in truck stops all across the US, but also on teachers daughters clothing.

This product is designed to be used in the the rinse cycle. The bottle specifically states not to add it to the wash cycle- -detergent would essentially render this product useless. I think this product is too expensive to be used incorrectly.

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SilleeMee — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:03:29 GMT

@RedTop wrote:
I have been using this product for about 6 months; mainly on my trucker daughters clothes since she showers in truck stops all across the US, but also on teachers daughters clothing.

This product is designed to be used in the the rinse cycle. The bottle specifically states not to add it to the wash cycle- -detergent would essentially render this product useless. I think this product is too expensive to be used incorrectly.

Yes, that's what I think, too. Why else would the manufacturer say to add it to the rinse cycle, right?? I guess i'll just have to do a double rinse...hate to waste water but if that's what it takes to rinse it out I'll do it.

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Pooky1 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 17:59:43 GMT

when my father inlaw was sick for over a year my mother inlaw use that in every load and she allways added it at beginning of wash cycle with detergeny and clothes allways came out really good. shes allergic to regular detergent so she uses all free n clear and she had no problem using lysol laundry sanitizer. good luck.

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151949 — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 19:21:38 GMT

I didn't know it was around a year ago.

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Hooty — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 23:52:17 GMT

I have been looking for this product as long as it has been advertised on TV, but cannot seem to find it ..... it is in the laundry section where detergent is sold isn't it? I have tried all over, Walmart, Publix, base commissary, I want to use it on my dog's quilts!

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SilleeMee — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:10:36 GMT

I found it in the laundry section at Walmart where they have the Oxiclean booster stuff. @Hooty

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 04:20:20 GMT

I've been using it in the fabric softener dispenser since I stopped using softener a year or so ago.

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aubnwa01 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 04:25:23 GMT

@Hooty wrote:
I have been looking for this product as long as it has been advertised on TV, but cannot seem to find it ..... it is in the laundry section where detergent is sold isn't it? I have tried all over, Walmart, Publix, base commissary, I want to use it on my dog's quilts!

@HootyI had been buying it in the smaller bottles, as that's all i could find locally & then, I found it on Amazon in the large 90oz bottle with a handle, so I ordered that. Recently, I found the larger 90 oz bottle at Walmart, so I picked it up there.

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goldensrbest — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:24:00 GMT

Why would one use this? Just washing your clothes would clean them, unless you do really dirty work, for whites bleach would be best,or peroxide. I do use odo ban , for moping sometimes .

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SilleeMee — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:36:59 GMT

@goldensrbest wrote:
Why would one use this? Just washing your clothes would clean them, unless you do really dirty work, for whites bleach would be best,or peroxide. I do use odo ban , for moping sometimes .

I've got some microfiber mop pads and also some doggie towels that stink even after I wash them. I need something to kill the bacteria that is causing the odor. This Lysol product is suppose to kill 99.9% of the germs. @goldensrbest

I don't use regular bleach.

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151949 — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:36:39 GMT

@Tigriss wrote:
I've been on Amazon looking at this product. Many people point out that it requires you to leave it in the rinse cycle for 16 minutes before finishing the rinse. I always use an extra rinse on my clothes just for good measure anyway. My machine has an extra rinse cycle I always leave on. If I was to use something like this, then I would use it in the first rinse. The instructions state that it isn't meant to be mixed with laundry detergent. That is concerning. I did find other products that are enzyme cleaners, Kleen-Green, Kleen-Free, Odorban Biolaundry Enzyme Cleaner, Pesil Hygiene disinfecting rinse, and Nature's Eradicator. I did see people's reviews for the Lysol product that said it gave them hives and rashes. I would want to make sure that it is rinsed out. I pretty much just use Persil detergent and some oxy-clean when things are tough. The Lysol thing is pretty much liquid oxy-clean or peroxide cleaner. Y'all do know that Clorox makes a color safe bleach that you can use as well. Vinegar is also good for cleaning. You can always do a pre-wash soak in the Lysol product then launder to make sure the chemical is rinsed out, but this will make your laundry take longer. My father worked in a papermill welding. He would smell so that we had a hamper out the back door where he parked to take off his clothes there and leave them outside. Mom did a soak in Odorban, the regular one she got from Sam's, and then rinsed and washed. It took all those horrid smells out. He always went to work clean and fresh but came back the smell of a paper mill. If you have ever driven by a paper mill, then you know what I'm talking about.

I think you should read the ingredients in oxiclean and peroxide then in the lysol. You won't find any similarities.Peroxide is H2O2 - water with an extra oxygen molecule and oxiclean is oxygen- when added to water it becomes H2o + an extra oxygen = H2O2 or peroxide. But that is not at all what the lysol product is.The ingredients are a bunch of unpronouncable chemicals.

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Tigriss — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:36:36 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@Tigriss wrote:
I've been on Amazon looking at this product. Many people point out that it requires you to leave it in the rinse cycle for 16 minutes before finishing the rinse. I always use an extra rinse on my clothes just for good measure anyway. My machine has an extra rinse cycle I always leave on. If I was to use something like this, then I would use it in the first rinse. The instructions state that it isn't meant to be mixed with laundry detergent. That is concerning. I did find other products that are enzyme cleaners, Kleen-Green, Kleen-Free, Odorban Biolaundry Enzyme Cleaner, Pesil Hygiene disinfecting rinse, and Nature's Eradicator. I did see people's reviews for the Lysol product that said it gave them hives and rashes. I would want to make sure that it is rinsed out. I pretty much just use Persil detergent and some oxy-clean when things are tough. The Lysol thing is pretty much liquid oxy-clean or peroxide cleaner. Y'all do know that Clorox makes a color safe bleach that you can use as well. Vinegar is also good for cleaning. You can always do a pre-wash soak in the Lysol product then launder to make sure the chemical is rinsed out, but this will make your laundry take longer. My father worked in a papermill welding. He would smell so that we had a hamper out the back door where he parked to take off his clothes there and leave them outside. Mom did a soak in Odorban, the regular one she got from Sam's, and then rinsed and washed. It took all those horrid smells out. He always went to work clean and fresh but came back the smell of a paper mill. If you have ever driven by a paper mill, then you know what I'm talking about.
I think you should read the ingredients in oxiclean and peroxide then in the lysol. You won't find any similarities.Peroxide is H2O2 - water with an extra oxygen molecule and oxiclean is oxygen- when added to water it becomes H2o + an extra oxygen = H2O2 or peroxide. But that is not at all what the lysol product is.The ingredients are a bunch of unpronouncable chemicals.

Then that explains why so many people on Amazon complained of rashes and hives after correctly using this. They just wore the clothes and slept in the sheet washed in it. I prefer to keep things as simple as possible.