The alternative though is customers complaining that "my Clorox doesn't work like it used to", not knowing the reason why. I've always known that bleach "evaporates" when opened but I thought it was pretty stable as long as it's kept in a closed bottle.
Clorox bleach shelf life... I had no idea.
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Great thread. I knew it aged fairly quickly. I also thought it was a gas which simply left the solution.
I've never seen Clorox in a Costco type store figuring they'd want to completely avoid having a caustic spill....especially with the requisite larger size containers.
Anybody ever do the "greasy and chunky black pan in a sealed plastic bag with Clorox overnight" trick? It's amazing.
It's the smartest thing my sister's second husband ever showed me.
I've never seen Clorox in a Costco type store figuring they'd want to completely avoid having a caustic spill....especially with the requisite larger size containers.
Anybody ever do the "greasy and chunky black pan in a sealed plastic bag with Clorox overnight" trick? It's amazing.
It's the smartest thing my sister's second husband ever showed me.
Wow! Apparently bleach expires a little slower than a gallon of milk. The only alternative to this is to research the date codes and buy only that day or week when you need it.
Upon pouring the 6 year old Clorox I noticed a fluffy white substance coming out of the jug as well. It looked like small chunks of wet paper swirling about. Perhaps the chemical compounds separated.
I do wonder what laundry of ours is bleached anymore too. No tighty-whities, almost no white socks (only in winter for me), very few white towels... Only thing I can think of is my wife wears white tank-tops under her scrubs. We certainly don't buy bleach as much as we used to either.
You can use bleach in your washer's self cleaning cycle. Having disassembled older washing machines, you definitely want to clean your washer 
You can use bleach as part of the cleaning cycle, but by itself, bleach isn't a cleaner (detergent). It really won't remove crud and other build-up inside the machine.
Same with liquid pool shock buy it fresh and just enough to get through the season
Bleach in a washer is only active for about 3 minutes. That's why the bleach dispenser energizes in the last minutes of a wash cycle.
Plus bleach kills the enzymes in todays phosphate free detergents that are enzyme based now so its introduced in the last 3-4 minutes of the cycle.
Learned that in laundry school when they phased out phosphates.
Plus bleach kills the enzymes in todays phosphate free detergents that are enzyme based now so its introduced in the last 3-4 minutes of the cycle.
Learned that in laundry school when they phased out phosphates.
With low water use machines scum builds up above the normal operating water level from splash. The clean cycle spins the basket faster to swirl water around the outer tub to break up the build up hence no clothes when using the cycle. Use a dedicated cleaner for best results. Bleach just makes it smell ''bleachy'' so it smells clean.You can use bleach in your washer's self cleaning cycle. Having disassembled older washing machines, you definitely want to clean your washer
In laundry, bleach has two functions, the first being to help whiten clothing (remove stains, etc) and the second is to sanitize. And yes, it kills the cleaning agent (enzymes) in many modern detergents so that's why it's injected last. Same principle applies in dishwashers except they use extremely hot water or steam to 'sanitize' instead of bleach.
But people associate bleach smell with "clean".
Interesting. Is there something else that is more effective?
The instructions for my Whirlpool made washer says to use affresh washer clear tablets or 1 cup (236 ml) of bleach with the clean washer cycle:
The main ingredient in the affresh tablets is sodium percarbonate (oxygen bleach)
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