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Win It: P&G Tide Laundry Detergent

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Are you guilty of taking a guess on the laundry detergent dose? If so, you may be over-dosing and spending more money in the process. In a recent study, one third of adults guessed how much laundry detergent to use and one in four say they always fill the scoop or cap regardless of the instructions. WOW, this means that many of us are using more laundry detergent than we need!

P&G wants to help you become more future friendly by converting to compacted powder laundry detergents, which reduce waste, save energy, and save water with the same performance as the liquid versions.

Of course, this all saves you MONEY too!

Laundry 101

  • Proper Dosing: With the new compacted powder laundry detergents, use 1/3 less detergent than previous non-compacted versions. This lower amount is reflected in a new scoop size in the compacted detergent boxes, as well as within the usage instructions included on the package. 
  • Sort This Way: Sort oranges with reds, purples, and bright blues; navies with blacks; and creams with tans.
  • Got a stain?: Find quick, step-by-step cleaning instructions from the experts at Tide and the laundry rooms of people like you at www.laundry.com.
  • Liquid Softener Know-How: To help prevent staining, avoid pouring liquid softener directly on fabrics, as it’s usually direct contact that causes spotting or staining. Instead, use the automatic dispenser in your washer.  If you don’t have one, simply add your fabric softener to the rinse cycle.
  • Don’t Over Dry-It: Avoid overdrying. Too much heat can set wrinkles, shrink certain cottons and wear out dark-colored fabrics.

The compacted laundry detergent is available in many of your favorite P&G brands including Tide, Cheer, Dreft, and Gain. From now, until May 31, 2011, the P&G eStore is offering $4 off when you purchase four or more P&G Future Friendly products.

P&G has given us one Ultra Tide Laundry Detergent (50 oz) to give away to one lucky reader!

How to Win?

Prize: Ultra Tide Laundry Detergent (50 oz)

You can enter up to 5 times with the following methods:

1. Leave a comment with your laundry tip.
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Please leave a comment for each additional entry.

Giveaway ends May 13, 2011 at 8 a.m. EST.

Winner will be chosen by random. Be sure bargainbriana@gmail.com is in your safe sender list as you don’t want to miss the email if you are the chosen winner. If winner doesn’t respond to my email within 48 hours, I will pick another winner. U.S. Entries only.

Products were provided by P&G for this giveaway. Post was written 100% by me and was not edited by the sponsor. Read more on my Disclosure Policy.

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Comments

  3. I turn almost all my clothes inside out and hang a good bit of it to dry – I believe it helps the clothes last a lot longer!

  5. My laundry tip is too not overcrowd the dryer and take the clothes out immediately after the dryer stops. It helps keep the clothes from wrinkling!!

  6. Hang dry most of your shirts to keep the color and size! I always use the lowest heat setting needed on my dryer, helps keep the size and shape of your clothes lasting longer!

  7. I am extermley fussy about my laundry , clothes cost too much these days and with two teenage girls they were something once and it ends up in the wash .. I also have a toddler so between my three children i do 2-3 loads of laundry a day .. I love tide products they get the stains out the first time no need to rewash wich saves me time !

  8. I never know exactly how much detergent to put in and wonder if i’m using too much or not enough arrgh…. this is such a great thing!

  12. my laundry tip is not to use too much detergent because using just half of what’s recommended will get your clothes clean and save you money.

  16. always check the pockets and never mix anything red with light clothes hahaha

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  22. I am a Facebook Liker of Bargain Briana on Facebook.(Stephanie Phelps)

  23. My laundry tip is if you get blood on clothing or any fabric to use salt water and a toothbrush to take it right out!

  24. I am new to following you. A friend just told me about you and you are closer to me than most of the other blogs. Love your blog…thanks:)

  28. My laundry tip is that after several washings you no longer need to separate the colors quite so drastically. I wash several colors together and have never had any trouble, so this saves water, soap and mainly…my time!

  30. My laundry tip is to Hang things on the hanger as soon as they come out of the dryer

  33. My laundry tip is not to use too much detergent, just using half of the suggestion will still get your close just as clean and save you money.

  47. A great tip for those who over-dose the suds – if you see lots of suds during the final rinse add fabric softener (the recommended amount).

  49. Just a suggestion: If you have a toploader a Downy Ball (< $2) is great. Measure liquid fabric softener and add water to dilute. Pop the top shut. Then drop in top of load after clothes when you start the washer. You don't have to keep vigil for the rinse cycle. I now have a frontloader and no longer use it but when I was doing the laundromat routine it was very helpful. They are inexpensive enough that you can get 2 so you can do more than one load at a time.

  50. My detergent tip is to keep track of those lil measuring cups- they always seem to be floating around the dryer or laundry baskets and I end up just dumping in way more detergent than I need. Ahhhh

  54. My tip is more about the machines itself. Check the hose and get your machines cleaned out every few years. We had a house fire in August and it was the dryer because of lint build up so please be careful.

    Thanks!

  56. My tip is to hang as much of your clothing as possible to dry after washing. For me, this seems to help with clothes shrinking and with my electric bill.

  59. My tip is to use Tide Stain Release products, they are worth the money since they work so well at removing tough stains.

  62. I like to use liquid laundry detergent. My problem with over using the detergent is the measurements in the cap are very difficult to read. I would like the companys that make the detergent to make a easier to read dosing cap. In the meantime, my tip is to place colored tape on the outside of the cap and make marks to show the dosing of different sized loads for each measuring.
    Thank you, Julie

  68. I’m so sick of doing laundry…I’m going to say that even when your potty-training son says he doesn’t need a diaper at night, put one on him anyway.

  72. I add one cup of vinegar to the wash to get rid of the sour smell in towels.

  79. My tip is to do one load a day (this is especially for all those with children/babies!!). That way you are never overwhelmed with laundry.

