Drew's Reviews

Observation

The stains on my shirt remain even after washing with detergent, which didn’t clean them very well.

Question

Which detergents can get the stains out the best?

Hypothesis

I thought “All,” one of the detergents, would work best because it was featured on a video highlighting the top cleanest detergents.

Materials

•  3 white shirts
•  3 pods (1 Tide, 1 All, and 1 Great Value)
•  3 Tablespoons of grease [1 tablespoon oil /grease for each shirt)
• ¾ cup of wine (¼ cup of red wine for each shirt
• one ink pen

Procedure

First, we researched the three toughest stains to get out of clothes, which were: grease, red wine, ink, and blood. For legal reasons we only used three out of the four because we can’t legally obtain blood.  Next, we used three white T-shirts to test the red wine, ink, and grease. Then we used 3 pod detergents, Tide, All, and Great Value.

Results

Detergent	Grease	Red Wine	Ink
Tide	ü	X	X
All	ü	X	X
Great Value	ü	X	X

All removed the grease but failed to remove the other stains.

Great Value cleaned the grease and some red wine, but not the ink.

 Tide removed grease; the red wine faded slightly, but the ink stain remained.

Conclusion

In conclusion, Tide removed the most stains. Great Value was second to remove the stains, and All was last.