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If you are looking for a safe and natural laundry whitener to replace bleach, Oxygen Whitener is going to be your new best friend. If you aren’t looking for something to replace bleach, you should be looking! Oxygen Whitener is safe, natural and poses none of the health hazards and toxicity warnings that you’ll find with bleach. Want to brighten up your whites? Oxygen Whitener will do that for you but there’s so much more that you can use it for! It’s a cleaning booster and has so many uses besides whitening the laundry!
What is it? Clean Mama’s Oxygen Whitener uses sodium percarbonate (washing soda + hydrogen peroxide) and other earth derived ingredients – sodium carbonate, citric acid, and pure lemon essential oil.
These ingredients break down hard water minerals to bring back your whites as well as breaking down stains and grunge. Keep a bag or two on hand – there are so many uses!


- Whites: Add 1 scoop to every load of whites. I use a scoop for my son’s WHITE baseball pants and there isn’t a single stain. I’ve been asked how I keep his pants white – this is my secret! I add a scoop to white towels, white sheets…. Shoot, I add a scoop to most loads, even colors 🙂
- Extra Dirty Clothes: Add 2 scoops for an especially dingy or dirty load.
- Pre-Treat: Want to pre-treat your laundry without pre-treating it? Add a scoop to each load of laundry. This is especially helpful for kids’ clothing.
- Stains: Wet fabric with water, sprinkle or make a paste and rub directly into stains. Let sit for at least 15 minutes or up to overnight. Launder as usual.
KITCHEN:
- Stuck on Food in Pots and Pans? Sprinkle a little in the bottom of a wet pan. Scrub to activate the Oxygen Whitener and let sit for at least 15 minutes or up to overnight. Scrub, rinse the Oxygen Whitener completely off and wash as usual with dish soap.
- Kitchen Sink Scrub: Add a scoop to a wet sink and make a paste. Scrub and rinse thoroughly.
- Tile and Grout: Wet surface, sprinkle and scrub. Rinse and repeat if necessary. I love using the Oxygen Whitener on our fireplace hearth – I find that by using a sponge and a bowl with warm, soapy water (castile or dish soap). Wet with the sponge and water, give it a little sprinkle and make a paste. A LITTLE goes a long way, just a sprinkle is all you need! Scrub, rinse, dry.
BATHROOMS:
- Toilet Whitener: Sprinkle a scoop or two in your toilet, let it sit for a bit or overnight, scrub and flush. I keep a mason jar in the bathroom with a scoop (in a cabinet out of the reach of any children). This is my favorite use besides in the laundry room – this works SO well! You can also add a squirt of castile soap under the rim to up the cleaning power.
- Soap Scum and Mineral Deposits: Wet surface, sprinkle with the powder and scrub clean.
- Tile and Grout: Wet surface, sprinkle and scrub. Sometimes I’ll add a squirt of castile soap to the paste to up the cleaning power. Rinse and repeat if necessary. The shower in our bathroom has a creamy light gray tile (not my favorite) and our water leaves a little orange hue within a week after scrubbing – this works really well to combat the orange. Can you see it working – notice the orange around the edges.
FLOORS:
- Floors: Mix 1 scoop with a gallon of warm/hot water to mop floors. This works best on vinyl and tile floors, do not use it on hardwood floors.
- Carpet: Add 1 scoop to hot water (typically about a gallon of water) in a carpet machine to shampoo carpets. This works wonders on dingy carpet!
Want to give it a try? You can find Clean Mama Oxygen Whitener and other laundry products here in my shop.
Lisa Vander Molen Says...
Do I add the scoop of whitener directly into the tub of washing machine? Before or after adding items to be washed?
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorEither way is fine!
Miina Says...
Ha, we have same problem with our tile (it’s even the same colour!)! So now I knkw what to use ????
Laura Brodie Says...
Hi: Do you ship to Toronto, Canada and approximately how long is the delivery time? I’m interested in your Oxygen whitener but I would like to know the shipping charge before I order the item. Please advise. Thank you.
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorI do ship to Canada – I ship internationally! Shipping is dependent on what you order – you can see that before the order is placed.
Tra Says...
Hi Becky
Can you use your whitening powder with a septic system? Will it kill the bacteria?
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorIt’s septic system safe – yay!
Lauren Says...
Please forgive my naivety, haha, but when you say “add a scoop” do you you mean “in addition to the laundry detergent? Or do you simply use the whitener alone?
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorYes, WITH your laundry detergent 🙂
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Mary Says...
Any idea when the oxygen whitener will be back in stock?
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorNext week!
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Sharon Says...
Why don’t you give your followers a recipe for your Whitener, as you do for
everything else?
Do you think it will work well for the floor of my shower? It is plastic and I have scrubbed with bleach on my hands and knees with no improvement. It has a yellowed appearance instead of bright white.
Thank you for keeping me on track when the cleaning lady can no longer come!
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorThere isn’t a recipe for the Oxygen Whitener as the ingredients aren’t readily available – specifically the Sodium Percarbonate:
sodium percarbonate, sodium carbonate, citric acid, and pure lemon essential oil
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Chris Simmons Says...
Can Oxygen Whitener be used on glass shower doors to get off the water marks???
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorYes!
Kristyn Says...
When I clean the toilet with this, how should I clean the sides? Make a paste? Is that possible? How do you do this? The little grains get everywhere.
Thank you!
Clean Mama Says...
Post authorI use a scoop and carefully sprinkle it up the sides, making sure they’re wet before sprinkling.
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Kathryn Says...
Oxygen Whitener is also great for cleaning the coffee stains out of my stainless steel coffee pot. I add a small amount, fill with hot water and shake to dissolve. I let it sit overnight. Empty and rinse in the morning and it’s sparkling clean.