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Use Tide for Stains and a Cheaper Brand for the Rest

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Date: 09/25/2008 Topic: Cleaning > Laundry  
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With the ever rising costs of keeping clean and clean laundry, I tried to come up with ways to cut costs in every part of the house (I guess that's why we are tuned into "Thrifty Fun"). For doing laundry I have always used Tide.

If you pour Tide straight onto a stain: grass, blood, chocolate, baby stains, the stain will come out. I measure out the amount for the load, then with the pile of stained clothes, I pour the Tide on the stain and toss it in. The key is that the Tide has to be on the entire stain. Then wash as normal. This works great but, Tide is expensive and seems to go up every time I go to purchase some.

So I decided to purchase a cheaper brand (I use Arm and Hammer liquid) and use that for towels or blankets or the things that normally don't have the stains. This has saved me quite a bit of money since I started it about 18 months ago. Thanks for listening.

By Beth from Bloomfield, IN
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By missymagoo (7) Profile Contact
thank you for the tips. sue

Posted on 02/02/2009 | Report Spam or Abuse

By igait (25) Contact
Hi Beth-
Great tip! Even tho I'm a Sr., I can't seem to go a full day without messing up a shirt...Ugh! I'm going to try this.
Thanks-
Cheryl

Posted on 09/26/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

By Kelly (Guest Post)
Do you use liquid or powered on the stain?

Posted on 09/25/2008 | Report Spam or Abuse

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