40 Reviews of Homemade 'Oxygen' Cleaner

From: peachez

On Jul 10, 2003

My friend bought the " other expensive stuff " and wasn't pleased with the results at all, so I knew I wouldn't waste my money buying it either. I came across this recipe, using my washer on the " mini " setting, I used 16 oz each of baking soda and hydro perox. because the water ratio had increased. I tossed in 5 " Parrothead " t - shirts ( white background / coloured scenes ) that had become yellowed on one side only ( DH had smoked in the bedroom ). I also tossed in a few pairs of ground in dirt white socks ( I " borrow " his white socks to run around the house ( & outside..shush ) - my intelligent blond logic to him... " But honey, See how dirty the floors really are ! ". I swipe them because they are so much thicker than womens socks, but he wouldn't care about that. I added the dry ingredients after the washer filled, agitating them a few minutes to mix. Added the clothes and socks letting them run as a wash for 10 minutes, turned off the machine ( only have a max 12 minute cycle ), reset the machine back to 12 minutes, did another 10 minute cycle, shut it down at that point, then forgot about them till the next day ( what can I say..LOL ), I then washed as usual after completing the full cycle. I've never seen white so white, it didn't bleed nor fade any of the colours and it dissolved the ground in dirt..AMAZING !!!!!.. Thank you for an awesome recipe, It cost me $.71 total for the soda & perox. It doesn't get any better than this !!! And, yes I will still " borrow " his socks. Keeps him happy, his knowing I'm so logical when it comes to seeing how dirty the floors can get so quickly...Thank you again for this recipe, it's the best !!!!!

From: Braunda

On Jul 8, 2002

VERY GOOD ONE....It works and it is good. Yes it removes Blood..I know hubby fell and cut his arm..I used it on the towels...This will be good for people with hard water. Thank You.

From: Roosie

On Aug 7, 2004

This. Stuff. Is. AMAZING!!! Honestly, I've only used it on one thing so far, and I am literally amazed with the results. I dumped several Tablespoons worth of curry powder on to my lap. On to my favorite brand-new pale blue pants! I rushed them to the wash, hoping I could get it out if I just washed them quickly... and I pulled the pants out of the washer with the entire lap covered with a huge BRIGHT yellow spot. I got upset, told BF that my pants were ruined and that I could never wear them again which was terrible since they're my favorites and I JUST got them (okay I was being dramatic, but you should have seen this stain!!). I remembered this recipe and figured it was worth a shot. I poured the ingredients on the stains and let it soak. After an hour the stain turned brownish. A couple more and it was gone! I hand-washed the stained area in Woolite and hung these up to dry. Not a HINT of yellow. You could not guess that I had spilled something like turmeric, which is used as a DYE on these pants (and then been so brilliant as to get it wet and set a stain that was just a powder *roll*). Just for fixing my favorite pants this recipe deserves a million stars!!!! I can't wait to try it on some older stains- sweat stains, blood stains, tea/coffee stains! From the job it did on my pants, I'm sure it will work wonders!! Thank you so much for posting; I will report back when I try this on other stained stuff that I thought was destined for the dump!!

From: Lennie

On Sep 28, 2003

Okay, I was skeptical. But...wow! I gathered up some clothing items that were stained (old stains and fresh stains) including a clean article of clothing that happened to have an old, largish blood stain. I ran some hot water into my washer, added a full bottle of hydrogen peroxide as well as 2 cups of baking soda, then ran more hot water into the washer — enough to cover all the clothing items. I likely watered down the mixture too much, but even so the results were highly impressive. Most impressive were 2 items: firstly, an old pale-yellow sweatshirt I wear around the house (and often wear when cooking) that had lots of old pale stains. They disappeared! And secondly, the large bloodstained item had the stain disappear by about 80%, and also lightened up. And this stain was OLD! I will definitely pretreat my clothing with this solution again; next I'm going to try it on old gungy socks. Thanks for posting this

From: ~cbw~

On Jan 15, 2004

I quadrupled the peroxide and baking soda and just added it straight to my washing machine with a small load of whites. I actually let them set in the machine overnight and then finished washing the next morning. I will be using this method from now on! My clothes were bright white and looked great. I did have a few things that had some color on them and it didn't hurt them at all. Thanks for a great recipe, Tish!

From: V'nut-Beyond Redemption

On Jan 29, 2005

I am very impressed! I used it on very very old blood stains. Left it to soak for 48 hours, gave it a good scrub before tossing it into the washing machine and it came out 85% cleared! I almost missed the stain as I made a quick glance. Thanks so much! I'm going to use this formula to clean up donated old clothes to render them fit for wear.

From: Big Sis

On May 15, 2004

Thank you Tish! My son had horrible sweat stains on his white t-shirts. I had tried everything. This worked the first time. I tripled the recipe and soaked over night in washing machine, then washed as normal. It not only removed all yellow stains, but the shirts were BRIGHT white AND I had inclued several of my grease stained tops that were colored. They all turned out wonderful! Thank you again!

From: hkgriffith

On Dec 7, 2002

This has been very good to use for "potty training" stains. I soak overnight and wash as normal and it works great.

From: rsarahl

On Jul 25, 2002

I've been using the name brand oxygen cleaner for a couple of years and the results from this recipe are impressive. I plan to try this using the pre-wash cycle on my washing machine, but have had good results using it as a pre-treater for stains on whites and light colored items. Thanks for sharing a useful recipe.

From: EdsGirlAngie

On May 10, 2004

Having 4 cats, I'm always looking for non-toxic, inexpensive ways to clean up those hairball accidents. I tried this mixture on a spot on the carpet and I could not believe how clean it became! I'm going to have to slide a rug over the new clean spot or else do the whole carpet so it matches, LOL! I also added the rest of it to a load of whites, and the dingy, greyish nylon lingerie-type stuff came out much brighter. This is definitely a winner!