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[mrb627]

Every once in a while I happen to pick up a box of Biz Bleach and end up asking myself why I don't use this stuff all the time. It is really a great all-fabric bleach. Are ya with me on this?

Malcolm

 

[appnut]

Malcolm, I am and I have been since November 2001 when nothing else, including Shout would remove some body fluids from suirgical incision.  I basically just add it with any load of laundry which I think might have stains and never check for stains and pretreat--which takes so much time for me to inspect every article.  when Steve 1/18 came here to deliver my Fridgemore in 2006 or 2007, he saw me use Biz in that manner and it sold him.  He recently reminded me of this and when he went home after that trip, bought a box and has been using it every since.  I recently saw an article online entitled stain removers that actualy work.  Biz was the only product of its kind that as listed. 

 

[nmassman44]

I have been using the Biz Blast Pacs that I just love. Its pre-measured powder and liquid like those Tide Stain release pacs...and I love those as well.

 

[spankomatic]

I use the tide stain release packs also. White underwear and socks. I have never tried Biz Bleach. Sounds like it does the similar thing...

 

[launderess]

Biz? Biz!

Am working through a huge case of the coin vend sized boxes of the old Biz (in the blue box, made by P&G). Stuff rocks when it comes to stan removal, whitening and brightening.

Wasn't impressed with the first offering after the brand was sold off, and never tired it afterwards. Created too much froth, contained too much fillers for the powdered packet size, and the sweet bubble gum scent was the final straw.

Biz, at least in it's final incarnations from P&G was closer to a detergent than just an all fabric bleach. According to the ingredients listed on the box/case Biz contained water softeners (Zeolites and washing soda), along with protease, surfactants, oxygen bleach, bleach activator, and so forth.

So if one is using Biz in the wash, then dosage of detergent should be adjusted as well.

 

[appnut]

Froth and those stain release packs

Laundress, it makes less froth now than it did a few years ago after I got my Fridgemore.  It now has an"He" insignia on it whereas when I first started using it, it didn't.   The Biz is probably less expensive than those Tide Stain Release packs. 

 

[danmantn]

I big box a Biz keeps asking me to come home with me at the store...next trip and it will...thanks for the nudge!

 

[peterh770]

I have not been impressed with the Tide Stain Release packs. They seem to be much less effective if you don't use Tide detergent with them. But they do leave the wash a bit more fresh, most notably with my gym clothes and towels. I'm out of Oxi, so will give Biz a try. That for y'alls recommendation!

 

[dirtybuck]

Which would be better to use on whites...Biz or regular Clorox bleach?
And speaking of Clorox, how is their all-fabric bleach?

 

[supersuds]

Personally

I don't use regular Clorox at all unless there is some stain that nothing else has shifted and there's nothing to lose. I get a lot less holes in my clothes that way.

I like Biz better than Clorox 2. Subjectively Biz works better on fountain pen ink stains, my bugaboo. It is much cheaper than the Tide Stain Release powder unless you have a coupon (there have been some $3 off TSR coupons in the paper lately). TSR seems to make whites whiter, but I'm not sure that it removes stains better than Biz.

As Laundress notes, you can substantially reduce the amount of your regular detergent in a load if you're using Biz. I use maybe half as much.

 

[spookiness]

I love it!

Using the pre-treat method, it removed years-old stains from things. It whitened up kitchen towels like crazy.

TMI I know, but it is the only product I have found that is effective at removing the stains left by deodorant products. Again, use to pre-treat. I was amazed.

I used it last week to remove some kind of red stain from a sweater. It was either ink, or color transfer from some other garment or article.

I am a Biz evangelist.

 

[franksdad]

Fountain pen stains

Regular old rubbing alcohol removes ink stains almost instantly. I keep a bottle at my desk for those times I make a mark on my clothes. Also, I use regular Suave Daily Clairifying shampoo on oil and grease stains. Just a little dab, rub it in, and wash. Even takes out old used motor oil.

 

[dirtybuck]

Hairspray will also get rid of ink stains.

 

[danmantn]

I picked up a box on lunch. $3.99 at Food City. It has approximately 5 loads (1 cup per large load). That equals 80¢ per load. Expensive! But the spot application and soaking options will probably make it go longer.

I like the "retro" look to it and the label on the front proudly proclaiming they have been removing stains for more than 40 years.

