So, I have heard nothing but raves about this soap as a stain remover. I have never tried it before but when my son came home with a stain on his Ralph Lauren Polo shirt I thought I would give it it a try. I have heard so many moms talk about how it removes any stain and how great it is. I followed the instructions of wetting both the shirt and soap first, rub the soap on the stain and launder as usual.
Well, not only did it not remove the stain, it took the color out of the spots I rubbed! Did I do something wrong? I'm afraid to use it again!
Deb H. I have no idea! He's 6 so even though I did ask him what it was, he came home from school with it and had no idea.
I had read a blog about this soap talking about how it removes EVERYTHING. and how it's a baseball mom's best friend because it even gets out the orange dirt. All the comments were positive too. I couldn't find anything while googling either about it removing the color. The shirts been washed and dried many times too, so it wasn't an issue with it being new. For now I just put the shirt in with his play shirts. Luckily my cousin works for Ralph Lauren and gets them all their Polo shirts!
I suggest you find Fels Naptha's web site and talk with them about this.
I haven't heard of that. The only soap I know of that takes out color and stuff is lava soap. I use it on white sneakers and scrub the spots and they come out looking brand new and perfectly white.
What was the stain? Therein might be part of your answer.
I grind it up to make my own laundry detergent. I've never rubbed it directly on clothes.
Wiki says it is a trademark of Dial Corp. I don't usually use FN, I use Zote and that usually takes any stain out of clothing. That soap has renewed plenty of favorite light colored shirts.
From what you describe, I wonder if you rubbed it on the shirt too dry. I usually wet the cloth and then lather the soap onto the cloths, by rubbing it onto the clothes, and then I scrub out that stain...knuckle to palm. By the time I am done scrubbing, I can see the dirt in the water.
