Shout Wipes, Portable Stain Treater Towelettes - 12 ea

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We could’ve spent months and months staining different types of fabrics with different substances, leaving them for different amounts of time and tallying up extremely granular, in-depth results for every possible stain scenario. Unlike portable sprays or pens, the wipes allow you to moderate how much stain removal liquid you use and there’s much less bleeding and mess during the application process.

It’s also a powder form which is convenient for general stain removal in your washing machine, but is less ideal for isolated stain treatment. So, to be perfectly honest, our test isn’t the most white-lab-coat scientific, but it is true to the human experience. But the actual step-by-step instructions say to let it sit for five to 10 minutes and then to wash by hand or in the machine, and then rinse thoroughly to get rid of stains.Instead, we decided to mimic the average, everyday stain scenario using both portable stain sticks and pre-wash spray removers on cotton white t-shirts to see which ones will lift your next spill the best.

The cap features a nubby top you can use for scrubbing away messes before you toss your clothes into the washing machine. While it definitely takes more elbow grease and effort to really get stains out, the textured surface of the cloth helps create friction to quickly get rid of problem areas. It can be used alongside detergent, and pre-treating is as simple as letting Clorox 2 sit on the stain for 10 minutes before rinsing and throwing it in the washing machine. If it was a pre-treat solution or detergent, we let the stain dry for over an hour before applying the stain remover, following each package’s instructions for care. None of them damaged our clothing or were particularly difficult to use, they just didn’t “wow” our editors either.While it—like most stain-fighters—struggled to remove the foundation, the little pen did a decent job removing the other stains. Editor’s Note: When testing the best stain removers for clothes, we included the popular product The Stain Solution from The Laundress.

This spray was originally designed for rust stains, so it’s specially formulated to get out tough, set-in stains. Shout’s Stain Remover Spray worked perfectly well during testing, but not better than Resolve’s Spray n’ Wash, Zout or other options previously mentioned. They often dry up before we can ever use them and seem to smear the stain more than actually remove it. In addition to Shout’s stain-removing gel, a silicone bristle attachment makes it easy to apply the formula onto the stain without being too rough on clothes. Some stain removers require a few extra steps while others take a few sprays and a good wash cycle, keep this in mind when making a purchase.

They’re both formulated for the same purpose, but their approaches are different and come with unique pros and cons.

In addition to gauging how effective each stain remover was at removing each type of stain, we also considered a few subjective criteria during our tests. We’re also continuously improving and fine-tuning our testing process, including weighing the pros/cons of design, weighing convenience against effectiveness, and considering which product, out of many, we’d want to use in our real lives. With so many products all touting wonder ingredients that sound like the names of superheroes in a straight-to-Crackle movie, it’s hard to know which ones truly are the best stain removers for clothes. We ultimately compared them against each other for our final verdict, but took their distinct designs into account when closing ranks.After washing it out in the sink, it all looked like a layer had been lift, yet still wasn’t anything standout. We measured both based on the same criteria, taking into account that they’re not made with the exact same objectives in mind. We’re a bit surprised to rank this popular stain stick so low, but we were unimpressed by Tide’s results as a whole.