Do info-mercial cleaning products really work?

Factual Questions
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I am wondering if these infomercial products really work. For example, what is up with pouring iodine into oxyclean? Where does all that crap go?

Is it a trick? I don’t really use iodine too much, so I am also wondering if oxy clean can clean normal things like DIRT, not just iodine.

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I can vouch for the working power of Oxy-Clean; it took month-old hair dye stains out of my carpet, where every other carpet cleaner I used didn’t make a dent in the stain.

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I, too, use Oxy-Clean. I buy it in big tubs at Sam’s. I’ve never tried it with iodine, though.

I believe it’s simply an oxygenating bleach, much like you’d get in something like Clorox 2, only perhaps more concentrated.

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Oxy-clean takes everything out. It took out old iguana stains that had been in our carpet for two years (Mind you, it took a couple of applications to get it out, but…)

It is not, however, a bleach. Hasn’t bleached our carpets nor my clothing.

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I use Oxy-Clean on my laundry. It works really well in getting stains off of colored clothing that you wouldn’t use chlorine bleach on. I also like Orange Glow, its done wonders in cleaning greasy stains in my kitchen.

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The iodine stuff that Oxy-Clean gets out is water-based.

It depends on the stain. It’s good stuff, but nothing will get out ALL STAINS.

I understand the Clorox company now makes an “Oxy-Clean” type product.

~VOW

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      • Sometimes, yes. I remember that Simple Green was originally sold that way. Simple Green doesn’t clean everything quite as well as they say (I remember in particular, it doesn’t work well as a glass cleaner) and it’s somewhat expensive but some greasy things it will clean very very well, better than anything else. - DougC
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Note that Oxy-Clean’s active ingredient (a peroxide generator) is not new. You can find several products that contain the same stuff. DiDi-7 I think is similar.

They work great on some things and not at all on others. I recommend that it be kept around as part of you anti-stain arsenal. Just buy the cheaper tub right next to it on the shelf.

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Hmmmm… Simple Green also smells very well. Any idea if it’s related to Complex Blue? I’m not kidding, either.

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Hmmm… need to preview more often. It’s obvious that a chemical can’t smell very well without a nose… but it can smell good.