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Maintain Your Traditional Recipes this Holiday Season

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You’re getting everything ready for Thanksgiving. After pulling out all your traditional recipes, your daughter runs in, eager to help. After looking at your all time favorite cookie recipe, you decide to start there. But then, a couple concerns pop into your head…

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

Traditional Recipes

This recipe calls for a lot of butter. You decide not to care because after all it’s Thanksgiving and you want your cookies to taste perfect. Now is not the time to skimp. BUT, your adorable, happy, little kitchen helper is sort of a disaster. She’s still learning how to avoid making a complete mess. Despite your best efforts to contain the grease, she’s wiped her hand on her shirt. Ugh. Grease stains are the worst.

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

(Don’t worry, I made her wash her hands after licking her fingers!)

How to Remove Fresh Grease Stains

Have no fear! With Tide Ultra Stain Release, you know it’s no big deal. Again, keeping with tradition, you reach for that classic orange bottle you’ve watched your mom and grandma rely on your whole life. That gross stain will come out in just a few easy steps:

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

  • First, pretreat early.
    • Simply put a little bit of Tide Ultra Stain Release onto the stain, and rub it in with the bristly cap.
    • Then wet with warm water and rub the material together to make sure the detergent is getting into all the fibers of the fabric.
  • Wash the clothing in your machine with warm water.

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

  • After washing, check the stain. If it’s gone, dry accordingly. If there is still a bit left, rewash–drying may set the stain so make sure you check.
  • DONE! The stain is gone and no one ever has to know you’re a sloppy baker.

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

Check out the same before and after image above but with more shadows. You can really see the grease.

Traditional recipes, go ahead use real butter. Tide Ultra Stain Release can get any stains out so no worries there!

Some Science

To better understand how soaps like Tide Ultra Stain Release work, a basic understanding of a couple words helps.

  • Hydrophobic – water ‘hating.” Think oils, fats, and grease. These don’t dissolve in water.
  • Hydrophilic – water “loving.” These are thinks that dissolve in water like salts, baking soda, and flour.
  • Surfactant – substance that makes it easier to break the bonds between liquids or solids.
  • Enzyme – a protein that speeds up the rate of a reaction.

Why is grease so difficult to treat?

Well, if you’re washing with water, the grease wants to just cling harder to the material it’s on because it ‘hates’ water. So, you need something that is both hydrophilic AND hydrophobic to entrap the grease. The hydrophobic part of the substance lures the grease away, then the hydrophilic tails on the outside freely float in the water and rinse away.

Tide Ultra Stain Release has just these components to break away clinging stains without damaging your clothes. With enzymes and surfactants your clothes will be the cleanest–no matter what your traditional recipes call for!


About Shelley

Mother of two living in Montana. Graduated from Benedictine University with a BS in nutrition science. I love food, fitness, reading, and all things science. I'm the sister that travels.

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Comments

  1. Robin (Masshole Mommy) says

    December 1, 2015 at 7:30 am

    Ok, so I need to pick some of this up. My boys are notorious for getting themselves FILTHY!

  2. Jeanine says

    December 1, 2015 at 12:32 pm

    Wow this would be perfect for my kids uniform shirts. They are forever getting them dirty and stained, this would be great.

  3. Stacie says

    December 1, 2015 at 1:01 pm

    I don’t know how many shirts I need to treat for grease stains. They are the worst to get out. I will have to try this. Thanks!

  4. Jennifer says

    December 1, 2015 at 1:28 pm

    I need that little scrubbing brush! I have 3 kids so yeah, messes and greasy and whatever else is definitely a part of my life. I’m the worst at getting out stains so I’ve thrown away many clothes in my years.

  5. Jeanette says

    December 1, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    I always have a hard time getting out grease stains. Usually I realize there is a stain AFTER I wash it. I will have to keep Tide in mind the next time I get this kind of stain. I might try it on a few of the ones that have stains on them now.

  6. Valerie says

    December 1, 2015 at 6:53 pm

    Grease stains are the worst! Thanks for the tips on getting them out. Your helper looks so proud of those cookies.

  7. Brett Martin says

    December 1, 2015 at 7:57 pm

    I love that y kids are just getting old enough to help in the kitchen. I love the idea of passing down traditional recipes.

  8. Elizabeth Lampman says

    December 1, 2015 at 8:23 pm

    Grease stains are always a pain to get rid of. I will have to try Tide next time. I love to bake and it is inevitable to get butter on my clothes.

  9. Ann Bacciaglia says

    December 1, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    I love to bake on Sundays for the week. My kids have grown up helping me. Tide is a great way to get rid of stains on your clothes.

  10. Shauna says

    December 1, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Wow, Tide Ultra Stain Release sounds wonderful. I know I often worry about grease splatters, but now I know. Thanks so much for sharing.

  11. Tammi Roy says

    December 1, 2015 at 8:33 pm

    It is always fun to get my kids to help out in the kitchen. Tide is amazing at getting rid of the stains my kids seem to attract.

  12. Liz Mays says

    December 1, 2015 at 8:44 pm

    Grease stains are always a nightmare! It’s amazing that the Tide Ultra Stain Release helped so much!

  13. Maggie Branch says

    December 1, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Thank you for sharing this! I think it’s so important to pre treat early and I love that this detergent had a scrubby brush on the cap. That would be great for getting those prune stains out of my sons onesies!

  14. Clo says

    December 2, 2015 at 1:12 am

    How fun! I love the grease tip! We are always trying new things.

  15. Sabrina @ Dinner, then Dessert says

    December 2, 2015 at 2:55 am

    My kids definitely have made some stains on their clothing that are difficult to get out! They’re a messy bunch!

  16. Seattle Travel Blogger says

    December 2, 2015 at 9:04 am

    I am totally like this when I make anything in the kitchen. You would think I would invest in an apron with all of the mess I get on myself… but no… I haven’t 🙂

  17. Amy Desrosiers says

    December 2, 2015 at 2:43 pm

    I love when you find a good detergent and it actually works! Tide has always been reliable!

  18. Krystal says

    December 2, 2015 at 6:21 pm

    Tide is the best when it comes to getting clothes clean. I have a toddler so we NEED a working detergent.

  19. dawn says

    December 3, 2015 at 12:50 am

    tide is an epic name in our household. my grandma wouldn’t use anything but. it is truly an awesome product.

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