# Whoa, that stuff really works! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373 "2010-05-14T01:32:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/1 "2010-05-14T01:32:45Z")
When I got out some of the summer clothes the other day, I found a whole stash of T-shirts that I hadn’t worn in forever, mostly because they were dingy or stained to the point where I couldn’t wear them anywhere but in my backyard. So I bought some Oxi-Clean, threw some of that in the washer, added water and the T-shirts, stirred it around a bit, let 'em soak for a couple of hours, and then ran a regular cycle with detergent. Wow. Seriously, wow. One looks good as new, most of the rest are presentable, and even the two that were completely grotty is now good enough to at least wear into the front yard. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/2 "2010-05-14T01:49:12Z")
Is that you, Billy Mays? I thought you were dead! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/3 "2010-05-14T01:53:11Z")
That is exactly why I was so surprised! ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/4 "2010-05-14T02:26:10Z")
It is an undeniably great substance. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/5 "2010-05-14T03:03:58Z")
> [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](#): > > Is that you, Billy Mays? I thought you were dead! I thought so too, but the “Billy Mays for President” poster is still in the window of that one place by the drugstore. It’s pretty creepy. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/6 "2010-05-14T03:09:57Z")
One of my clients once had a nosebleed while wearing one of his blinding-white brand new T-shirts. Oh, I thought, you will _never_ have a pristine perfect white T-shirt again. He had some Oxy-Clean. I was wrong. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/7 "2010-05-14T03:40:27Z")
> [@dangermom](#): > > I thought so too, but the “Billy Mays for President” poster is still in the window of that one place by the drugstore. It’s pretty creepy. Noisy Zombie Party? ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whoa-that-stuff-really-works/539373/8 "2010-05-17T14:21:44Z")
see the ONE time i tried using it i had zero results… of course NOTHING will take grenadine out of a hotel room carpet…