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About 10 years ago I became aware of a new kind of cleaning chemistry to replace old school bleaches
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It was oxygen based and a bunch of different companies came out with their version of it and I was pretty impressed
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It worked very well and it wasn't toxic in any way. So those first wave of oxygen based cleaners were based on a powder
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Something like this here. I've used this before. It's called Mold Stain Eraser
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You can see the powder here kind of looks like laundry detergent
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You dissolve it in water. It takes a little while, 10 or 15 or 20 minutes to dissolve
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Then you just put it on the stained surface. This has worked very well in the past but there's a new family, a new generation of oxygen based cleaners that are easier to use
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And actually a little bit more effective and that's what I want to show you now
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The next generation of oxygen based cleaners that I've found have two liquid parts that work together
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This is called Dual Blast. It's the latest that I've found and the most effective too
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And it comes with a jug. It comes in a jug that is divided right down the middle
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So there's no dissolving powder. You just tip it up this way so that both sides of the jug are on each side of the opening
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And you just pour some in. Equal parts come out and it's pretty well self mixing
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You might want to slosh it around a little bit but that product is now ready to go
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And I want to show you how it works on some of this weathered wood
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There's grey weathering here. There's some mildew. There might be some mold
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And I'm always surprised at how well these kind of oxygen based cleaners work
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They brighten the wood but they also don't remove the natural wood green patterns
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So in a sense not only are they safer than bleach but these oxygen based products actually do a better job
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Now the nice thing about these products is that they revert to water and oxygen after a period of time
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So you have a couple of hours to use it and you can see it foaming up there
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That's releasing some of the oxygen compounds. And it takes a little while for this to work but you can see that it is working
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And it is completely safe. I mean you can brush it on. There's no burning. There's no issues at all
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You just have to get this stuff on within that two hour period of time
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Because after that it's kind of like Cinderella. Her carriage is going to turn to a pumpkin and this stuff is going to turn to oxygen and water
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Which is what you want. I mean there's nothing harmful about that. You do have that window of time where you have to get the job done
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I'm just going to let that sit for a while and then we'll come back a little bit later
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Hose it off and you'll be able to see the difference that it makes
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So here you can see the results. Earlier in the video it was morning when I brushed this stuff on
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And I've left it all morning long. It's now after lunch. I've been going about my business and come back and this is the result
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There's no scrubbing here. This is just a natural reaction of the dual blast to this grey weathered wood
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There's still a little bit of discoloration here but it's mostly gone
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And you'll see that the knots still retain their colour. And you can still see the wood grain here
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Which is not something that you see with bleach. It just makes everything a whole lot lighter in a bland sort of way
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There you have it. Oxygen based cleaners at their best
