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Saving my purple shirt

Monday, May 05, 2008  by Gregory Gronbacher
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I have a bluish-purple dress shirt I wear to work every so often. A few weeks ago I noticed a stain near the front pocket. I had no idea what happened or what stained the shirt.

I've been using SA8 since I started working at Quixtar/Amway Global four years ago. I've always liked the results. I find that the commercially bought laundry detergents actually sped-up the wearing out of my clothes, and half the time didn't get them that clean either. I would notice small stains and dark marks near the cuffs of my pant legs and around the pockets. When I started using SA8, these went away and my clothes seemed to last longer.

What I want in a laundry detergent are the following things -- 1) that it work, 2) that it not cost an arm and leg, and 3) that it is environmentally friendly or green.

A few years ago, I tried Ecover, a European line of green cleaning products. And I will say, this stuff is really good. Its hard to find though, I had to buy it at a local health and natural produce store since its not sold in the larger box stores. I liked Ecover because it is a truly green line of home care and laundry products. However, it costs more than SA8 and LOC and after trying them side by side for a while, I prefer our stuff. I know that sounds self-serving because I work for the company, but its true. Our stuff simply worked better and cleaned better. And our laundry line, SA8, was superior in every way.

Our cleaning products were green before green was popular. SA8 contains no phosphates. Its gentle on my clothes. Its concentrated and isn't overly expensive. And it works.  

Now, returning to my purple shirt. I used the liquid SA8 stain remover, let the shirt sit over night. Then I washed it. I had to wash it twice and I was careful not to dry the shirt since that would have set the stain. As usual, SA8 did the trick and my purple shirt was saved.

Have you tried SA8? Are you a regular user? Any complaints? Comments? Let me know what you think.  


Comments

# Carrie M said on May 6, 2008 12:15 AM:
I have used SA8 for years and love it! The few times that I have run out and had to buy detergent from the store, I could tell the difference in the way that my clothes felt, how much detergent that I had to use, and the look of my clothes.
# M.A. Britton said on May 7, 2008 3:55 AM:
Yes! Sa8 does work! I want to share my own experience... I was serving pizza last weekend to a group of young kids at church - leaned over to grab the pizza cutter and my brand new white cardigan sweater became smeared with pizza sauce. Did I panic> No! I simply ran it under cold water to dilute the stain. then as soon as I got home (4 hours later), I used the SA8 liquid prewash and let it sit overnight. Next morning I washed it in cold water with Sa8 and NO stain!!! It looks brand new! I might have to by a superhero cape for my Prewash!

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