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Quick laundry question. (Figured I'd ask as there's parents on here and it's probably similar to dealing with cloth nappies.)
For a small amount of fresh cat urine: A pre-wash cycle with biological detergent + dissolved sodium percarbonate in both the detergent and the bleach dispenser should take care of it right? Or do I need to soak the items in a warm/cool bucket of an enzyme powder like Pink Napisan first (or add an enzyme powder like that to the prewash dispenser) and then do the hot percarbonate wash? I sprayed the towels with enzyme pre-treater first but don't always.
I've been setting the machine to 40C to not damage the washable puppy pads but apparently it's more effective to use 60C with the percarbonate... With the prewash setting it uses cold water first and the Trimat Advanced Sensitive claims to be effective in cold/remove sweat stains... so rather than setting the stain, hopefully that's washing most of the pee out first and then the percarbonate hot wash is releasing peroxide to get the last of it. π€
The first one is fine for fresh wee.
Thanks, that's good to know. I've been buying Coles generic soakers due to budget and tend to forget things are soaking so good to know that should do it
You only need to soak if you're not going to wash straight away.
@melbaboutown @briongloid my maximum attack cycle (assuming you get the offending item fresh!) is presoak in a bucket of Sard soaking solution with the full quota recommended in the hottest water available for several hours. Then (front load machine) put another generous portion of Sard in the prewash dispenser and max half recommended detergent on a hot cycle (60+). Increase water level and rinse cycle as machine allows. Good luck!
Thanks! I'm used to doing dark washes with minimal/no stain removal necessary and have now changed to whites with heavy stain removal so wasn't sure if I was doing it right.
Which Sard variety was it please?
@melbaboutown @AWStephen Sard Power Soaker. Bear in mind that Aldi now has very good equivalent products at sometimes significantly reduced cost. I just donβt have 25yrs experience with it like Sard.
Thanks! The Aldi one is aggressively floral but I can look at the ingredients and find something similar or catch a sale