Febreze Laundry Solution, R.I.P. ?

[Otter]

First off, I'd like to ask your forbearance for having crossposted this to
three groups. Mea culpa magna. I do believe that the best answer would
probably benefit Febreze users on all three groups though. The situation is
this: My wife and I use Febreze laundry additive on a regular basis to
remove pet and other odors from laundry. Unfortunately, our local
Albertson's here in Northern California seems to have stopped selling the
product, and none of the other big chains in the area have it either. There
are OTHER Febreze products, but not the laundry additive. My wife believes
that P & G have stopped making it, and that leads us to wonder how we're
going to find a substitute that works just as well as the Febreze did. She
has written a letter to P & G asking why the product appears to have been
cancelled, but hasn't received a response yet. So I suppose that this
plaintive cry from the wilderness is to ask three questions:

1. Does any know of a substitute for Febreze Laundry additive that works
just as well ?
2. If you know of a place that still sells and ships it, would you please
share the phone number and/or web page ?
3. Failing the above two, does anyone have a home-grown recipe for something
that would be just as effective ? I've heard of a 1/4-Downy to 3/4-Water
combo, but I don't know if that's for real or not.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

Eddie

[Nicole H]

baking soda in the wash water?
maybe a little more detergent
make sure to soak clothes that are heavily soiled...
i put fabric softener in my laundry and that makes the clothes smell good
"Otter" <nntpotter@sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:EQVpd.49971$QJ3.49882@newssvr21.news.prodigy. com...
> First off, I'd like to ask your forbearance for having crossposted this to
> three groups. Mea culpa magna. I do believe that the best answer would
> probably benefit Febreze users on all three groups though. The situation
is
> this: My wife and I use Febreze laundry additive on a regular basis to
> remove pet and other odors from laundry. Unfortunately, our local
> Albertson's here in Northern California seems to have stopped selling the
> product, and none of the other big chains in the area have it either.
There
> are OTHER Febreze products, but not the laundry additive. My wife
believes
> that P & G have stopped making it, and that leads us to wonder how we're
> going to find a substitute that works just as well as the Febreze did.
She
> has written a letter to P & G asking why the product appears to have been
> cancelled, but hasn't received a response yet. So I suppose that this
> plaintive cry from the wilderness is to ask three questions:
>
> 1. Does any know of a substitute for Febreze Laundry additive that works
> just as well ?
> 2. If you know of a place that still sells and ships it, would you please
> share the phone number and/or web page ?
> 3. Failing the above two, does anyone have a home-grown recipe for
something
> that would be just as effective ? I've heard of a 1/4-Downy to 3/4-Water
> combo, but I don't know if that's for real or not.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
>
> Eddie
>
>

[Chloe]

"Otter" <nntpotter@sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote in message
news:EQVpd.49971$QJ3.49882@newssvr21.news.prodigy. com...
> First off, I'd like to ask your forbearance for having crossposted this to
> three groups. Mea culpa magna. I do believe that the best answer would
> probably benefit Febreze users on all three groups though. The situation
> is this: My wife and I use Febreze laundry additive on a regular basis to
> remove pet and other odors from laundry. Unfortunately, our local
> Albertson's here in Northern California seems to have stopped selling the
> product, and none of the other big chains in the area have it either.
> There are OTHER Febreze products, but not the laundry additive. My wife
> believes that P & G have stopped making it, and that leads us to wonder
> how we're going to find a substitute that works just as well as the
> Febreze did. She has written a letter to P & G asking why the product
> appears to have been cancelled, but hasn't received a response yet. So I
> suppose that this plaintive cry from the wilderness is to ask three
> questions:
<snip>

I hate when stuff like this happens. I think P&G has been doing major
repositioning on Febreeze and I suspect they've discontinued the product.
Their web page specifically suggests the following--don't know if this is
where you wrote or not:

"For questions about Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator, please contact
Changing Paradigms LLC. Here's how you can reach them:

