My Child is a Stain Magnet…

by doughmesstic on June 15, 2012

in family, Product Reviews, Sponsored

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Truth.  Stains seek him out, and cover his clothing in chocolate, grass, snot, popsicles, and of course, buttercream.

In a house of cake, there is sure to be buttercream.

However, MY buttercream recipe is made of actual butter. And cream.  But when it came time for Seven’s Pre-School Graduation, I didn’t make that cake.  Do you know what that means?

Shortening. And Red Dye Number 5 out the wazoo.

Of course, because I am not tortured enough on a daily basis, the school decided the kids should wear WHITE cap & gowns.  I know, I know.  And, because it was a special occasion, I put my child in a white Polo.  Brand new. Tags on it and everything.  Surely, I thought, he could make it through a small program without a stain.  Surely.

I have got to teach that child not to use his shirt as a napkin.

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Luckily, when we got home and I peeled the disgusting shirt off of him, I had been sent a bottle of Shout® Trigger to review.  Same day, no joke.  I glanced over the directions (basically, spray it on the stain, then wash), and started spraying that shirt down.

Then I threw it in the wash and forgot about it.  I just assumed it wouldn’t stand a chance on that shirt.  It was a wreck, and the photo does it no justice.

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But low and behold…here it is, fresh from the dryer.

So, would I recommend it? You bet I would.  If you have a messy kid, a typical man, or you tend to get lipstick and chocolate on your sheets (no judging, just saying it could happen), you should pick up a bottle of this stuff.  It's different than the rest…it's easy, and it works!  They sell it at Walmart…and I bet you live near one. You likely need this stuff…I know I do. Heck, since that graduation episode, I’ve sprayed Shout® Trigger on just about everything that sits still.

I still can’t find the dog.

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{ 2 comments… read them below or add one }

Benjamin June 15, 2012 at 12:13 pm

It is impressive at how it got rid of the stains, but it bothers me that one of those two images are obviously color corrected somehow. Either you darkened the one on the left to make everything look “dirtier” or you cleaned up and washed out the one on the right :/

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doughmesstic June 15, 2012 at 10:17 pm

I thought it looked like that too – but no. The problem is, one was taken later at night (the dirty one) and one was taken the next day, but early evening. They have the same Instagram filter on them (to keep it fair) – but truly, the cleaned shirt is REALLY bright! I’m glad you offered up this comment – I didn’t want to be deceptive. It really did work that well.

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