This weekend did not feel like the middle of May. There was SNOW? How can this be? Victoria Day Weekend is just around the corner! You know what that means right? Time to pack the coolers, open the pool, head to the beach, and indulge in some summer time treats! Ahh, I can admit that I can’t wait for those lazy days of summer. I’m looking forward to those days where my toughest decision of the day is to nap or to swim. To eat or to drink!
So this weekend , to try and rush summer to our front door, we spent time cleaning up that back yard, making sure the pool is one step closer to company ready, and of course indulging in some summery snacks.
To prepare for the weekend this crazy family of mine did a not so dry snack run. We crashed the variety store and loaded up on all manner of summer treats. Tops on our list? Red, orange and blue slushies, some Pink Minute Maid Lemonade and purple popsicles. The unofficial colours and tastes of summer! Then we sat outside in the sunshine, pretended we weren’t cold, and indulged like the freezer didn’t work. There were melty popsicles, sugar highs and sticky fingers. Lots of laughs and a plethora of stained white T-shirts. It was more fun than I care to admit. Why did we do this? To put Tide Ultra to the ultimate test of course! Can one detergent really remove the stains of summer all in one wash? There was only one way to find out. I encouraged my sticky fingered crew to do their worst. They flung slushy at each other, wiped their hands on each other. Dripped those popsicles on themselves, and then headed for a hot shower leaving me with the mess! GAH! Gross.
Those shirts were a disaster and I’ll admit it, I was pretty sure there was no way those stains were ever coming out.
Following the summer food fling, I got to work. I removed any chunks of popsicle before we went back in the house. This time, because those stains looked so bad, I did opt to soak the T-shirts for a few minutes in my laundry tub. Then I used my Tide Ultra Stain Release with its Zap!Cap as a pretreatment on the worst of the red and blue spots before I threw all of those (not so) white shirts in the wash using the warm cycle. Nothing fancy. And you know what? Those shirts came out clean!
Seriously crisp, white, couldn’t tell there had been a food fight clean. Amazing. I trust Tide knowing this product removes over 100 stains in one wash, including the foods of summer!
For more tips and tricks on stain removal, and information about the stains that Tide removes, check out Tide.ca.
Disclosure: I am a P&Gmom/mamanP&G ambassador. As part of my affiliation with this group I receive products and have been compensated to put Tide to the stain test. The opinions on this blog are my own.
LisaM says
I am very impressed. I never would have thought those would come out so well!
Lushka Smith says
Tide is the best detergent, no question.
Elizabeth Vlug says
Wow, I wasn’t sure those stains would come out. The t’s look new. Tide is the way to go. Thanks for sharing your adventures and your review too
Joanne Frank says
lovely job and tide to the rescue haha
Deborah C says
great to have good times and have Tide to take care of the mess.
Bailey Dexter says
Wow, I love tide for getting out all the stains!
Karla Sceviour says
hmm now I want one of those slushies so bad.hehe! I love Tide!!
nicky says
slushies are great summer snacks! impressive to see how the stains came out!
Judy Cowan says
I find that Tide is definitely my go to laundry soap in the summer when clothes seem to get dirtier and have more stains. I need to start stocking up!
Dandy says
WOW! Those t-shirts look like nothing ever happened to them! My family used to use tide but it got a bit more expensive so we switched to another brand
Jenn says
Impressive! We love Tide – it is our go-to brand. And great idea to use colourful slushies since we LOVE our slushie treats in the summer.
heidi c. says
I am a huge fan of Tide. Our family has been using it for generations!
Debbie White Beattie says
I’ve always used Tide because it’s the best detergent and it has never let me down
Wanda Tracey says
That looks like it was a fun experiment.I love that Tide got them sparkling clean again.It’s such a great detergent.
Ali celestino says
Love Tide have always used it and keeps my families clothes in excellent shape and stains good riddance!