What is the Oxyclean boil bomb? It’s basically using a deep cleaner to extra super duper deep clean clothing items without harming them. I call it a bomb, because it's bombing and (hopefully) destroying tough stains. An acquaintance had discussed this deep cleaning action in her blog, and I’d been excitedly waiting for an opportunity to use it.
Dear Child had a couple of items of clothing that had stains that refused to come out and as I was tossing them into the garbage, I caught myself and realized (yay!) I finally had great items to experiment on.
Here are the basic instructions:
Fill a big pot full of water on the stove. Add 1/4-1/2 cup Oxyclean. Slowly bring to a boil. Make sure the room is well ventilated. Lower heat to low simmer. Add clothing with stains that haven't come out no matter what, or that have been stained for years, but you can't bring yourself to throw out. Low simmer, or cover and turn heat off, for one hour. Stains should be all gone.
After doing this, I rinsed the items in cold water to set and stop the cleaning action, and then ran the clothing through a regular laundry cycle.
The items that I used now look better than new, as they're even brighter and spiffier.
Let me know how it works for you!
Awesome. First thing I've found that works.
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