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Oxiclean Free

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By Sarah Aguirre, About.com

The Bottom Line

Oxiclean free is a great option as an all purpose laundry solution for people with skin sensitivities and allergies. Oxiclean free can be used in a variety of ways, from removing stains, to mopping linoleum floors. Check instructions carefully, but there’s a good chance that this dye, fragrance, and chlorine free powder can be used in many different ways in your home. If you want the toughest solution for stains with the gentlest results for your hands and skin, oxiclean free is a good bet.

Pros

  • Oxiclean free contains no dyes, fragrances or chlorine to trigger reactions in sensitive skin.
  • Oxiclean free in its powder form can be used as a laundry stain remover, laundry booster, upholstery

Cons

  • To get full power as a stain remover, items should be soaked for at least 1 hour, making it inconven

Description

  • Use to clean unfinished wood, linoleum, and lawn furniture.
  • Use on upholstery, washable fabrics, and as a laundry booster.
  • Oxiclean free can be used as a carpet stain remover.

Guide Review - Oxiclean Free

The inconvenience of powder and the tendency for it to not fully rinse from any surface, made me skeptical about it’s ability to clean and rinse away. Even with its promise of being fragrance, dye, and chlorine free, I doubted it could pass my son’s “skin test”. Added to a load of my son’s clothes as a stain booster, to remove grass, mud, and popscicle stains, I doubted he would be able to wear anything without becoming “itchy” and being removed. The stains came out and the shirts stayed on, much to my delight. Mixed up as a mopping solution, oxiclean free did a nice job on some linoleum floors. As a carpet stain remover it did fine, but I felt it was difficult to remove the residue of the cleaner. There are a lot of surfaces Oxiclean free is not recommended for, so read directions thoroughly. Overall though its performance in the laundry room was great, and it performed well in other areas of my home.
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