Lloyd Randall
06-08-2005, 07:59 PM
In article <slrnbvlul7.hi7.jamie@bozo2.local.net>,
jamie@sure.spam-me-silly.net (jamie) wrote:
>
> If the stain is indeed tomato sauce, that's one of the types of stain
> that OxyClean is especially good at removing.
Where's DrClean? The bleach in Oxyclean is hydrogen peroxide. I think
he would say that for a spot, the most efficient approach is to wet it
with a drop of ammonia, then apply a drop of peroxide.
>
> I find a few hours soak in a hot OxiClean solution as effective as
> washing with chlorine bleach, without rotting the material like bleach.
> It got all kinds of old food stains out of the kitchen dish towels that
> chlorine bleach never did, too.
>
> I use more than one scoop in a large load of whites, though, 3 or 4,
> and detergent, and let it agitate a couple of minutes to mix before I
> shut it off for 4 hours (or all day if I throw them in before work).
> My underwear and socks nearly glow in the dark, and don't rot out in
> 6 months like they did with chlorine bleach. The large bucket of
> OxiClean from Sams cost me around $11 and lasts me about a year in a
> 2-person family, mainly used for washing the whites.
Chlorine bleach in swimming pools has a reputation for rotting swim
suits, but suits deteriorate just as fast in pools with non-chlorine
disinfectants. So when chlorine bleach is used properly in a pool, it's
no harsher than other bleaches.
I can think of two possible reasons for trouble with chlorine bleach.
One is that perhaps there is more bleach than in the Oxyclean solution
you use.
The other is that unless chlorine bleach is buffered or very dilute, the
pH can be very high. A high pH alters some dyes and can rot fibers,
especially silk, wool, and nylon. A high pH also inhibits the bleaching
action of chlorine bleach.
The pH of your detergent would affect how well chlorine bleach works and
how much damage it does. That could explain why some people have better
luck than others.
Typically, a cup of chlorine bleach is recommended per load. An old
trick is to use half a cup of bleach and half a cup of baking soda. The
baking soda buffers the wash water to make the bleach gentler on fibers
and colors and tougher on stains and germs.
If I have stuff that needs bleaching, I bleach it in a bucket after it's
washed. This means I can wash stuff that should be bleached with stuff
that shouldn't. Washing the bleachable stuff first removes organic
material that would neutralize bleach.
I bleach in a bucket of water with a little bleach and a little baking
soda. It doesn't take much, maybe a tablespoon of each, and it takes
less than an hour. The solution rinses out easily.
--
Best Regards,
Lloyd
jamie@sure.spam-me-silly.net (jamie) wrote:
>
> If the stain is indeed tomato sauce, that's one of the types of stain
> that OxyClean is especially good at removing.
Where's DrClean? The bleach in Oxyclean is hydrogen peroxide. I think
he would say that for a spot, the most efficient approach is to wet it
with a drop of ammonia, then apply a drop of peroxide.
>
> I find a few hours soak in a hot OxiClean solution as effective as
> washing with chlorine bleach, without rotting the material like bleach.
> It got all kinds of old food stains out of the kitchen dish towels that
> chlorine bleach never did, too.
>
> I use more than one scoop in a large load of whites, though, 3 or 4,
> and detergent, and let it agitate a couple of minutes to mix before I
> shut it off for 4 hours (or all day if I throw them in before work).
> My underwear and socks nearly glow in the dark, and don't rot out in
> 6 months like they did with chlorine bleach. The large bucket of
> OxiClean from Sams cost me around $11 and lasts me about a year in a
> 2-person family, mainly used for washing the whites.
Chlorine bleach in swimming pools has a reputation for rotting swim
suits, but suits deteriorate just as fast in pools with non-chlorine
disinfectants. So when chlorine bleach is used properly in a pool, it's
no harsher than other bleaches.
I can think of two possible reasons for trouble with chlorine bleach.
One is that perhaps there is more bleach than in the Oxyclean solution
you use.
The other is that unless chlorine bleach is buffered or very dilute, the
pH can be very high. A high pH alters some dyes and can rot fibers,
especially silk, wool, and nylon. A high pH also inhibits the bleaching
action of chlorine bleach.
The pH of your detergent would affect how well chlorine bleach works and
how much damage it does. That could explain why some people have better
luck than others.
Typically, a cup of chlorine bleach is recommended per load. An old
trick is to use half a cup of bleach and half a cup of baking soda. The
baking soda buffers the wash water to make the bleach gentler on fibers
and colors and tougher on stains and germs.
If I have stuff that needs bleaching, I bleach it in a bucket after it's
washed. This means I can wash stuff that should be bleached with stuff
that shouldn't. Washing the bleachable stuff first removes organic
material that would neutralize bleach.
I bleach in a bucket of water with a little bleach and a little baking
soda. It doesn't take much, maybe a tablespoon of each, and it takes
less than an hour. The solution rinses out easily.
--
Best Regards,
Lloyd