Lysol Laundry Sanitizer question

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

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.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

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.

151949 · ‎03-09-2010

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.

janeec · ‎02-17-2013

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.

Mistreatedbycs · ‎03-10-2010

@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.

Mary Bailey · ‎03-09-2010

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.

Tigriss · ‎03-12-2010

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.

Fressa · ‎03-20-2012

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

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

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.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@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.