Cleaning old crushed coral

[fellterrier]

Has anyone heard of cleaning old crushed coral with Oxi Clean? Saw this in a thread somewhere so I am curious as I have some that needs to be cleaned.

[DCReefer1964]

It would be better to use Hydrogen Peroxide.  Or rinse it very well and place in a pan in the oven on the self cleaning setting for 4 hours. That said is it worth all the work? What are you planning on using it for ?

[DCReefer1964]

Here's a tip if you want to save some real money over buying liquid Hydrogen Peroxide. Buy Sodium Percarbonate.

 

 

"Sodium percarbonate is very neat stuff. It is a powder that releases hydrogen peroxide, and it is very concentrated.

 

To be complete, sodium percarbonate releases hydrogen peroxide and soda ash. As we know, hydrogen peroxide breaks down into oxygen and water. As you may expect, then, sodium percarbonate breaks down into oxygen, water, and soda ash."

 

http://www.using-hydrogen-peroxide.c...carbonate.html

 

You can go to your local dollar store and pick-up some of their dry chlorine-free bleach. Mine sells it 1#/$1, comes with its own scoop inside.

http://www.lastotallyawesome.com/htm...enCleaner.html

 

Or, it sounds like you can buy this cheap and in bulk at pool supply shops, which might make me trust it a bit more than a dollar store product.

 

Buying it dry is much more economical than buying hydrogen peroxide liquid at Walmart or such, and you can increase the strength easily.

 

I use this at pretty decent strength, and its surprisingly strong. You'd have a hard time getting an equivelent strength like 35% Hydrogen Peroxide shipped to you as its considered a hazardous material. But you can make your own easily.

 

http://www.amazon.com/Sodium-Percarbonate-Uncoated-Kosher-18-5/dp/B00GP2JZKI.

 

 

Edited November 6, 2014 by DCReefer1964

[fellterrier]

Did a little bit of research and found out that sodium percarbonate is the active ingredient in Oxi clean. I guess that's why someone used it for crush coral.

[DCReefer1964]

Did a little bit of research and found out that sodium percarbonate is the active ingredient in Oxi clean. I guess that's why someone used it for crush coral.

Correct just get sodium percarbonate . I posted a link for you . That way you can boost the contration higher than 3 %

[fellterrier]

Thx a bunch

 

 

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