Laundry stain removers: Spot treatments

We’ve tested stain removal sprays and gels to see which are best at removing a range of small stains.

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March 2024

Vanish

Preen Oxi Action Gold Ultra Power Stain Remover

Price

$10.99

Score

Recommended

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We recommend Vanish Preen Oxi Action Gold Ultra Power Stain Remover. It does a good job of tackling most stains and it's the only stain remover we've tested that does an excellent job of removing baby food stains. But it's not your best choice for blood stains.

Test results

70
Stain removal

Good points

Excellent for baby food stains.
Good for collar and cuff grime.
Good for make-up stains.
Good for tomato stains.
Good for chocolate ice-cream stains.
Good for grass and mud stains.

Bad points

Borderline removal of blood stains.

More test results

Sweat

65
Collar & cuff grime

76
Make-up

71
Olive oil

60
Tomato

77
Chocolate ice cream

75
Baby food

90
Grass & mud

79
Blood

50
Mineral oil

58

Product

Type

Spray
Pack size

450ml
Cost per 100ml/g

$2.44

Label information

Ingredients

Hydrogen peroxide 50g/L
Free from claim

Not stated
Don't use on

Silk, wool, fabrics with non-colourfast dyes, flourescents, khaki clothing
Colour safe claim

Yes
Biodegradable claim

No
Septic safe claim

No
Grey water safe claim

No
Other

Our best for tough and dried in stains, acts on stains first time, red wine, grass, tomato sauce, cooking oil, food grease, sweat, makeup, lipstick, dirt.