SupplyMasters Sodium Percarbonate Powder 5 lbs Pack - Oxygen Source & Bleach Alternative - Clothes Brightener, Laundry Detergent & Stain Remover

Sodium percarbonate is the active ingredient in Oxy Clean, but without the fillers. It is so much cheaper than Oxy Clean and works great. Plus....no fillers. Since there are no fillers, it takes up much less space and a bag lasts a long time! Try it and you'll never go back to Oxy Clean.

Very effective for all kinds of cleaning. Works great along with citric acid for Cat Genie maintenance.

works great as laundry booster

Get this. For your laundry. This is the basic that’s in every laundry product like oxygen cleaners or enzyme cleaners. When you read the instructions, all you need is about 1 tablespoon or for a very large load 2 tablespoons. This is so, so small compared to, how much you get and the price. I bought the sack as noted above and I think I’m going to have this for quite some time even though I add it to almost every load. My wash seems to certainly come out so much cleaner than ever before. I’ve given up using chlorine bleach. This truly whitens things. it is now going to cost me so much less using this product instead of the expensive oxygen bleaches etc. I use borax and this and laundry soap. No more expensive laundry items with lots of additives and scents and so on and so forth. I have really minimalized my laundry situation by using the basics. One caveat: keep yourself a little scooper or transfer some from this large sack into a smaller container like a jar or something to keep near your laundry and pour it into your small scooper or scoop it out and hold it away from your nose. You don’t want the fumes from the dust going up your nostrils. It’s a bit irritating. Go ahead and buy some and enjoy your fabulously, clean laundry! Can be used on colors, darks, and whites. Anna can be used for other cleaning activities in the home as well.

Pro:1) this product is free of fillers, unlike a well-known product whose name starts with Oxy and has a total of 8 letters, so you use 1/2 as much for the same result.2) simple packaging keeps clutter down.

Low cost active ingredient in oxi-clean. I’ve used it for general cleaning with good results. Not as quick acting or effective on mold/mildew as hypochlorite bleach. For those who do not know chemistry, Clorox type bleach is sodium hypochlorite: NaClO - it is the oxygen that does the bleaching/germ killing. There is a hint of chlorine odor - however the chlorine does not off gas or create hazardous byproducts. It is made by a controlled reaction of chlorine with sodium hydroxide which is caustic soda or lye. It’s a very violent reaction whereby the chlorine wants to react with the sodium to form sodium chloride, but by controlling the right excess of caustic we can force the hypochlorite to form, the ClO. However this is very unstable and it wants to give up the O which is a powerful oxidizer and destroys pathogens by permeating their cells and killing them it works similarly on stains but also the same on many dyes and even natural fabrics like cotton. The result of giving up the oxygen to do the dirty work is none other than table salt, NaCl - that’s it, no free chlorine, just SALT!!! So get over the chlorine thing, it’s a myth. It’s wrong! Bleach is harsh, the stuff we buy at retail is diluted to about 5%, but it has a small excess of caustic which helps to stabilize it in storage, otherwise it would rapidly decompose to salt and oxygen.Meanwhile, these perchlorate bleaches also have a somewhat loosely held oxygen, but not as loose as hypochlorite, it’s tied up with carbon. In real world usage, they do seem to be less active or easier on fabrics while still doing a good job on most stains. Chlorides are bad for steel, even stainless, and other metals. So I’m now using this stuff and it’s been good - been using it for stainless coffee carafes and insulated cups. I used it to clean some plastic parts in the fridge like the water dispenser tray and water spout - did a good job on both. Hypochlorite bleach ruined a sprayer I had used it in, this percarbonate bleach has been fine in the sprayer. However it’s just not as powerful a bleach for mold embedded in the rough surfaces of stucco or concrete. Just beware that it is essentially pure so it takes much less for laundry. I think it’s 2 tbl = 1/2 cup oxi. I use about a 1/2 teaspoon per liter sized coffee carafe depending on how long it’s been since last cleaning.

I use this instead of an oxy product. Gentle stain removal and whitening.

I use this primarily in 2 places:- Removing baby poop stains. We have twin boys that have a knack for "exploding" out of their diapers. Yellow baby poop stains like mad, and after a day at daycare, a soiled onesie sitting in a bag all day usually has a pretty set-in stain. The solution is to get tap water screaming hot, add about a scoop (few Tbs) of this into a tub (I use a wash tub or the mauve "barf bin" they give you at the hospital), fill the tub about half full with the hot water (simultaneously using the stream to try and dissolve the granules), let sit for a few minutes (to dissolve) then add the soiled clothes. I use a brush to make sure the entire garment is damp, then let sit overnight or so. You should notice the solution get foamy, or kind of like an alka-seltzer tablet. Then it's just a matter of squishing out the garment a few times and tossing in with the regular wash cycle.- Cleaning exterior wood. I have a cedar planter that tends to get grubby over time, which I've found is actually a black fungus that causes spotting. Power washing would destroy the cedar. I add a scoop of this to about 1 gal of (hot) water, swish around to dissolve, then use a brush to apply liberally to the cedar. Let sit a few minutes, scrub some more, then rinse off. It's truly amazing how well it cleans the wood without destroying the fibers. I only had a small area to cover, so the technique might not be suitable for larger areas (e.g. cedar shakes) but it could perhaps be modified for wider application.