"Zout" vs. "Shout" (or "Spray 'n Wash")

[whitekingd]

Any opinions on which is best?

 

[launderess]

Unless they changed the formula, Zout does not contain enzymes, but is a concentrated mix of surfactants.

Both of the others mentioned contains enzymes and or in some instances oxygen bleaches, in addition to surfactants.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Nurse friend swears by Zout for uniforms and such.

Spray 'n Wash will take the color off your washer (body)and its control panel; be careful.

 

[re563]

I haven't tried Zout, but have used Spray N Wash and Shout. IMO, when Spray N Wash came out it was a great product. But, currently, I get much better results with Shout than with Spray N Wash.

 

[mrb627]

Shout

I bought a bottle of Shout about 5 years ago and I still have most of it. It is pretty good, altough I rarely have the need to use it. Haven't used the others.

Malcolm

 

[danemodsandy]

Toggles:

Shout only removes finish from painted surfaces. If you have a proper set of laundry appliances made back in the days when companies gave a damn about quality, you'll have porcelain and a bit of Shout isn't a problem. You still may need to be careful about control panels; the Maytag pair I had in Atlanta had pretty significant prewash damage to the Sungold paint on the control panels when I bought the machines. But the porcelain was still pretty much pristine.

I don't think this is still the case, but for a while, appliance parts stores used to sell control panel overlays for popular washer and dryer models, so that prewash damage to panels could be repaired. You removed the knobs, and pressed the self-stick overlay into place on the control panel (they were precut with the correct holes for your control shafts); then you put the knobs back in place. Voila! No more uglies, and you could read the control markings again.

As always, later DD Whirlys seemed to bear the brunt of prewash damage, because of their painted tops vs. the porcelain used on other makes.

 

[pulsator]

I ONLY use Zout Triple Enzyme! It has yet to fail me!!! I've been using it for a couple years now and it has since won some kind of an award for best stain remover!

 

[kqkenmore]

Iv have used spray n wash max and shout advanced and they were very good at removing grease.areosol spray n wash and shout are the best for removing gum off of clothes.

 

[launderess]

Best Stain Remover?

For anything that requires solvent type stain remover, is the one, and only Fels Naptha Soap, especially the vintage or Purex.

 

[mynameismiele]

Whats Zout?

Funny, Zout is the dutch word for Salt

 

[mysteryclock]

Whatever you choose...

...don't use OxiClean Max Force. We had a stain on some sage-green bamboo sheets that I pretreated with it and it faded a big splotch of color out of them.

Not. Happy.

 

[joelippard]

Fels-Naptha

is the King around here. Dampen that bar, rub it onto the spot, let sit a bit, and away go the stains.