This laundry detergent is one of the few on the market that has the ingredient TAED (tetraacetylethylenediamine). When this ingredient is mixed with another laundry product that has sources of hydrogen peroxide, such as sodium percarbonate, it produce peracetic acid. Peracetic acid is a GREAT sanitizer. This process works best with powdered products, and especially when presoaked in a warm or hot wash. I mix it with Dollar Treeโs Brillo Basics oxy blast stain remover powder (fragrance free), or Dollar Treeโs boxed fragrance-free color safe powered bleach. It was really hard to find something that had this ingredient AND is a powder AND fragrance free. Defunkify is definitely now a staple in my laundry room for laundry that needs more than a typical wash and needs sanitizing. Read more
This is my go-to for stinky and/or stained clothes. Its ingredients cover a broad spectrum of issues. Oxy cleaning only does so much, as things like sweat, deodorant, and even cat pee cannot be dissolved by oxygenation. These substances have salts in them, and in order to dissolve salts, you need enzymes. Defunkify has enzymes. Plus, if you make a point to dissolve it well in a small bucket of water before adding it to the washing machine, it doesn't seem to build up, especially if you use extra rinse cycles. Items like musty towels benefit from a presoak of hot water and dissolved Defunkify. Then you can either use more of it or a preferred detergent. A second rinse cycle is also recommended before using fabric softeners. This, Kids-n-Pets, and Laundress Stain Remover cover just about any laundry disaster I've encountered, save for clay-based stains. At that point, tie dye the garment and hope it turns out well. Read more
I deal in textiles and frequently will come across a piece that has that musty old smell that can permeate old fibers and be very hard to remove. I recently picked up a mohair wool skirt that I didn't think was that bad when I was in the store, but by the time I got it home I realized it had a real funk to it. I scoured the internet looking for ideas, I spent one day soaking the item in my bathtub with a water and vinegar solution. That did a great job to start, but there was still an underlying musty smell. I ordered this from Amazon and I am sold. I took about a scoop and a half and diluted it in hot water and then I poured it into the cold water in my bathtub and soaked the skirt for about two hours. Took it out, dried it in the sun, and not only is the funky smell gone, but it also seems to have perked up the fibers in the skirt and made it feel soft again. Miracle worker? Maybe?!? I definitely won't be using this for my everyday detergent, but I have a couple other pieces that have been hanging around my house in purgatory because they're great pieces, but they just smell so I will absolutely be hitting those with this as well. Cannot recommend it enough. Read more
This really takes the funk smell of most anything. But itโs slow on stains. You have to let it sit sometimes more than a day to get rid of stains. Read more
Out of the gate Iโll say this stuff REALLY works and without excessive effort or unwanted lingering scent. This was acquired to rid my running shirts of the ever present โpit smellโ. My clothes in general were not really stinky but the the stupid arm pit funk would just not come out with regular detergents. I used many different ones, none got it out. They seemed clean but then 10 min into a run or walk and Iโd be smelling the stink and thinking, โUmmm No... thereโs no way I already stinkโ. Now, there are many similar claiming products to Defunkify however, this is the only one I found that was truly unscented that did not cost and arm & a leg. In my front loader, I use one scoop and always use it on the pre-soak cycle for maximum effectiveness. I always fill initially with hot water to get it dissolved then finish cycle on clothing required temp. If you donโt have this flexibility, just predissovle in a bit of hot water then add to washer. My only gripe is the the zip seal sucks. It peels away from the inside of the bag thus rendering it useless so a bag clip is required. Not a big deal, but Iโll likely just put it in a another lidded container. One happy side benefit I noted was that it got OLD stains out... I mean OLD, like โholy poop, it got that out?โ Old. As well it works great on greasy stuff we all inevitably get on our clothes while cooking or eating. My chef coats do quite well in the wash with this product. Not only is the sweat stink gone, 99% of the stains too. It has become part of my laundry routine now, but I just donโt understand why general laundry detergent formulations seem to fall so short and canโt โadjustโ to this real need. I mean really, who says โLets make a product that gets everything but sweat stink out?โ Ridiculous... Read more
