Stain Fighting Science Experiment

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When I was contacted to try out Biz Stain Fighter, I was excited. I immediately thought of a stain fighting science experiment we could do. We’re testing which stains can be removed with Biz.

Biz Stain Fighter

Biz contains more stain fighting ingredients than other brands. Biz has enzymes, peroxides, whitening agents, and detergents to treat a variety of stains.

The first thing I tested Biz on was my husband’s pants. He was holding one of our new baby hens and she pooped on his pants. I pre-treated the stain with Biz and let it sit for a bit. Then, I added Biz to the washer with our regular detergent. The pants are completely clean with no trace of chicken poo.

Testing Set In Stains

There are many times I have forgotten to pre-treat or remove the stain from my clothes. I wash and dry the clothes only to find the stain remains. Most of the time the stain does not come out after subsequent washes, and the clothes are ruined.

I treated four different articles of clothing {2 of my shirts, 1 of my skirts, and 1 of my son’s shirts} with Biz. All of these clothes had been washed and dried at least once. I poured a little Biz Stain Fighter onto each of the food stains and scrubbed. I let them sit for a while. Then, I rinsed the clothes out to see if Biz could tackle old set in stains. The stains on all of the clothing items had diminished, but were still slightly visible. I repeated the pre-treat process one more time. After a second treatment, all of the stains were gone.

My purple maternity top had some sort of greasy food stain on it. {I’m always dropping things on my belly…}

My son’s shirt had ice cream on it.

I love that these clothes are no longer ruined!

For our experiment, we tested how well Biz could remove grass, mud, ketchup, mustard, and grape jelly as compared to regular washing alone. I found a package of dishcloths on clearance at the store – perfect for our experiment.

The Control

Every good experiment needs a control {it’s your basis for comparison}, so you really know the cause of the results in the experiment. Our control is washing the stains without Biz Stain Fighter.

For our control, Aiden {age 4} rubbed one corner of the dishcloth on the grass and another corner on mud. He then squirted ketchup and mustard on the third quadrant, folded the towel, and smeared it around. On the fourth quadrant, he spread grape jelly. {Number 1 in the picture below.}

We rinsed the dishcloth with water to simulate how most people might clean up a stain – you wipe it off, right? {Picture 2 shows the result of rinsing the stains.}

Then, I washed the dishcloth alone with our regular detergent in the washer on a regular cycle. {Picture 3 above shows the results.} The stains still remain after washing with detergent alone.

The First Test: Pre-treating

For the first test, Aiden soiled the dishcloth in the same way as the control – adding grass, mud, ketchup, mustard, and grape jelly. {See picture 1 below.} I poured the Biz Stain Fighting liquid onto the dishcloth and let it sit for 10 minutes. {Picture 2 below shows what the dishcloth looked like at the start.}

I washed the dishcloth in the washer with regular detergent. {Picture 3 above shows the results.} The stains are barely visible. I washed the dishcloth again with Biz Stain Fighting liquid and regular deterget. {Picture 4 above shows the results.} The grass, mud, ketchup, and mustard were all cleaned away. The grape jelly is faintly there.

The Second Test: Adding to the Laundry

Aiden prepared another dishcloth with grass, mud, ketchup, mustard, and grape jelly. {See picture 1 below.} I filled a bowl with warm water and added some Biz Stain Fighting liquid to the water. I placed the dishcloth in the warm water and Biz. Aiden stirred and stirred and stirred mimicking a washer. {Picture 2 below shows the results.} The dishcloth still had stains remaining.

I washed this dishcloth with the dishcloth from our first test with regular detergent on a regular cycle. {Picture 3 above shows the results.} Some stains remained. I washed the dishcloth again with the dishcloth from our first test with Biz Stain Fighting liquid and regular deterget. {Picture 4 above shows the results.} The grass, mud, ketchup, and mustard were all cleaned away. The grape jelly stain is still there. Although we put A LOT of grape jelly on this dishcloth and never tried to rinse it out before treating.

The Results

Biz Stain Fighter removed more of the stains than just washing with regular detergent alone. We rinsed out the control dishcloths before washing, but we did not rinse out the other dishcloths before treating them with Biz. This could have affected our results.

All in all I’m impressed with the stain fighting power of Biz.

What about you? Do you use and love Biz?