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It seemed to do about the same as the 7th gen oxy cleaner, but the heavy wash, ultra sonic, and bleach were by far the best performers!

Here is everything together.... even though it may not have been the most scientific experiment, it was still fun and I learned from it...

Here's where I messed up... I washed everything 4 days after I made the stain except these two... the standard (cold water, normal cycle, no pre-treat) wash with regular liquid Tide and the standard wash with regular liquid Gain Joyful Expressions... It got too late and I had to go to bed, so...

Hot water and homemade laundry soap also disappointed me....

These didn't do quite as well, but still better than expected. It might be hard to see in the picture, but name brand Oxiclean did much better than the 7th Generation... Zout and Fells Naptha really disappointed me...

These were the best performers... bleach seemed to do the best of course, but you can't use that on every color of fabric/material. The next best was Dawn which makes sense because the stains were food based! The heavy cycle did much better than the quick cycle, so (next picture will have the...

the cleaner

The first thing that I want to show is the results of the ultrasonic cleaner.... It practically cleaned all the stain off before I even washed the piece of material. It even started attacking the permanent marker! I worked on this for about 10 minutes with the wand, then put it in the tub...

Hey guys, I completed the experiment, and I will post pictures soon... I'm tired right now, but I got some surprising results... will try to post tomorrow...

The machine The machine that will be doing all the work.... I have very mixed feelings about this machine after having come from a portable all in one front loader, but it's what I have now, so I'm going to go with it. I'll update with more pictures when I finish the experiment....

all done Time to wait

application It smells good anyway :o)

the paint The dirt :o)

Hey guys, I've decided to do a laundry experiment and wanted to share it here... What I wanted to do is stain a shirt and then wash it with different additives and on different cycles and with different water temperatures and see what the results are. Sometimes I have trouble getting stains...

Hey guys, I don't post here often because I usually stay on the vacuum cleaner side of appliances, but I just ordered a new washer and wanted to tell you guys about it and get feedback. I have a one bedroom apartment with no hookups and for several years now, I've been getting buy with an...

Thanks for repsonding guys... I've decided to abandon the project. I just can't make it work and it's just taken too much time and energy and become work instead of fun. I'm going to get a refund for what I can and throw the rest in the trash and move forward. If I ever decide I really need...

Hey guys, I'm writing because I need some creative ideas for a project I'm attempting. I've been doing my laundry by hand for a few weeks now with homemade soap and a scrub board and a plunger with holes in it just because I wanted to try things the old fashioned way... it's been going well...

I have an Edgestar combo unit that is ventless, but it is loud on the spin cycle and takes about 4 hours to wash and 8 hours to dry (I exaggerate a bit, but it's long) and I trip on the hoses stretched from the bedroom closet to the bathroom and my bathroom sink is unavailable for all those...

Pete thanks for sharing that video... I watched the whole thing in awe and disgust. It makes me sick, but was still fascinating. I got around the whole razor blade thing by buying a doubled edged safety razor.... works great and the blades are so cheap. You really don't need 15 blades in...

I am wondering if any of you have ever used a wash board and did laundry the old fashioned way? I'd been wanting to do this for a while (especially when the machines at my apartment complex are busy or broken), so today, I called a local hardware store and found that they sold a wash board. I...