# Oily spots in laundry

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-spots-in-laundry/698205>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-spots-in-laundry/698205 "2014-09-11T16:53:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-spots-in-laundry/698205/21 "2014-09-16T16:48:58Z")

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My old supervisor swears by Pine Sol for getting out those odd grease stains. She gave me some and the other day my husband had that kind of stain on a shirt he likes so I tried it. Just dabbed the Pine Sol straight on the stain with my finger and let it sit for about 15 minutes, then washed the shirt with the rest of the laundry in cold water. It totally worked.

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-spots-in-laundry/698205/22 "2014-09-16T18:49:15Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> I don’t think I’ve ever seen unscented Tide. Stores tend to carry one and only one brand of unscented laundry product, perhaps backed by their feeble store brand. I can’t remember the last time I saw a selection, anywhere, and All seems to have the market all but locked up.
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> (I really do prefer unscented - which equals “closest possible thing to no scent of any kind at all,” not some alternative “light” or “fresh” scent -over almost any other characteristic. I also hold a grudge against Tide for leading the pack of power-scent products and overpricing.)
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> I think Sams has the Sun product in bulk. I’ll look.

Weird… at my local Wal-Mart, I can get 2-3 kinds of unscented detergent. All’s the one with the most options in terms of size, but Tide makes several unscented ones (HE, regular and cold water) as “Tide Free & Gentle” in white bottles with light blue labeling. Wisk and Purex also have unscented & undyed versions of their detergents as well.

I have a 3 year old and a 4 month old, and my wife’s kind of a PITA about scented stuff, so I’m pretty familiar with unscented detergents! Although, for our money, pretty much any other name brand works better than the All Free & Clear or whatever it’s called, and if that level of performance is adequate, you get away cheaper with the Sam’s Club or Costco house brand unscented detergent. (not entirely sure it’s not re-badged All Free & Clear, myself.)

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oily-spots-in-laundry/698205/23 "2014-09-16T18:55:25Z")

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> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#):
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> Our washer has a couple of heavy-duty cycles. I’ll see about running my t-shirts in a long cycle.
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> My only objection to Oxy-Clean is the obnoxious commercials. 🙂  
> I would rather stride about the world wearing clothes that look like leopard skin than use any scented laundry detergent, and you can cube that for the awfulness that is the stench of Tide. 😃

I just pretend that I don’t watch commercials. Oh wait - I skip them!😃

Tide unscented! :D:D I don’t like the smellz either.

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