My two oldest kids had way too much fun helping me demonstrate the stain removal powers of Wisk laundry detergent with Stain Spectrum Technology. See their overboard antics.
Remember when we learned about Wisk laundry detergent removing protein based stains from clothing, and how most clothing stains fall into the common categories of oils, protein or carbohydrates? Well today’s challenge was to remove a carbohydrate stain from a brand-new white T-shirt.
The volunteers – bring on the ketchup!
Maybe I’m the only parent in the world who’s children have a built in radar for brand-new clothing. It’s something about that sparkling clean that kicks in their mischevious, stain-making antics. So to ask them to have a food fight with ketchup all over the new white shirt was NO problem.
In fact, the hardest part was over who got to wear the shirt, and who got to “paint” the other person with ketchup.
The fun part – Stained clothes with ketchup.
“Um, that was ‘paint a swoosh’, Son. I think that might be more than a little ‘swoosh’!”
Before: How much ketchup are we supposed to put on there?
I took the excess globs of ketchup off the shirt and let B pour some of the Wisk laundry detergent with Stain Spectrum Technology directly onto the stains. Then she rubbed it in a little and we left the shirt to sit.
Pouring on the laundry soap.
Note – I was worried about how well she scrubbed since she’s only 4 and I don’t think she generated much “scrubbing force”.
Rinsing the shirt clean
After about five minutes (read that as one escaped toddler and one diaper change) I came back to the shirt and rinsed it in lukewarm water. To be honest, I was worried what effect the well water might have on the outcome of this laundry stain experiment because it’s not the softest water in the world.
Hanging on the line to dry – not a stain in sight. I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome, to be honest. Given that my 4 year old scrubbed the stain, I didn’t properly time the shirt being pre-treated, and the less-than-perfect water conditions at the ranch, there would have been plenty of excuses for the shirt to not come clean.
After: Hanging on the line to dry
My mother-in-law, a notorious off-brand shopper, even said, “I saw a commercial about that but I didn’t believe it. I’m going to pick up a bottle next time I go to town.”
The bottom line is that this laundry detergent performed in my real-world conditions. I don’t care what happens in a science lab with “stain experts”. I care about what happens in my kitchen. My laundry room. I guess this is looking pretty good, eh?
This post is sponsored by Wisk. I received monetary compensation for my participation, but my review, cute kids, country clothesline, and opinions are my own.
