It wasn't until I came to Tokyo that I started doing the laundry myself that I realized that the oil stains on my clothes were extremely difficult to remove. I'm very grateful to my mother for fighting greasy stains in every way for my family, but I don't have the skills or patience to get rid of greasy stains.

The rumored "sodium sesquicarbonate" has been around for about two years. It is said to be more effective than baking soda for oil stains. Can a product for only 100 yen really remove that persistent oil stain? I tried to verify the effect of "Sesquicarbonate soda".
■ What is "Sesquicarbonate Soda"?
Sodium sesquicarbonate is often sold at online shopping sites such as amazon for about 500 yen per kilo, but Daiso costs 220 grams per bag. Perfect for trying. A pure white T-shirt is drawn on the package, showing Daiso's confidence. According to the product description, 5 grams are dissolved in 500 ml of hot water before use. It seems that the temperature of hot water should be 40 to 50 degrees.


■ I tried immersing myself in the rumored "sodium sesquicarbonate"
The enemy this time was a work gloves that was used for bicycle repair and was covered with oil. I washed this with sodium sesquicarbonate and tried to remove oil stains.
First, make a sodium sesquicarbonate solution for soaking. Since it is Zubora, put sodium sesquicarbonate in the container by the amount. It's a smooth powder, so if you want to measure it properly, it may be convenient to use a detergent spoon that you don't need anymore.


Add hot water to it. Sodium sesquicarbonate dissolves easily unlike baking soda. Soak dirty work gloves in the completed sodium sesquicarbonate solution and leave it for about 7 hours. After that, I washed the work gloves normally.



■ What is the result?
When I took it out of the washing machine, the sticky black oil stains were definitely removed. Although it is not pure white, it is orders of magnitude cleaner than unwashed work gloves, and it succeeded in removing oil stains.


■ What is the smell of oil even if the dirt is removed?
The visible stains had been removed, so I checked the odor. The work gloves with the bicycle repaired were soaked in the smell of oil, and when I closed my eyes, I felt as if I was in the bicycle repair shop.


On the other hand, the work gloves washed with sodium sesquicarbonate had a mild detergent scent, and the oily odor had completely disappeared.


■ No More Generational Smell
The aging odor of fathers and the "generational odor" of children around the age, which mothers of the world will be fighting every day. When I asked my sister-in-law to verify it, it seems that the stinking smell of high school boys disappeared. It was found that even if it smells like "when washed with the child's clothes, everything in the washing machine becomes beasty", it is effective. Sodium sesquicarbonate, which is resistant to oil stains, is also resistant to the smell of sebum. It seems.

Sodium sesquicarbonate that cleanly removes oil stains and odors. It may be worth trying even Mr. Zubora if you can break away from persistent oil stains with just one effort. The next time I go home, I will take out sodium sesquicarbonate from my bag and start washing to show my mother how I grew up.

"Sesquicarbonate soda" may or may not be sold at Daiso. But, of course, the price is 108 yen.