Question from Jen
Debra, thanks for all the good work!
I’m checking out non-chlorine stain removers as a temporary fix for worn porcelain sinks. I visited the Oxiclean website, which claims the main ingredient is a “solidified form of hydrogen peroxide”.
But the NIH website says it’s sodium percarbonate. Are these related?
There are also unspecified surfactants.
The Science of OxiClean
NLM-NIH Household Products Database
Debra’s Answer
Hydrogen peroxide and sodium percarbonate are not exactly the same thing. Sodium percarbonate is sodium carbonate and hydrogen peroxide together. So the addition of the sodium carbonate may make the hydrogen peroxide into “a solidified form”. It’s essentially the same thing.
Most of the green bleach products are simply some form of hydrogen peroxide, the hydogren peroxide being the active ingredient. So you could just use hydrogen peroxide itself.
