How to Use Oxiclean in a Front Loading Washing Machine

OxiClean powdered oxygen bleach brightens fabric and helps remove stains without the risks of removing colors or blotching fabric associated with chlorine bleach. In a top loading washer, you simply add the OxiClean directly to the wash water after the machine has filled. But the door on a front loading washing machine locks at the beginning of the wash cycle and can't be opened before the end of the cycle unless you cancel the cycle altogether. So you have to take a different approach in order to use OxiClean in a front loading washing machine.

Things You'll Need

• 2 cups hot water
• Jar with lid

Instructions

1. Mix one ounce of OxiClean with two cups hot water in a jar and shake to dissolve. On machines with a dispenser that allows liquids to be added once the cycle has started, pour the dissolved OxiClean into the dispenser.

2. Pour the dissolved OxiClean into your washer's bleach dispenser.

3. Mix one ounce OxiClean powder with your powdered detergent in the detergent dispenser of your front loading washing machine.

4. Dump one ounce OxiClean powder into the washing machine before you add clothes.

Tips & Warnings

• OxiClean works best in hot water.

• Do not mix OxiClean with liquid bleach or with detergents that contain chlorine bleach.

References

• OxiClean.com: FAQs

Resources

• New Mexico State University: Getting Clothes Clean