Oxi Clean Alternatives

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Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by men8idw » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:10 am

Are the oxi cleaners from different manufacturers pretty much the same thing or do I need to watch out for any quirky ingredients?

I was looking to use the following as a low cost alternative to PBW for general low soiled equipment:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/product_r ... _22546.htm

Anybody with any comments, thoughts or experience with this or other similar supermarket oxi cleaners......?

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Re: Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by Pinto » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:31 am

No, all the oxi's are pretty much the same in my experience - i've used the cheaper brands before and they work fine. I also keep an eye out on the supermarket offers as I like to use the Vanish "extra Hygiene" stuff as its pretty close in action to VDP as a cleaner/sanitiser (waitrose recently ran a "2 tubs for £4" offer)
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Re: Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by Naich » Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:36 am

I've used the Tesco own brand one and it shifts the gunge pretty well. It does seem to need a lot of rinsing to get rid of it but I'm not sure if that is the case with all of them.

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Post by men8idw » Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:22 am

Nice one. Will give the above a try. Incidentally I read somewhere that the best way to know when you have rinsed enough is when the surfaces stop feeling slippy....

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Re: Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by Dr. Dextrin » Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:42 am

I think soft water makes rinsing a lot harder. If I use water from our softener, the surface continues to feel slippery after many rinses. However, one sluice with water from the "hard" tap and the slipperiness immediately vanishes. So I expect everyone's experience will be a little different.

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Re: Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by super_simian » Tue Nov 06, 2012 3:54 pm

Just make sure it's absolutely non-scented.

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Re: Oxi Clean Alternatives

Post by men8idw » Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:39 pm

Have given the cleaner in the above link a go and worked a treat. Very good low cost option it appears

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