Dishes…
When brewing beer, I wash up my beer brewing tools and gear with the sodium percarbonate-based Oxyclean. This is because it is a non-surfactant detergent which does a really good job. It leaves absolutely no residue, is a great degreaser (soap residue and oils will kill all signs of head in a beer), and just cleans really really well.
Well, I’ve also been washing my beer glasses with Oxyclean as well, because then the glasses are as absolutely clean as possible.
What I’m wondering is… Well… Can anyone see any harm in using Oxyclean for all my dishes?
I don’t believe there are any products I normally use in cooking which it could damage, and it seems like it’d do a great job cleaning… And yes, it would cost a little more per load of dishes, but the cleaning capabilities don’t seem to degrade as much as with soap once the dishwater starts to get a bit dirty. Oh, and even better, Oxyclean doesn’t have any fragrance…
I don’t see why not. We use ours in laundry, and it makes a really good anti-stain soak/ cat pee remover. As far as I know, it won’t poison you unless you ingest a lot of it directly (but if someone knows differently, do point it out).
it works well on the pee?
i should get some for my dog’s accidents
I’d imagine it’d work great on it… It does a really great job removing most other filth.
*kinda gross*
I’ve got a spray bottle of oxystuff. i find that it works great on blood–when I’ve cut my neck while shaving. just a little squirt gets the red out of a white shirt collar.
…and a dash of garlic powder to keep the vampires away.
Re: *kinda gross*
I tried putting oxyclean in a spray bottle, but I found that the continuing reaction causes it to leak out of the bottle. :(