Super Iron Out Rust Stain Remover Gave Me Great Results In My Dishwasher, Toilet And Washing Machine

by Pattie

Pattie has shared how she uses Super Iron Out Rust Stain Remover in her dishwasher, to help remove rust stains.

Pattie says:

The area in which I live is basically rural. We don't have city water lines in our area. We don't have individual wells.


Instead our Homeowners Association has two wells and each of the houses in our area is furnished water from these two wells. Good that we have water - but the water has a high level of Manganese - a type of Iron - in it.

The area water pipes have transported this water for so long that it would be almost impossible to rid them of the Manganese residue. Although our water is tested and affirmed to be drinkable, it often has a sulfur smell.

What's worse is that all of our household appliances stay stained with an orange coloring. I discovered Iron Out quite by accident while shopping in a local home improvement store.

I purchased a bottle and decided to try it first in my dishwasher. My dishwasher was stained a medium-color orange and some of my dishes also have this rust colored stain.

To use Iron Out in the dishwasher, first make sure the dishwasher is completely empty. I do occasionally put in a few plates and cups that are badly stained and run them through the cycle with the Iron Out - and then re-wash the dishes.

Put approximately 1/2 cup of the Iron Out powder in the dispensing cups of the empty dishwasher. Close the door and start the normal washing cycle. Do not open the dishwasher door while the washing cycle is going. If you open the door before the cycle ends, the odor that emanates is fairly unpleasant.


When the dishwasher cycle has completed, open the door and you have a lovely, clean, un-rusted interior. I now use it to clean my dishwasher about once a month.

After using this product in my dishwasher with such great results, I tried it in some of the other ways it also suggests. For example, I have also used it in my clothes washers and toilets, and just about any other appliance that has accumulated rust stains.

While I don't like the smell of the Iron Out I do like its cleaning power and I like to have my appliances, etc. clean and fresh looking.

Taylor says:

Thanks for sharing your uses for Super Iron Out Rust Stain Remover Pattie.

I researched this product a bit once you sent me this review, and it sounds very versatile. Like you said, it can be used in appliances, but also to remove rust stains from white laundry (not colored clothing), water softeners, sinks, showers and bathtubs, and even concrete and outside walls.

Has anyone else used this product? If so, I would love for you to share your review and uses of it with me. You can share your rust stain removers review here, of this or any other brand, or read other reviews that have already been submitted.

I Get Out Red Clay Stains From Son's Baseball Uniform With Iron Out

by Denise

Denise has shared how she keeps her child's sports uniform clean.

Denise says:

I live in Georgia. My son plays baseball and I am always looking for a new way to get the "red clay" stains out of the white pants.

Super Iron Out is the ONLY product that works. I usually soak the pants in the sink with the Iron Out, then wash them as usual.

It has never drained the color out of the piping on the side of the baseball pants. It did drain (almost like bleach would) color out of a white shirt that had color on the neck and arms. Lesson learned. It was a cotton shirt so I think that was the problem.

The only negative is the smell. It is very bad and gets into your nose and throat. Some parents do the soaking part in a bucket out side. As bad as the smell is, I will still use it because it works.

Taylor says:

Thanks so much for sharing this use for the product with me.

It does say it is best to use for white clothing, so thanks for the warning about what happens (at least sometimes) when used for colored clothing.

I'd love to hear how even more people clean their kids sports uniforms, since this can be such a big issue. Another reviewer has shared how uses Oxiclean for her kids' sports uniforms. You can share your stain remover review here.

Super Iron Out Good For Hard Surfaces & White Laundry

by Alexis
(Maine)

Alexis has also provided a review of this product, and this one shares even more uses for it for removing rust stains from things.

Alexis says:

My untreated well water has iron in it and leaves orange stains on laundry and bathroom fixtures.

This product is very useful, but unpleasant to use. It has a terrible smell and a very fine powdery texture which gets airborne briefly when you pour into your washer. Because of this I store it in the garage, not under the sink.

Super Iron Out works well for hard surfaces and white towels (I do a long soaking). However, it will permanently and severely damage colored fabrics. I have not found a way to get these stains out of colored fabric.

I usually run a second rinse cycle on loads treated with Iron Out.

By the way, Clorox type bleach makes rust/iron stains on fabric much worse; Oxy wash type products maybe lighten rust stains slightly but do not remove them.

I scrub my toilet bowl about twice a week with regular Lysol chemical type cleaner to keep up with iron stains and then use the Iron Out infrequently. I've tried the more eco-friendly cleaning products for toilet cleaner and they don't work well on the iron stains and went back to Lysol.

Finally, here are my tips for shopping for this product. If you can't find it in the grocery store stain products aisle, look at Walmart or in the Home Depot plumbing department.

Taylor says:

Thanks Alexis for sharing this review with me. I really appreciate it.

Now that I know more about this product, I have actually noticed it in more locations, including in my grocery store on the cleaning and laundry aisle, along with at the Walmart like you mentioned.

In addition, it is available through the link below from Amazon.com.

I would love for more people to share their uses and opinions about Super Iron Out, since it sounds like a very versatile rust stain remover for lots of different things in your home. You can share your own review here, of this product or any other rust stain remover you have used (and also read other reviews already submitted).

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