Anyone tried other brands of "oxy" cleaners?

[knifewine]

I stopped by Big Lots because I heard they have Oxy Free for cheap. They seemed to be out, but I picked up Seventh Generation Natural Oxy Stain Remover on sale for cheap. It appears to have similar ingredients to the other brands, but I wanted to ask if anyone has used this specific brand for cleaning equipment? I noticed the label warning about using the solution on metal -- if this is similar to other oxy products any idea why there would be a warning about metal? (maybe they were just trying to be concise and didn't want to mention specifics?).

Here's the ingredients:

Sodium percarbonate (mineral-based oxygen stain removal agent), sodium carbonate (mineral water softener), sodium silicate (mineral alkalinity builder) and sodium sulfate (mineral processing aid).

Side note: I read on some other posts about brewers making their own knockoff PBW with oxy cleaners and sodium metasilicate. Interestingly, this product already contains a bit of sodium silicate (but according to the MSDS sheet its less than one percent, and supposedly PBW has like 30%).

 

[bullywee]

Ive used Sun "oxygen" that I found cheap @ big lots. Ive used it to soak glass carboys, Better Bottles and keggles with no issues.

 

[stamandster]

They usually have a substitute of Oxy Free at local Stop & Shop around here for at least half what the oxyclean stuff goes for. Works just fine.

 

[msa8967]

I use the generic version of oxyclean that I find Dollar Tree for $1. Works just fine.

 

[knifewine]

Thanks everyone. Sounds like I'm worried about nothing.

msa8967 cool to see you're in Iowa. I just recently moved from des Moines back to Utah. Man i miss all the great beer there. I'd punch a hobo for a toppling goliath or a hopburst about now.