 

[franksdad]

Hairspray will also get rid of ink stains.

That's true Bill. But with my receeding hairline and closely cropped mane I'd look a sight with a can of Aqua Net on my desk!

 

[supersuds]

Ink stains

I am talking about fountain pen ink, not ballpoint ink. FP ink can be very stubborn, and I've never found alcohol to be of any use.

 

[re563]

OK---you guys have me thinking

I go through shout like there is no tomorrow. I use it mostly to pretreat dark or colored t-shirts because of grease/food splatter stains (yeah, someone in this house is kinda messy when it comes to cooking--AND IT AIN'T ME !!). So, will Biz work on this? It is a little bit of a pain checking every shirt looking for these stains every wash day.

 

[appnut]

It is a little bit of a pain checking every shirt looking fo

Robert, that's exactly why I am thrilled with the Biz.  I too used to spend the entire wash cycle time going through the next load of clothes checking for stains on the front of every garment.  Now I don't have to.  I've had the same bottle of Shout since the Fridgemore arrived in 2006.  I actually used it for something horribly stained last week, first time in years. 

 

[re563]

Thanks Bob--

Once I get through this bottle of shout (which won't be long)i'll pick up a box and give it a try

 

[supersuds]

I have to say that for greasy stains I haven't had much luck without pretreating - ymmv, as they say. That is, motor oil and such. But if it bothers you so much this is certainly worth a try.

Incidentally, the Wikipedia article on Biz has another use listed besides laundry.

"In addition, the product is often used in a non-laundry context for cleaning the tissue off bones, particularly skulls that have interior cavities difficult to scour by mechanical action. Biz is recommended by the Alaska state government and the FBI."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biz_(detergent)

 

[mrb627]

Ha

So if you ever find yourself with a nasty brain matter stain in your favorite shirt, Biz will be able to shift it free. Good to know.

Malcolm

 

[dirtybuck]

Well,

Due to financial constraints, I bought a box of Clorox 2 at Walmart earlier. Laundry is being done tomorrow, so I'll let you all know how it performs. I'll also be using the new scoop All Oxi-Active.

 

[spookiness]

"financial constraints"

Well at least you didn't completely cheap out and get Purex 2.
I tried that stuff and its pretty much worthless.

 

[whitekingd]

My neighbor got me started on Biz bleach. I was sold. I got my mother hooked on it, and she used it until she passed away. Excellent product!!

 

[dirtybuck]

I compared the ingredient list on Clorox 2 and Biz. From what I could see, they're completely the same make up. However, I'm thinking that Biz might have a bit more enzymes to their formula.

Spook, I was SERIOUSLY considering Purex or Great Value brands, but as Clorox 2 has been around longer, I went with that instead.

 

[re563]

Well, I have to say.......

I couldn't wait for the shout to be done. I went out and bought a box of Biz over the weekend and washed a load of colors yesterday with Biz. Like Appnut and everyone promised, it took out all the stains and splatters on the colored T-shirts. Well, not all, but then again i'm not sure that the fabric softern, (final touch) didn't create some new one. I then did a load of lights, Queen sized sheets, 4 pillow cases, kitchen towels, napkins, and a white polyblend table cloth. The table cloth was stained from wing sauce. It didn't removed all the wing sauce stains but overall I have to say i'm very pleased. Goodbye shout, HEEEEELLLLLOOOOOO BIZ !!!!!!!!!

 

[danmantn]

Let em soak overnight with a solution of Biz...I think the box tells how.

 

[launderess]

Biz and Flesh Removal

Human flesh, hair, fluids and so forth are largely made up of protein. Biz contains only one enzyme, and that is designed to digest said substance, thus it's not the bleach or even Biz per se that one wants but protease enzymes.

 

[supersuds]

The current boxes of Biz say that they contain EnzaMix -- no specifics, but it does sound as if they have more than one enzyme now. The trademark was applied for in April 2010.

 

[launderess]

Wonder If

P&G is still making this product in their factories, or have the new owners of the brand gone somewhere else.

Biz was the first and only activated oxygen bleach sold in the United States, based upon patents held by P&G. Those same patents extended the range of said bleaching sytem to Oxydol and Tide detergents, and is the basis of what one finds along those lines in every P&G laundry product that contains oxygen bleach.

Cannot imagine P&G giving up such secrets.