40 pages of thread so my apologies for not reading it all. Are people having more success with this than oxiclean? I saw this is for hard water but I'm just curious is the formula works better one softer water.
I like it better than PBW.
40 pages of thread so my apologies for not reading it all. Are people having more success with this than oxiclean? I saw this is for hard water but I'm just curious is the formula works better one softer water.
@TheTrevster
"I've updated the new recipe with all the ratios."
Where is the latest rendition, Please Sir?
The latest recipe is as follows:
all Oxi Laundry Booster, Free Clear: 2x 52 Ounce tubs
Red Devil 0265 TSP 90 Heavy Duty Cleaner: 1x 4-Pound bag
Seventh Generation, Free & Clear Auto Dish Powder: 45 ounces (of a 75 Ounce box)
Don't forget that if you have a membership at Costco the big box of oxo free is $25 shipped. I think it's 14lbs.
Not any longer it seems They've replaced it with Oxi-Clean Versatile Max Efficiency.
All three of these are on Amazon... about $38 for around 13lbs of product. Not bad when PBW is ~$32 for 8lbs.
Fixed that for you
Updated Recipe.
Thanks to all who tried out the new products!
all Oxi Laundry Booster, Free Clear, 52 Ounce This is available on Amazon for $7.99 each, but I can buy it locally for $5.99 each.
Red Devil 0265 TSP 90 Heavy Duty Cleaner, 4-Pounds
Seventh Generation, Free & Clear Auto Dish Powder 75 Ounces
Unfortunately with shipping it ends up around $45 anyway
If that's all you get, sure. I buy several of them though, and only when already buying other things. The difference in shipping is negligible (<$5), and when buying say 5 of them, that only increases it by about $0.25/lb.
I'd say save your money and omit 7th Generation.
Simply make your homemade PBW with 70% Oxiclean Free (or a generic) and 30% Sodium Metasilicate (TSP/90). Done!
I take it one step further. Not the absolute cheapest at $2.65/lb, but certainly easy:
Sodium Percarbonate powder on ebay, 10#, $24
TSP/90 4#, ~$13
14#, $37; $2.65/#
When I made this a few months ago, the Red Devil TSP was actual TSP. Looks like they changed it.
MSDS on Red Devil TSP/90 Heavy Duty
Sodium Percarbonate 50%
Sodium Carbonate 50%
Savorgran TSP-PF Phosphate Free
SODIUM SESQUICARBONATE 90% - 95%
SODIUM METASILICATE (or silicate, water glass) 0.1% - 5%
EDTA, TETRASODIUM 0.1% - 5%
Based on this information the percentages shown in the recipe are not accurate as none of these are 100% Sodium Metasilicate. In fact Savogran will add just a tiny bit, while the TSP/90 will just add more carbonate and percarbonate, so basically "Oxiclean".
I wonder what an actual bag of TSP/90 lists for ingredients. I'll find out soon enough as I need to buy some.
In 2013 I bought a 1 pound container of Lundmark TSP at Ace Hardware. It doesn't list ingredients but mentions Caution: Contains Sodium-Metasilicate. No other warnings. From using it, it's very strong and must be close to 100%.
I've been used that "TSP" for my homemade PBW at a 30% rate and Sun Oxiclean at 70%. A few months ago I mixed the last portion of the "TSP" into a new batch of PBW.
Time to go shopping again and check labels!
Now, I am seeing a white film on the outside of my beer bottles which comes off fairly easy with the application of acid (vinegar, star san etc)
Caveat:. I haven't done this recipe using the 7th Generation.... I've only used 70:30 oxi to tsp. Once that runs out, I'll switch to this recipe.
folks were saying TSP/90 is Sodium Percarbonate & Sodium Carbonate which I do not believe is correct (unless they've updated the product but not yet the MSDS or TDS).
MSDS TSP/90 Heavy Duty - Old
https://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=brands&id=18007021
New Resealable Bag
https://householdproducts.nlm.nih.g...d=18007059&query=Red+devil&searchas=TblBrands
So, I was referencing this before which is likely why I was off
https://www.menards.com/msds/101152...ggaMAA&usg=AFQjCNGJKGwDExFannVU7Sx0p5uDbpGCFQ
So to clarify what the TSP/90 (vs. regular TSP)
I didnt see this part clarified. I have actual TSP. Same ratio?
Thx
Enter your email address to join: