	Name	Purchased for ($)	Purchased for, Per Piece ($)	Link	Made In
	The Pink Stuff	$6.00	$0.35	Search on Amazon	UK
Best combined score of the group at 2.4, with outright wins on coffee and mustard and a second place on grape juice. The graphite motor oil swatch was the exception, at tenth.
	OxiClean Max Force Spray	$7.00	$0.58	Search on Amazon	USA
First place on both the graphite motor oil and the grape juice, and the best possible rating on ketchup and gear oil. Combined score of 3.2, second overall.
	Shout	$4.00	$0.18	Search on Amazon	USA
The cheapest per ounce of anything here at $4 for 22 ounces. Placed second on coffee and third on both grape juice and the graphite motor oil swatches, for a combined score of 3.3.
	Spray 'n Wash	$3.00	$0.19	Search on Amazon	USA
The lowest sticker price in the group at $3 for 16 ounces. Won the soy sauce test outright and landed sixth or seventh on grape juice, coffee and mustard.
	Tide Rescue	$5.00	$0.23	Search on Amazon	USA
Rated for laundry, carpet and upholstery. Second only to OxiClean Max Force Spray on the graphite motor oil swatches, and fourth on mustard; grape juice was its weakest stain, at tenth.
	Zout	$9.00	$0.41	Search on Amazon	USA
Second on mustard, by some distance its standout result. Finished twelfth or thirteenth on grape juice, coffee and soy sauce.
	Dreft	$10.00	$0.42	Search on Amazon	USA
Sold on 49% plant-based ingredients, hypoallergenic and free of dye, chlorine and phosphates. Fifth on the graphite motor oil swatches and seventh on soy sauce, but twelfth on both grape juice and mustard.
	Attitude	$16.00	$0.59	Search on Amazon	Canada
Plant- and mineral-sourced, vegan and cruelty-free, made in Canada, and the highest sticker price tested at $16 for 27 ounces. Seventh on grape juice was its strongest placing.
	OxiClean Gel Stick	$5.00	$0.81	Search on Amazon	USA
Rubbed on rather than sprayed, and rated for pre-treating up to a week ahead. Fourth on both the graphite motor oil and the grape juice, but tenth or eleventh on coffee, mustard and soy sauce.
	Emergency Stain Rescue	$6.00	$1.50	Search on Amazon	USA
Fourth on coffee and sixth on soy sauce were its best showings. At $6 for 4 ounces it is one of the costlier ways to treat a stain here.
	Miss Mouth's Stain Treater	$6.00	$1.50	Search on Amazon	USA
Third on soy sauce, its one strong result, against thirteenth on mustard and twelfth on the graphite motor oil. The press-to-spray bottle is hard work across a shirt full of stains.
	De-Solv-It	$20.00	$1.67	Search on Amazon	USA
The most expensive product tested at $20 for 12 ounces, and sold as a professional-grade remover for laundry, carpet and upholstery. Third on mustard and fifth on soy sauce, but fourteenth on coffee.
	Homebrew Stain Remover	$	$
Roughly two parts hydrogen peroxide to one part Dawn dish detergent, mixed fresh. Second on soy sauce and third on coffee, and the only treatment to leave a faint light patch on the red cotton fade swatch.

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