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13.
Thursday, May 135:03 PM
Edited some parts but still not entirely satisfied :/

Method:
1. Cut material into 20, 5cm by 5cm, squares and take a photo of one cloth

2. Label each piece with the name of each pre-wash stain remover and the stain, in the corner

3. Measure 3ml of Vegetable Oil and pour onto center of cloth

4. Use an eyeliner pencil and draw a 3cm diameter circle with a compass, on another cloth

5. Squeeze a dollop of tomato sauce and rub it into the third cloth

6. Pour 3ml of Black Coffee (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Instant-Coffee) onto the 4th cloth

7. Repeat steps three to six, 4 more times. There should now be 5 of each stain, totaling to 20 cloths all together.

8. Let the stains soak in overnight

9. Take a photo of each cloth, the next day, with the same light conditions (In a dark room with only camera flash etc)

10. Spray the Woolworths Homebrand Pre-Wash Stain remover on each of the 4 stains and leave it for 5 minutes

10. Repeat with the other solutions

11. Leave 4 stained pieces of material as a control

12. Place all 20 pieces into the washing machine with the setting as quick warm wash (results may vary depending on the washing machine) and wash as normal

13. Take it out and hang on the clothes line for 2 hours

14. Take another photo of each cloth in the same lighting conditions

15. Upload each individual photo of before and afters

16. Open up a photo editing program such as photoshop and use the eyedropper tool on the middle of each stain.Computers define color by measuring the amount of red, green, and blue in a pixel on a scale from 0 to 255. If the amounts of red, green, and blue in a pixel are all 255, then the pixel is pure white.

17. Add the numbers up for each picture and compare. The one with the greatest red, green and blue number difference between the before wash and after wash picture is the best pre-wash stain remover

16. Record numbers and pictures in the table below

Types of Stains

BRAND OF STAIN REMOVAL

Oil on white cloth

Make-up on white cloth

Tomato Sauce

Coffee on white cloth

Woolworths Home Brand

Woolworths Select

Vanish Preen

Home-made stain remover

Control


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12.
Saturday, May 88:20 PM
Ok, second try. This is a first draft. Needs to be revised D:

Method:
1. Cut material into 20, 5cm by 5cm squares and take a photo of a cloth

2. Label each piece with the name of each pre-wash stain remover and the stain

3. Measure 5ml of Vegetable Oil and pour onto center of a cloth

4. Use an eyeliner pencil and draw a 3cm diameter circle with a compass, on another cloth

5. Squirt a 2cm line of tomato sauce on the third cloth and smudge it in with fingers, making sure everything stays on cloth

6. Pour 5ml of Black Coffee (http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Instant-Coffee) onto the 4th cloth

7. Repeat steps three to six, 4 more times. There should now be 5 of each stain, totaling to 20 cloths all together.

8. Let the stains soak in overnight

9. Take a photo of each cloth with the same lighting conditions.

10. Spray the Woolworths Homebrand Pre-Wash Stain remover on each of the 4 stains and leave it for 5 minutes

10. Repeat with the other solutions

11. Leave 4 stained cloths as a control

12. Place all 20 pieces into the washing machine with setting quick wash (results may vary depending on the washing machine) and wash as normal

13. Take it out and hang on the washing line for 2 hours

14. Take another photo of each cloth in the same lighting conditions


16. Record numbers and pictures in the table below

Types of Stains

Brand of Stain Removal

Oil on white cloth

Make-up on white cloth

Tomato Sauce

Coffee on white cloth

Woolworths Home Brand

Woolworths Select

Vanish Preen

Home-made stain remover

Control



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11.
Friday, May 77:55 PM
Haven't been on, in one or two weeks because I didn't know what to post about. Nothing has been happening. I'm gonna start my experiment next week, after all the half yearly tests are over. I still need to figure out a way to measure how much stain is left afterwards. I'm not sure :/

Method (to be edited):
1. Cut up white cotton material in to 10cm by 10cm squares
2. ...

omg. i dont know the information. it's on the other computer. might as well write it up tomorrow =="
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