Woolite Extra Dark Care Review

Thanks to crowdtap I was able to sample woolites new product for extra dark clothes.

In the package was 10 samples (Some to be handed out) And to try myself.  Honestly I can't think of any detergent that 'ruins' dark clothes after just one wash.  And I wasn't willing to wash an article 10 times just to see if it really 'worked'

But I had an idea.  If we're going to test for fading with only ONE wash, it needs to be the initial wash.  So, I raided the fabric stash for some new unwashed dark fabric.

But I decided to take it one step further, it needs to CLEAN as well, right?  So I was brutal to the fabric.. and slapped on some common staining foods/products.

 

The offending products: 

Marker
cooking oil
Ketchup
Mustard
Deodorant

Popsicle

Then I let the products 'set' for about four hours.

Time to wash!!!

I then washed the other swatch like I normally would, with the kirkland brand detergent.  Twinkie defense, I didn't get a picture.

Once both were done washing and drying it was time to compare.

Both were very comparable in terms of softness/scent/color but one did do a much better job at removing the staining offenders.

Can you guess which one is which?

On the left, the marker and a faint bit of mustard remains.
On the right, some marker and a significant amount of mustard remains.

And as you can see the coloring of the fabric is very comparable, it doesn't appear one has 

faded any more or less than the other. 

Time for the moment of truth!

Left swatch: Kirkland

Right swatch: Woolite extra dark care

So as you can see, stain wise, kirkland wins, hands down.  Keep in mind

this was done without any special staining treatment.

I'd be VERY curious to see how the woolite maintains clothing coloring over a 

prolonged period of time.