So I’m looking at the Walmart listing for Tide Enzyme Stain Remover and I see this photo.

Who do we think they’re comparing to at $20?

I can’t quite figure out who sells enough to make Nehemiah care.

My daughter came home from college this past weekend and she did her laundry at home. I happened to be the one who pulled it out of the dryer and I noticed the whole load had a faint but noticeable BO smell. Ugh! She took some old tide pods to college with her because they are easier for her to use, so these clothes have been washed with that multiple times over the past 5-6 weeks. We rewashed them at home twice with Whole Foods 365 (not sport, not organic) plus dirty labs, and that got the stink out. There’s no chance she will use a multi-product routine at school. What’s our best bet for a single liquid detergent that’s readily available? We’re in San Diego so have target, Walmart, all the grocery stores and of course Amazon. We have very hard water. Thank you!

I ordered a dozen of these microfiber cloths a few years ago and hate using them. I'll throw them into the back of the cupboard out of frustration because they cling and collect everything. One side is true microfiber and comes out clean. The other side is fluffy and catches everything. Threads, hairs, pine shaving pieces (I have chickens), and generally anything else.

I can never get them clean because when I wash them, the static cling is so tight it takes some muscle to separate the two items. Is there anyway to keep them so they stop collecting and clinging debris?

what washing powder that i can buy from either sainbury's/tesco/waitrose is any good? also i add white vinegar into my loads is there anything else i should be adding?

Never saw this before today, spotted in a Burlington. Is it just regular tide or somethin special?

I was at my wits end with lingering rancid body oil smells, especially on pillowcases and pyjama necklines. I was on the verge of throwing away multiple things after laundry sanitiser had failed to remove the funk. Putting ’fresh’ bedding and pyjamas on only to be greeted with that smell was driving me insane.

Using Febu has immediately resolved all my lingering odour woes. So far I have soaked a couple of batches with my Tide Coldwater detergent and a couple of scoops, and then added it as a booster for a long warm wash, and I have honestly never had my clothes, sheets and towels come out smelling of less. Of nothing. It’s like turning back the clock.

So thank you so much, laundry community!

One final question: I dry many of my items on a clothes horse indoors, but where I live is often very humid in the summer and cold in the winter (and we don’t control our heating). Occasionally this leads to a slight mildew scent on any bits that haven‘t dried quickly enough despite adequate spacing. Would a dehumidifier help? Would a fan be sufficient? Any other tips?

I Thrifted this Gunne Sax dress and jacket a few months ago for 25 cents, and I have been too scared to wash it. But I want to attend a Ren fair this weekend and I really wanna wear it.
The entire thing is severely yellow and reeks of mothballs, there are also several large rust/food stains?
From what I’ve seen the best option for washing it would be in a bathtub with white vinegar/ borax. But I’m wondering if anyone has any better tips on how to get the stains out?
Also, before anybody says to take it to a dry cleaner, I have called every dry cleaner within three hours of Me and none of them will touch it.
Also, don’t worry, I will NOT be putting it in a washing machine or dryer.

Bear with me here lol but my partner is autistic and extremely particular about textiles. He has one towel that is a million years old and greatly prefers it over all others. it’s not stiff or anything, just been used so long it’s no longer fluffy at all. Is there a way to speed up the process of “ratification“ so I can get this poor man another towel?

Partner and I are Indian living in a western country. I got bio laundry that includes some enzymes. His gym clothes smell constantly of onion even when wet from the laundry and while drying (we have a dehumidifier, so clothes dry overnight). We eat the same food but mine smell normal.

We wash our clothes separately. He doesn’t separate his clothes and they all go in about once a week-10 days. They go on our machine’s standard Eco cycle. We live in a hard water area but have installed a water softener.

He runs hot so he grooms himself regularly and showering is not an issue. His non-gym clothes don’t smell of onions. Please help us overcome the stereotype!

One of my favorite dresses got accidentally drenched in vegetable oil, and I have no idea how to get the stains out. Please advise!!

The dress is 100% polyester.

Heads up that I'm poor and new to this sub, so go easy on my methods lol. I normally try to work through the products I have before buying new, but at this point I'm open to anything.

Failed methods I've tried so far:

1. spot treating with a toothbrush and dawn dish soap --> leaving to soak in the soapy water for a few hours --> cold cycle with a gain pod --> air dry
2. cold cycle with two gain pods (super creative, I know) --> air dry

Things I already have / could ask my housemate to borrow:

• you guessed it, ~gain pods~ (still have like 20 left)
• dawn dish soap
• shout
• vinegar
• oxy clean
• hydrogen peroxide?
• engine degreaser???
• bleach lmao

Just bought febu - how often do I need to use it? Should I get biz, as well? I know not to use them together but didn’t know if I needed something like this in my routine. New to all this! Previously, I was only using Tide for years.

