Oxi-Clean is sodium percarbonate. What is that? It's hydrogen peroxide and washing soda. (See this post on finding washing soda in your local area)
I mixed up half a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and about 1 T of washing soda. I put some blueing in the first mix and not the second and I don't see any difference.
Check for color fastness though, my girl's purple carpet has a slight bleach spot now with the blueing mixed one. :(
Works quite well on the micro suede chair that gets yucky almost everyday.
Got an orange shirt stained with cherry juice. I immediately took it off and washed it with laundry soap by hand and it only made it dark purple blue. I thought I had ruined the shirt, I squirted my homemade oxiclean on it and left it to attend to the toddler and forgot about it. An hour later I went back in to scrub it, and the stain was gone! Woohoo! Didn't even have to scrub!
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OK, WOW. I think that's the coolest frugal tip I've heard in a long time! My MIL uses an oxy clean spray as a pre-wash, I think I'll make my own! Thanks!
Awesome! Thanks. I already use washing soda in my home made laundry soap and always love to find more uses for it.
This may be a stupid question, but do you put it all in a bottle together? It seems like it might explode?
teresajoy,
Nope, doesn't explode. I actually waited around one day at a Walmart for the Oxiclean demonstrator to finish to take his oxi clean bottle since they just throw it away. (I wanted the nozzle cap mainly) So I put it in the bottle, shake it up and even cap it. Hasn't blown up on me yet.
Ok, this was just too cool!
I already make my own laundry soap and use white bleach for a rinse. Never knew about the oxi-clean stuff!
Thank you SO much for this post.
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