Do your children play sports, or play outside in the summer?

Five of my children play soccer. We are at the soccer field six days a week and there seems to be no shortage of dirty socks, shorts, and t-shirts around my house! Whether it’s grass stains, dirt, sno-cones, or even blood, my kids come home with some pretty dirty clothes after practice and games.

Not only do their clothes get dirty, they stink! Teenage boys have an amazing ability to smell worse than just about anything you’ve ever smelled before. We have a separate bin for soccer clothes, but occasionally they forget and throw their smelly, sweaty, dirty clothes in with the rest of the laundry causing my whole laundry bin to stink.

I have an HE washer and while I’ve always thought it does a great job getting out stains on clothing, I’ve had a hard time finding a detergent that leaves my clothes smelling clean.

When Arm & Hammer asked me to try their ARM & HAMMER Crystal Burst Power Paks Laundry Detergent I was excited to see if it could tackle the dirty, stinky smelly soccer clothes.

I have my bag of power paks and I’m ready to get washing! I’ll let you know if a few weeks if ARM & HAMMER Crystal Burst Power Paks Laundry Detergent is up to the challenge of dirty, stinky soccer clothes!

The maker of ARM & HAMMER® products challenged me to switch to ARM & HAMMER Crystal Burst Power Paks Laundry Detergent and this summer, they are giving away $12,000 in the ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save Challenge Sweepstakes. To be entered to win one (1) of twelve (12) $1,000 prizes, simply reply to the question below!

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A few weeks ago I shared with you that my pots and pans seem to have a residue on them that doesn’t come off with dish soap and a scrubber. I didn’t want to use anything super abrasive on my pots and pans so I just left them clean and spotty.

I accepted the challenge to see if Arm & Hammer Baking Soda could get them clean and to be honest I was pretty skeptical. Now don’t get me wrong, I love baking soda, but everything has its limits!

I decided to try baking soda on my small sauce pot which had residue along the bottom that did not come off in the dishwasher or by hand washing. Notice all the scratches on the bottom from trying to scrub it off?

I put about a tablespoon of baking soda in the bottom of the dry pan and used a damp sponge to gently scrub the bottom of the pot.

Because the baking soda turned into paste it was hard for me to see if I was making any progress. After about 30 seconds I rinsed out the pot and saw that the residue was significantly less than when I started. I was tempted to say that was good enough and put the pot away, but I thought I would give it one more try to see if I could get it all off.

After scrubbing for about a minute I rinsed out the pan and when I was finished it looked brand new! Too bad I didn’t know about this when my pans all hung from a pot rack in the middle of my kitchen.

I wish I would have tried Arm & Hammer sooner, I probably could have avoided some of the scratches on the bottom of my pan!

The maker of ARM & HAMMER® products challenged me to switch to ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda and this summer, they are giving away $12,000 in the ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save Challenge Sweepstakes. To be entered to win one (1) of twelve (12) $1,000 prizes, simply reply to the question below!

The maker of ARM & HAMMER® products challenged me to switch to ARM & HAMMER Baking Soda and this summer, they are giving away $12,000 in the ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save Challenge Sweepstakes. To be entered to win one (1) of twelve (12) $1,000 prizes, simply reply to the question below!

Remember to join other ARM & HAMMER Switch & Save conversations for even more chances to win!

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Arm & Hammer. The opinions and text are all mine. Official Sweepstakes Rules.