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Laundry Pure -- US40301
Thanks to Andy & Gina Scott for this
presentation!!
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 It
never has been easy to rid laundry of stains. The
published article in slides 4 & 5 proves that it is not an
easy task. Everyone
must remember LaundryPure does what it is meant to do, but
the stains are up to you. We
chose Eco-H as our stain solution in two of our test shirts.
All shirts were purchased at the same time, same
place and of the same manufacturer.
The purpose of this presentation is to show that the
LaundryPure system is effective in removing most
stains. The tougher stains need the help of Eco-H
pre-treatment. We set up our test to mimic the test
done in Cook’s Illustrated Magazine. Copies of the
magazine cover and test we performed are in the next
two slides. We copied the test performed in the
magazine exactly only using Eco-H.
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Here is the
information on the tests performed by the magazine.
Note: EcoQuest
products were NOT used in the magazine's testing...
maybe they
should have!
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nAll
three shirts were purchased new and are Fruit of the Loom
heavy cotton large tee shirts. All shirts were washed once
prior to performing any stain test.
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Here are the stains, they are in the same order as the magazine
test. We stained the shirts heavily with chili, blueberries,
coffee, mustard, beets, ketchup, chocolate and red wine. Refer
to slide 4 to see the order in which they were placed.
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Here is Gina pre-treating the stains with Eco-H. The shirt
on the left was just pre-treated while the one on the right
was pre-treated and soaked in Eco-H for 3 hours.
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This is the shirt washed only in the LaundryPure with out
any pre-treatment. Compare slide six to this one and see
that LaundryPure did a good job of cleaning the shirt.
Remember, we have always said LaundryPure was not intended
to take out stains without pre-treatment. We are also
talking about the worlds toughest stains ground in and over
exaggerated.
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This is the shirt that had a pre-treatment of Eco-H after
the first wash. All the stains are faded with mustard being
the toughest. The chili, blueberries and chocolate are very
faint. The same results were found in the magazine test.
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This is the pre-treated and pre-soaked with Eco-H tee
shirt. The mustard stain is the only stain that is still
noticeable. This is better than the magazine test. This is
only after one wash!
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Eco-H was very effective at removing all the stains except
the mustard stain. No matter how many times we applied the
Eco-H, it did not remove the mustard. It did take it to a
faint state. It must be noted that mustard is one of the
hardest stains to remove. Gina also put enough mustard to
season six hot dogs at the Worlds Fair. We decided to try
Oxi-Clean, as a last resort, which is an oxygen based
cleaner that was rated best in the magazine article.
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We filled the bucket with hot water and two scoops of Oxi-Clean
and pre-treated the stain with Oxi-Clean the same way we did
with Eco-H. We let the shirts in soak for five hours prior to
washing in LaundryPure.
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The mustard stain is almost gone. Just a very faint shadow
remains. This is with a five hour pre-soak. Remember, this
is only the second wash. The cook’s magazine stated it took
up to 7 applications to remove some stains completely. This
is impressive!!!
We decided to try one more time to get out the
shadow of the mustard stain. We filled this jug
with water from the LaundryPure and put two scoops
of Oxi-Clean in the bowl and re-soaked the tee shirt
for three hours.
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Here is the shirt that was soaked in LaundryPure water. The
stain is very faint but it is still noticeable. We couldn't
tell any improvement from the previous wash.
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We decided to soak the
other two test shirts in Oxi-Clean overnight to see if
it would take out the stains that the LaundryPure alone
could not get out. This is interesting, the shirt on the
left was the pre-treated with Eco-H, only the mustard
stain is still visible. The shirt on the right has had
no Eco-H pre-treatment and has only been soaked in Oxi-Clean. The
mustard stain, while considerably faded, and the chili
stain are still present. The Eco-H took out the chili
the first time!!!
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... And the winner is Eco-H. We feel the
Eco-H is the best all around pre-treatment
for stains. It did not take out all the
mustard, but neither did the Oxi-Clean. It
did take out all the other stains in the
test, including the chili, that the Oxi-Clean
failed to remove.
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Conclusion:
Stains are a part of life. The fact is there is not one fix
all cleaner that will remove 100% of all stains. The Eco-H
proved to be the best pre-treatment in our test. Oxi-Clean
removed more of the mustard stain than the Eco-H did, but
failed to remove the chili stain. It must be noted, this
test was a worst case scenario with stains that were put on
heavy and ground into the fabric.
We recommend the use of Eco-H as the primary pre-treatment
for stains.
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