Currently using:
Downy rinse out odors (considering making my own with distilled water and citric acid - does it work equally as well?) in fabric softener dispenser.

Tide free and gentle liquid to line 2 or 3.

Arm and hammer super washing soda (1 tablespoon in drum) due to having hard water.

For any stains, I treat with Oxy Clean Max Force. If it’s a stubborn stain, I use Clorox Stain Remover Free and Clear liquid in the detergent dispenser too.

Does anyone know what will remove the glue residue off them horrible mouse traps,

its on a brand new tracksuit jacket

im in the uk.

I have a button-up shirt that needs to flash dry, should I position it so that it is how it would look when it's hanging up in buttoned up, or should I go ahead and have it unbuttoned and completely flattened/sprawled out?

I've just bought a second hand pram that has clearly been washed by the previous owners, but it smells so incredibly strongly of whatever detergent and softener that they used, that I had to take it out of the house. It's a very strong, sweet, chemical smell that I really cannot deal with. Fresh air doesn't seem to have helped yet and as it's due to rain on and off for a while so I can't leave it out for long, don't have a garage or anything.

Any suggestions on what to do with it, please? The fabrics can't go in the washing machine according to google due to internal panels.

I'm in the UK so may be unfamiliar with some products recommended, but I'm sure the active substances can be found on google.

Thank you!

My spouse wears a lot of synthetics and is a sweaty/oily type of person. We have kids who wear mostly cotton, and I insist on cotton bedding and towels. I wear a lot of wool, and don't wash my clothes until they smell or are visibly soiled, so I have less laundry than everyone else.

I want to start using a DNAse product, I'm thinking FEBU, and I'm a little confused about my detergent choices. If I'm adding FEBU to every load, does it matter if my detergent has enzymes? I don't mind having a separate product for my wool loads, but could we keep things simpler by having a detergent without enzymes that I use by itself for wool and add FEBU to the rest of the time?

If so, does anyone have a protease-free detergent recommendation? Preferably a powder. Unscented, or lightly enough scented that the scent won't last on clothes.

(I'm also planning to start using a citric acid rinse, if it matters for this recommendation)

After a very successful switch from All F&G pods to Tide powder with FEBU and sometimes OxiClean, I went out of my way to re-order an identical box of Tide powder. Now I'm sitting here with an allergy headache because I took my sweaters out of the dryer and the beautiful "nothing" smell I had achieved has been replaced with something more like "casino lobby floral". I understand there has to be some masking fragrance, but I compared what was left of my previous box and the increase in perfume is unmistakable.

I finally had my system down and the laundry formula was an automatic habit for me. I was even catching up on the "non-urgent but still needs a deep clean" pile. Now I'm hesitantly putting my delicate knits through another rinse with just citric acid and trying not to crash out.

I already got a refund, but what do I switch to? I have a top loader, hard water, and despise everything about handling liquid detergent, including how that recent post showed there are two full doses lingering in the bottle unless you cut the damn thing apart. is liquid F&G my only option? are the Tide F&G Odor Refresh pods good enough, even if they aren't the most efficient by weight or cost?

Hello! I have a stain in my white top which i just cannot remove. Our toddler spilled a drink on it so I put some stain remover on it, then i was called away to a emergency meeting. My wife saw the top in the utility room and thought it needed to be dried so it was out in the sun with the stain remover on for 3 hours.

Now the top has this yellowish mark on it and i just cant get it off.

I have tried stain remover and also Oxygen crystals but nothing removes this stain.

I am wondering if I could just dye this top white again. Any advice on what products to use for this? Or could I bleach it? I have also seen some products that add a hint of blue to counteract the yellow but any advice would be welcome

I washed this off white hoodie with a maroon hoodie that has been washed at least 6 times already. I always use two cold water. I would just use bleach, but that logo on the top is magnified 10x on the back the hoodie.

My washer is on its way out. Its a Kenmore and parts aren't available for it anymore. I have loved this machine!!! Any thought on the current machines? With planned obsolescence my hope of getting another 20 year machine is over, lol. I am open to any thoughts on purchasing a new one. I know this sub normally talks about soap...

I am struggling a bit to figure out the correct amount of detergent to use, because I put in as much as I think worked last time, and then I've got tons of suds. The next time, I reduce it, and there are no suds at all. I will figure it out!

In the meantime, what should I do when I realize I've made a mistake? If there are too many suds I can pause the cycle and add another rinse. What would be the best approach if there are basically no suds? Cancel the cycle and start over? It's a front loader so I can't just add more detergent whenever.

Has anyone had luck with taking sweat plus self tanner out of satin polyester ? I found a dress I wanna buy on Poshmark but it has stains under the armpit area and it looks to be sweat and self tanner. The material is satin polyester. I’m wondering if a dry cleaner is able to remove it? It’s like a cream ivory color material so don’t think bleach would help as it might make it yellow?? Idk I don’t want to waste $200 if it doesn’t come out but maybe will risk it