Critique my routine
After a lot of trial and error and reading this sub (see the product graveyard in the background), I'm feeling okay about my laundry routine. Generally my towels feel softer, clothes smell like nothing, and stains are mostly managed. Gear Guard (not pictured) goes in with the stinkiest of stinky loads and is awesome.
However, I have a few lingering concerns / issues, and I'm hoping for some advice.
I feel like I'm using a LOT of detergent. It takes all this and I just barely get trace suds. I do have hard water, hence the Arm & Hammer in the prewash compartment. Trying to use it as a water softener so the good detergent (Tide clean & gentle) goes further, but I'm not sure it's working...
Food stains on baby clothes - most of these come out in a normal wash, but not all. I'm assuming the answer is pretreating, and I'd love your product recs (currently using Ms Mouth stain treatment) but generally I'm too exhausted to take the time to pretreat, so I think I may just live with some minor staining, unless there is a miracle cure out there.
Grease stains on my husband's shirts. He keeps saying he will wear an apron to cook but never does. Sometimes pretreating these with Dawn works, sometimes it doesn't. Any other tips or product recs?
When I use the Oxy powder, can it go in the dispenser with the Tide powder or have I been doing it wrong?
Re: product graveyard, I'm not letting any of it go to waste. I'm slowly using it up with less soiled loads.
Also, a thank you to this sub, I did a spa day for my couch cover after my old dog passed and it was so therapeutic. The couch cover no longer comes out of the wash with wet dog smell and for some reason that has really helped with the grief.