Changing Paradigms LLC
7786 Service Center Dr.
West Chester OH 45069
1-888-334-4890
lbragle@cparadigms.com "

[Gary Heston]

In article <EQVpd.49971$QJ3.49882@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>,
Otter <nntpotter@sbcglobalNOSPAM.net> wrote:
>First off, I'd like to ask your forbearance for having crossposted this to
>three groups. Mea culpa magna. I do believe that the best answer would
>probably benefit Febreze users on all three groups though. The situation is
>this: My wife and I use Febreze laundry additive on a regular basis to
>remove pet and other odors from laundry. Unfortunately, our local
>Albertson's here in Northern California seems to have stopped selling the
>product, and none of the other big chains in the area have it either.
[ ... ]

What was special about the laundry additive? I.e., could you simply
unscrew the top of a spray bottle and pour in some of it's contents?

For pet odor removal, Natures' Miracle or Simple Solution work well;
perhaps adding an ounce or two to a load would work. Alternatively,
you could spray the clothes when putting them in the hamper.


Gary

--
Gary Heston gheston@hiwaay.net

"Sept. 11, 2001, already a day of immeasurable tragedy, cannot be
the day liberty perished in this country." Judge Gerald Tjoflat

[Clark W. Griswold, Jr.]

"Chloe" <justsayno@spam.com> wrote:

>"For questions about Febreze Laundry Odor Eliminator, please contact
>Changing Paradigms LLC. Here's how you can reach them:
>
>Changing Paradigms LLC
>7786 Service Center Dr.
>West Chester OH 45069
>1-888-334-4890
>lbragle@cparadigms.com "


This reads to me that they have sold off the prodict to someone else. P&G likes
to concentrate on brand leaders. If the product doesn't meet sales targets, they
spin it off to a management team or some other company.

[Bill Seurer]

Otter wrote:

> 1. Does any know of a substitute for Febreze Laundry additive that works
> just as well ?

Normal laundry detergent. If you have to add stuff to get smells out
then you are doing something wrong in washing. Are you overloading the
washer? Using hard water? Is your washer about to die? What detergent
are you using?
--

-Bill

[Nan]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:24:51 -0600, Bill Seurer <Bill@seurer.net>
scribbled:

>Otter wrote:
>
>> 1. Does any know of a substitute for Febreze Laundry additive that works
>> just as well ?
>
>Normal laundry detergent. If you have to add stuff to get smells out
>then you are doing something wrong in washing. Are you overloading the
>washer? Using hard water? Is your washer about to die? What detergent
>are you using?

Incorrect. My dh and ds both have had horribly dirty and smelly work
clothing that regular laundry detergent doesn't clean completely. No
matter what I've done. I have found that adding a cup of ammonia to
the wash water helps immensely.

Nan

[ing]

Nan wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:24:51 -0600, Bill Seurer <Bill@seurer.net>
> scribbled:
>
>
>>Otter wrote:
>>
>>
>>>1. Does any know of a substitute for Febreze Laundry additive that works
>>>just as well ?
>>
>>Normal laundry detergent. If you have to add stuff to get smells out
>>then you are doing something wrong in washing. Are you overloading the
>>washer? Using hard water? Is your washer about to die? What detergent
>>are you using?
>
>
> Incorrect. My dh and ds both have had horribly dirty and smelly work
> clothing that regular laundry detergent doesn't clean completely. No
> matter what I've done. I have found that adding a cup of ammonia to
> the wash water helps immensely.

You're right, Nan. Ammonia is terrific for
eliminating odours from clothes that laundry
detergent doesn't get out. Specially pet smells. I
know, I have two dogs and a cat. Plus, ammonia is
almost as cheap as water, so it's frugal as the
dickens. One thing to remember though is, DON'T
EVER use ammonia and bleach together in the same
wash. Ammonia jug has a big warning on the side
about that.

ing