LaundryPure Stain Test

LaundryPure Stain Test!

Laundry Pure -- US40301

Thanks to Andy & Gina Scott for this presentation!!

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Bottom Line:

We recommend the use of Eco-H as the primary pre-treatment for stains.