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[151949]

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.

[KLevineFan]

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

[151949]

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.

[viva923]

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.

[Nomorebirthdays]

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.

[okaywitheasypay]

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 .

[dex]

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.

[151949]

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

[151949]

@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?

[dex]

@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.