I used it on some carpeting that I was going to tear up and replace. No need to do that anymore, it got the stains out! I steam vaccummed it several times, used dawn, stain remover, shampooer, nothing worked. Oxyclean worked in about 5 minutes!
The biggest problem is that it takes time. PPL are not patient since they are used to using chlorine bleach (which may get banned cuz it's pretty toxic).
I use oxiclean on dishes and clothing primarily. Use HOT water.
For dishes, it wont do jack to the grease, but it will remove stuff from the dishes. I put in dish washing liquid as well, this is to soak btw. I have no dish washer. Then another soaking to remove the film that forms around the dishes. A layer of the oxiclean solution will remain, so soaking is necessary. (soaking = saving water so...)
For clothing, i only use oxiclean on heavily soiled clothing. For non-bleach powdered detergent, it's necessary. For bleached powdered detergent, it already has it for the most part (oxygen bleach that is), adding some will help as well. Of course this goes the same for liquid detergent.
Do not use it on any metals cuz it will oxidize them (rust, etc).
It does work well on bathroom stuff, but you have to make a paste, and the heat is lost so quickly that it's not very effective. The hot water increases the reaction rate and shrinks the waiting time. Let's say you want to clean some mildew, the vertical walls are pretty much not going to get cleaned fast, but the horizontal surfaces, they will get cleaned with a solution of the stuff easily. Obviously the solution wont stay on a vertical surface, so you have to make a paste which uses much more of the stuff than a solution.
The packaging says not to use boiling water. The warning is there so you dont get burned. If you have ways of working with boiling hot water without getting hurt, use that with oxiclean.
There are other brands of oxygen bleaches around, as long as it says oxygen bleach, it'd work.
I use oxiclean on dishes and clothing primarily. Use HOT water.
For dishes, it wont do jack to the grease, but it will remove stuff from the dishes. I put in dish washing liquid as well, this is to soak btw. I have no dish washer. Then another soaking to remove the film that forms around the dishes. A layer of the oxiclean solution will remain, so soaking is necessary. (soaking = saving water so...)
For clothing, i only use oxiclean on heavily soiled clothing. For non-bleach powdered detergent, it's necessary. For bleached powdered detergent, it already has it for the most part (oxygen bleach that is), adding some will help as well. Of course this goes the same for liquid detergent.
Do not use it on any metals cuz it will oxidize them (rust, etc).
It does work well on bathroom stuff, but you have to make a paste, and the heat is lost so quickly that it's not very effective. The hot water increases the reaction rate and shrinks the waiting time. Let's say you want to clean some mildew, the vertical walls are pretty much not going to get cleaned fast, but the horizontal surfaces, they will get cleaned with a solution of the stuff easily. Obviously the solution wont stay on a vertical surface, so you have to make a paste which uses much more of the stuff than a solution.
The packaging says not to use boiling water. The warning is there so you dont get burned. If you have ways of working with boiling hot water without getting hurt, use that with oxiclean.
There are other brands of oxygen bleaches around, as long as it says oxygen bleach, it'd work.
RossMAN
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You could buy this Oxi-Clean starter kit which includes:
22 oz. orange clean tough acting degreaser
1.5 lb. canister of oxiclean
Oxiclean squirt bottle
Synthetic Chamois
16 oz. Orange Glo Wood Cleaner and Polish
14 oz. can of Orange Eliminator instant spot remover
for $7.95 (UPS Ground shipping).
22 oz. orange clean tough acting degreaser
1.5 lb. canister of oxiclean
Oxiclean squirt bottle
Synthetic Chamois
16 oz. Orange Glo Wood Cleaner and Polish
14 oz. can of Orange Eliminator instant spot remover
for $7.95 (UPS Ground shipping).
Update: I bought the smallest Oxi Clean from Fred Meyer for ~$4.00 and I think I'm taking it back.
I followed the direction and soaked over night. It didn't do a diddly squat on one day old salsa stain on my white shirt. I also tried to get the odor out of soured wash cloth. No success there either.
< -- breaks out his moms Chlorox.
I followed the direction and soaked over night. It didn't do a diddly squat on one day old salsa stain on my white shirt. I also tried to get the odor out of soured wash cloth. No success there either.
< -- breaks out his moms Chlorox.
use vinegar for the smelly cloth. It works wonders and is not as harsh on the material. Put 1 cup in w/ the wash
Amused
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I'm doing an experiment with Oxi-Clean similar to informercial.
I got a pair of old cotton socks. Stained both with mustard and soy sauce. I'll let it dry for a while. If it is as good as informercial claims, the socks will be back to white. I did two, so I can clean one the conventional method and other with Oxi-Clean.
I got a pair of old cotton socks. Stained both with mustard and soy sauce. I'll let it dry for a while. If it is as good as informercial claims, the socks will be back to white. I did two, so I can clean one the conventional method and other with Oxi-Clean.
It's all the same. Sodium Percarbonate is the active ingredient with some soda ash or sodium carbonate added. Oxy-Clean used to be expensive, but now is much cheaper, rumor is that they just added more filler so you have to mix more powder and use it faster. I did a search on Google and found some bulk SP, it's not cheaper than Oxy, but it is pure, so you would use much, much, less.
I have to say, I was skeptical. But my wife brought it home some time ago and it has been awesome. It gets stains out of our carpets and clothes. We had a red stain on our carpet (?) after our party a few days ago. We tried to clean it with Oxy-Clean that night, but the stain was still there. We got up that morning and it was gone. I love it.
Flatbroke, I was about to suggest the same. I've never used Oxi-clean but I remember hearing that somewheres. Some frugal living site. People were buying like 50 pound bags of the stuff. I think you'd definitely save money, but you might start to feel like you're being watched. If you got the free box-cutter on Hot Deals, I'd just lay low and get the Oxy.
Oxyclean works well for the first few minutes. The reaction it has with water eventually stops, and then the cleaner is just an ordinary abrasive like the 59 cent Ajax cleaner at Walmart. But during those first few minutes, the stuff cleans very well. I literally wiped off the soapscum in my bathtub without breaking a sweat using this stuff. Another drawback is the price, its considerably more expensive than other good cleaners, especially for the amount you have to apply. I also noticed Clorox makes their own version now called Clorox Oxygen cleaner, or something like that. Might be cheaper than the Oxyclean brand.
We use it here, it's pretty damn good. It gets my white soccer socks clean after the multiple grass and blood stains..
-- mrcodedude
-- mrcodedude
Some friends had Oxy-Clean in their lab, and I took a little bit home. It lifted a stain out of my carpet that had set in for a good 5 months in seconds. It also worked really well in pulling out stains in on some clothes. The key is that you have to mix it with hot water and use it really quickly or it stops working. You also figure it is legit because Chlorox has cloned it.
Anyway, let us know how the experiment goes Jerboy.
Ryan
Anyway, let us know how the experiment goes Jerboy.
Ryan
I've never tried it with clothes, but it makes an excellent carpet cleaner. We had some spots on our carpet which I hit with the Oxi-Clean and the spots were cleaned up better than any carpet shampoo I've ever used.
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