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How many bottles of Vanish / Shout?

Absolutely none- we do only black and dark denim around here ( and we have special red shirts for meatball night)

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I just opened my first bottle, my kids are taught decent manners, why ?

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1 bottle per week per child per white shirt they own.

27%

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Thanks for reminding me to order more. My pallet is up to the last case!

16%

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I leave stains on, such a practical snack! So - none.

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Stains are a great way of keeping track of my kids' daily menus, so- none.

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I just popped on here out of curiosity, cute poll!

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Total Votes : 59

top mom

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:15 am

Since I just sprayed the last few droplets out of yet another bottle of shout, I decided to find out what the norm is around here.
And, while I'm at it, at what point of the summer season is it socially on to send a toddler to daycare with a stained white t-shirt? My other options are sending her in winter clothes or clothesless What

So, how many bottles of laundry spray have you used since July?

amother

Starflower

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:18 am

It is so frustrating. Because many times the oxi spray that I use doesn't even help!
Then I try to soak with powder and that sometimes doesn't help either.

amother

Currant

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:20 am

Wow I was literally having similar thoughts this morning wondering if everyone else also goes through a bottle a week!

amother

Brown

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:26 am

Totally fine. It happens.

amother

Blushpink

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 11:28 am

I just wash everything without pretreating. I dont find it makes a significant difference in the stains. Instead, if something gets really stained I send it to the cleaners and for a few dollars it comes back sparkling.

amother

Violet

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 12:02 pm

Oh my gosh thought it was just us. And we don't have too many white tshirts. But even the navy shirt with the white trim. The floral top with white background. The white shell. And really just all the clothes. It's never ending. And I am constantly spraying and soaking with oxy. It's getting out of hand and I am SO looking forward to dark winter clothes.

teachkids

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 12:25 pm

I throw oxiclean in every load and if it’s so strained so be it

GrowingUp

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 2:24 pm

teachkids wrote:

I throw oxiclean in every load and if it’s so strained so be it

Ha! This is exactly me.
I make sure not to spend a lot on summer tee shirts because they always get trashed.
At the end of the season, I’ll try to bleach whatever I can, but if it’s still stained after that, then good bye.

stillnewlywed

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 2:29 pm

I only spray my kids whites but it doesn't usually help. I found that soaking overnight in water/detergent works great so I've been doing that. Always throw in oxi for good measure. Sometimes it comes out sometimes it doesn't.

amother

Poinsettia

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 3:30 pm

Some stains (especially meatball sauce) come out like magic when dried under direct sunlight.
Magic.
Try it.
Also works well with baby onesies that gets poop stains.
That being said, a bottle a week sounds about right.

giftedmom

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 3:40 pm

A bottle a week about. At the end of the summer half or more of the clothes are trash. Less to take home from the country.

amother

Celeste

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 3:41 pm

I have 2 kids probably use 1 bottle per month. Their clothing usually don’t stain I usually don’t spray unless it’s a tough stain but I think it’s because I don’t buy Jewish brands I feel like those stain really easily.

ra_mom ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 3:41 pm

Yup probably a bottle per week (I use Zout and Miss Mouth's Messy Eater, with some Oxi soaking thrown in sometimes as well).

amother

Copper

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 3:47 pm

I use about 1/2 a bottle a week. But I only have 3 kids...

Tao

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 4:05 pm

Lol! I don't keep track. But I am constantly ordering more. I get them in bulk, so that should tell you something lol
I also constantly have a bucket with clothes soaking in it LOL

Idk I feel like my kids get dirtier than most haha

amother

Valerian

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 4:13 pm

Bubbles did me in this summer. My three year olds daycamp did bubbles very often and ruined all his clothes! Got two non stained ugly clothes (all that was left!) to start the school year till it gets cold…

amother

Cobalt

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 4:18 pm

I wrote a pallet but I didn't realize it was just for the summer... uniform shirts are the worst for me. Pencil stains. Paint. Marker. Somehow they are more black, gray and blue than white by a month in.
I spray, hang to dry so it doesn't set.... nothing helps!!

amother

Blueberry

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 5:14 pm

I use a combination of Dawn power wash spray and Oxi spray that works for almost everything- and when in doubt, soak after spraying in hot water and oxi clean white revive. Buy those three products in bulk refills lol

amother

Jade ↓

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 5:16 pm

Just want to share how I saved my daughter’s summer dress from a dry erase board marker attack by using some grandmothers secret thing from Amazon. I washed it 3-4 times!! I didn’t give up 😅 and it worked Baruch Hashem

amother

Buttercup

Tue, Sep 03 2024, 7:14 pm

amother Jade wrote:

Its called "some grandmothers secret thing"?

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