imported_paradigm
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a dreary, rainy sunday will make you do strange things. i came up with a quick product test to entertain myself...
product: 303 Aerospace Hi Tech Fabric Guard
i just purchased a cheap pack of general use microfiber towels from Sam's (25 pack for $11.50). i'm actually fairly impressed with them after their first wash...equal or softer than the Target Vroom brand i typically use.
anyway, below are pics of the setup. pretty self explanatory. i chose three offenders: chocolate sauce, spaghetti sauce, and dark soda.
the towel on the left is untreated, never used, and freshly washed. the towel on the right was treated with the 303 product and allowed to dry for 30 minutes (even though the directions say 4-24 hours).
i used a spoon to smear the offenders into the towels. you'll find the results interesting.
pics...
the victims:
the offenders:
the defense:
test started:
soda on untreated towel:
soda on towel with 303:
untreated chocolate syrup:
treated chocolate syrup:
the soda would not soak into the towel on its own, so i helped it along by smearing it a bit. i left a few drops sit there to see if they would eventually soak in, but they did not.
total time offenders were allowed to dry: 3 hours
untreated w/ dried soda:
treated w/ dried soda...not really dry though and still beading in areas that i did not rub in:
untreated w/ chocolate:
treated w/ chocolate:
untreated after rinsing w/ warm water:
treated after rinsing w/ warm water:
stain removers applied to both towels (only spaghetti sauce stains remained on both towels). folex on top, oxy clean spray on bottom:
light agitation on stained areas and both rinsed with warm water again.
untreated is stain free!
treated still has spaghetti stain slightly visible. hmmmmmm.
so...i did not mix up the towels or switch them. any ideas why the TREATED towel would stain and the untreated did not? obviously not what i was expecting!
product: 303 Aerospace Hi Tech Fabric Guard
i just purchased a cheap pack of general use microfiber towels from Sam's (25 pack for $11.50). i'm actually fairly impressed with them after their first wash...equal or softer than the Target Vroom brand i typically use.
anyway, below are pics of the setup. pretty self explanatory. i chose three offenders: chocolate sauce, spaghetti sauce, and dark soda.
the towel on the left is untreated, never used, and freshly washed. the towel on the right was treated with the 303 product and allowed to dry for 30 minutes (even though the directions say 4-24 hours).
i used a spoon to smear the offenders into the towels. you'll find the results interesting.
pics...
the victims:
the offenders:
the defense:
test started:
soda on untreated towel:
soda on towel with 303:
untreated chocolate syrup:
treated chocolate syrup:
the soda would not soak into the towel on its own, so i helped it along by smearing it a bit. i left a few drops sit there to see if they would eventually soak in, but they did not.
total time offenders were allowed to dry: 3 hours
untreated w/ dried soda:
treated w/ dried soda...not really dry though and still beading in areas that i did not rub in:
untreated w/ chocolate:
treated w/ chocolate:
untreated after rinsing w/ warm water:
treated after rinsing w/ warm water:
stain removers applied to both towels (only spaghetti sauce stains remained on both towels). folex on top, oxy clean spray on bottom:
light agitation on stained areas and both rinsed with warm water again.
untreated is stain free!
treated still has spaghetti stain slightly visible. hmmmmmm.
so...i did not mix up the towels or switch them. any ideas why the TREATED towel would stain and the untreated did not? obviously not what i was expecting!