Two Stain Sticks Enter, And One Stain Lifts.

I recently got a stain on my cashmere sweater. While some people might be thrown into feelings stress or irritation over this, I’m a costume weirdo and got excited because I finally get to comparison test some stain removers on cashmere!

This is the first cashmere item I’ve owned, so I have pretty limited experience dealing with cashmere stain removal. I decided to start with the basics–two stain sticks, both alike in dignity.

The Contenders:

On the top of the stain, I used Tide To Go, AKA the Mid-Weight Master and Veteran of Stains I’ve been using for a few years.

On the bottom, the Challenger and Rookie to my stain removal line-up: The Laundress’s Wash & Stain Bar.

I had heard good things about The Laundress Wash and Stain Bar. It is non-toxic, biodegradable, allergen free, and plastic free. Also, it’s $6 and made in the USA.

The Stain:

Well…I don’t really know what this is or how it happened. I was doing a bunch of errands, some moving of storage boxes and…I just don’t know.

Knowing the make-up of your stain is about 1/3 of the stain fight battle. So the fact that I don’t know if this is an ink, dirt, or grease stain…well, it doesn’t help me one bit.

I treated the stain with both stain sticks, letting them set for a few minutes. Then I followed up with a hand wash using Soak.

The results? The Laundress Wash & Stain Bar won this hands down–to a level that was shocking.

The Tide To Go wasn’t able to get the Mystery Stain out of the sweater–I ended up going back a second time and treating the top of the stain with the Laundress Wash & Stain Bar.

The sweater is now stain-free! And there wasn’t any damage to the cashmere in the process. Whew!

And that wraps up this case of Stain Stick Thunderdome!