  85. I receive Bargain Briana newsletter via email. Txs for your bargain help.

  87. My laundry tip is to have a moveable wardrober with hangers next to the dryer. As soon as the clothes are dried, hang on hangers, less ironing! Love using TIDE, my fav laundry detergent for cold, warm, or hot cycles.

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  96. My tip would be to use a little bit of baking soda in your wash for smelly clothes,or use murphy’s oil to pre-treat stains!
    Thanks,
    shannpf1977 @ yahoo dot com

  99. My best laundry tip would be to make sure and check all the pockets. I cant count how many times I’ve skipped this step and regretted it.

  102. 1. laundry tip= put the babys socks in the mesh laundry bags so that the tiny socks dont get lost

  105. I go through everyones pockets before tossing the jeans in the wash. This has saved me from all kinds of messes.

  114. I suggest drying clothes outdoors during the summer to save on energy costs.

  117. My tip is to do a load or two of laundry every day so it doesn’t pile up and you don’t get overwhelmed!

  120. Try to notice right away if something has something on it so you can pretreat it and hope that the stain gets out!

  121. If you are doing a couple loads in one day, do your most delicate load first. Dryers will heat up and dry things quicker after a few loads—so start with the lowest setting and save the highest for last!

  133. i use tide stain release in the wash and tide detergent, spray stains before i wash and items

  136. Tip 1 you can use your rinse cycle water to water your plant’s.
    Tip 2 Don’t use a second rinse waste of water.

  138. Use a detergent booster for childrens clothes and socks and let it soak for an hour or so.

  140. My Tip is to air dry the clothes you like the most and all the dark clothes like jeans and the color will last longer.
    (I twitted but I don’t have a facebook)

  143. My best tip is to always wash like colors together…..darks with darks, etc…..and a little bleach in the white load really does keep the whites looking white.
    I am an email follower and facebook, too!

  147. We do a TON of laundry so my tip is to pack the washer full and run it with cold water.

  152. Always sort, ck pockets, pretreat if necessary, and measure ur TIDE detergent! Remove clothes from washer as soon as cycle is complete and either hang to dry or place in dryer. If u place in dryer clean dryer filter between each load and remove and hang or fold load as soon as cycle is completed.

  158. when drying your clothes, most of us domore than 1 load at a time, therefore, you have a load in the dryer & usually one on top the dryer. if you put your fabric softener on your wet clotes, you may end up with grease stains on your clothes when they cme out of the dryer. Take your fabric softener sheet out only when your ready to put your clothes in the dryer.

  159. I let the dryer run for 10 minutes and then take most of my shirts out to hang — this lessens the chance for shrinkage and 10 minutes in enough to get the wrinkles out so you save energy on not running the dryer as long and NOT having to iron!

  163. I typically use half of the recommended amount of the liquid detergent. Our clothes still feel clean and fresh, and I don’t have to buy as much! I also wash everything in cold to save money.

  166. laundry tip is make sure pockets are empty so u don’t have a surprise of tissues! spray n wash stain if not washing right away

  167. My laundry tip is: to use about 1/2 of the recommended amount of detergent. My clothes come out just as clean & clean smelling as if you use your usual amount. This helps me to save money since I have 4 very dirty, stinky, sweaty boys! lol Even their baseball uniforms come out wonderfully!

  169. My best laundry tip is to a use a “bluing” product. It is a liquid you add to your wash to make whites look whiter & other colors should look brighter from it as well.

  170. My laundry tip is :
    Soak your whites in warm lemon water. Lemons are a natural bleach and will have them looking “whiter” in no time.
    I soak for about 1 hour then wash in a regular cycle.

  172. The very best way to get rid of heavy engine grease is to dab blue dish washing dawn on the spots and then wash with TIDE. The spots come out and there is no damage to the clothes. :)

  175. My best laundry tip is about those time when you forget that you left wet laundry in the machine – and the resulting moldy smell! My grandmother taught me to put a few cups of white vinegar in the washing machine and then wash the clothes (in hot water if you can!), then run it thru a regular cycle with detergent.

  177. My favorite laundry tip is to use powdered Tide as a pre-treater. Just wet the clothing item, add some powder & a little more water to make a paste. Let sit and then scrub a little. It works better than any pre-treater/stain remover I’ve tried!

  178. My laundry tip is to Hang things on the hanger as soon as they come out of the dryer… saves a lot of time.. Love Tide!

  179. My tip is three-fold.

    One – always put your detergent in the water and let it fill a bit before you add clothes – you will avoid spotting this way.

    Two – get prewash on a stain right away, and if you aren’t doing laundry that day, use 1 part prewash to 3 parts water on the stain each day until you do laundry (or the stain disappears).

    Three – hang dry as much as possible. This will keep the clothes looking vibrant and prevent shrinkage!

  180. Do one load of laundry every day so that you don’t get overloaded in one day…

  186. I turn all my clothing inside out when washing. Seems to make them last longer and reduces signs of wear

  187. I have to say that I am a “guesser”! I’m usually rushing and just poor a capful, shut the top, and run out of the room to cahse a toddler! A timesaver laundry tip for me is the Tide Stain Release Tabs! I love it! So easy and dissoves very very well in the wash!

    Hope I win!!!

  189. I swear by Borax, use it. Cleans other stuff too!! Mixed in with a dose of TIDE!!!

  192. My laundry tip is just to pay attention. It takes an extra 2 seconds to check all pockets on an item or peek for stains. I learned my lesson after my husband threw in his work jeans with a sharpie marker in the pocket into an entire load of my oldest school clothes just purchased from Justice. Now we know that stuff isn’t cheap. I couldn’t salvage any of it! about 300.00 worth of clothes in the garbage!

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