Question from megzcrews
Is either the liquid or powdered form safe to use in laundry? If not- what are good replacements that are safe? Paritcularly for soaking baby clothes and as an ingredient in homemade laundry detergent.
Debra’s Answer
Oxiclean Versitile Stain Remover is made up of sodium carbonate and sodium percarbonate, with less than 5% ethoxylated alcohol, sodium polycarboxyate and sodium metasilicate.
The active ingredient is sodium percarbonate, which is also known as oxygen bleach. It is made by reacting sodium carbonate (a mineral) with hydrogen peroxide, so it’s basically a powdered form of hydrogen peroxide.
It’s fine to use Oxyclean, but you might get more bleach for your buck by simply using hydrogen peroxide or straight sodium percarbonate. In fact, the liquid OxiClean Stain Remover is 85% water, 5% hydrogen peroxide, with a little alcohol and lye. So you might as well just use hydrogen peroxide, which is pretty cheap at the drug store.
Natural Choices has “the widest range of quality oxygen bleach based products available anywhere!” They contain more actual oxygen bleach than the supermarket brands.
Whether you use liquid hydrogen peroxide or powdered sodium percarbonate, it’s all the same oxygen that is the active ingredient.
