For those who have been using Clorox Cleaner/Bleach sprays

[Baitball Blogger]

Have you looked at your clothes lately?

What a heartbreak. I have bleach spots all over my fave comfort clothes.

[Srkdqltr]

1. You didn't know that??

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Nope. Did not expect it.

[True Blue American]

14. I bought 2 packs because

That was all I could find, but then found Kroger brand. I hate the smell of Clorox. Have not used it for years.

[procon]

3. It's bleach. What did you expect? nt

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Something less harsh.

I'm already planning to get my stencils out and intentionally bleach out designs. Maybe even use tape for geometrics.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

13. I did that...

My wife and I have a friend that uses bleach to clean almost anything. She ruined her pontoon boats bimini (canvas shade over the rear). Put it out on her driveway and scrubbed the everliving a color out of it. The threads never made it bleach ate right through.

We made her a t-shirt with “I (Heart) bleach. Made a stencil of the word bleach and let the edges run dripping. It fell apart in a couple years but she loved it.

Get going I’ll bet there is a big market. “It’s Safe! It’s Bleached!” “Bleach Be My Buddy”
“Bleach and Thank You”

Just to get ya started!

[hlthe2b]

4. That is why they call it 'BLEACH'

It is more a problem at stronger concentrations than the recommended 200-300 ppm (1 tbsp to a gallon of water) but mixing it up is a splash risk and some of the wet wipes have more.

I'm not trying to call you out for not knowing, but I'd like to make sure you and others know that you can NOT mix the bleach in a spray bottle that contained or after using an ammonia-containing product. Otherwise, CL gas is liberated, which can be deadly. READ LABELS, folks.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. It's not like it's an auto car washer in my garage when I use the bleach spray.

One or two squirts. Yet, it's like glitter! Bleach spots are the herpes of the Coronavirus era!

[hlthe2b]

7. Wear the spots with pride. You are doing your part to keep yourself and others safe.

[SheltieLover]

10. This!👆

Absolutely! 👍

[procon]

15. Get crafty!

Use diluted bleach and paint brushes to create an artistic design or pattern, a name, or try it with a stencil. Add fabric paint, pretty lace inserts, slits and frayed rips, stick on jewels and crystals, appliques, Bedazzel is fun, embroidery, glitter paint, grommets with leather laces, and maybe some geometric cutouts will give you a whole new look.

There's lots interesting if ways to change the way those bleach spots look.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. My brother and I learned the lesson about mixing bleach

with other chemicals the hard way. When we were in high school we were fooling around with some kind of experiment just for fun and mixed a mildew remover with bleach - and we were suddenly greeted with a strong odor of swimming pools. Realizing what we had wrought, we took the stuff outside ASAP and opened all the windows.

Oops.

[Kaleva]

20. I mixed bleach and soap when cleaning the milk bulk tank at my dad's dairy farm.

Science learned the hard way is a science lesson never forgotten. I staggered out of the milk house and had to prop the door open after I recovered a bit and run a fan placed in the doorway to air the room out.

[PennyK]

8. Look for Fantastik, Mr. Clean

I recently found Windex Multi Surface Disinfectant Cleaner. It's yellow, actually safer to use on countertops, and even my daughter in Brooklyn found some locally. Didn't want to use a bleach product on my dark granite.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. I use rubbing alcohol/water on my granite tops when I disinfect them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. My comfort clothes are raggedy and full of holes

but I don't care because nobody sees me. Maybe you could spatter your clothes with more bleach for a nice polka-dot effect. Nobody is going to see you anyhow.

[Baitball Blogger]

11. Yup. I'm working on my Jack Pollock design in spots and splashes.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

16. Here's another downside to using bleach-based sprays.

If you spray (or over-spray) the stuff on your faucets or valves in the kitchen or bath, it will ruin the rubber seals in those devices. Chlorine-based products cause common rubbers used for seals to swell.

I speak from painful experience, as a good friend years ago liked to use Clorox Cleanup in her kitchen sink regularly and she damaged her fancy sink faucet. I had to replaces all the seats and seals. After researching the issue, I found there's only a few specialized rubbers like Viton that are compatible with bleach.

Be careful and avoid those calls to plumbers.......

[Baitball Blogger]

17. After I liberally applied it to a door lock, the mechanism stopped working.

Some of it must have swept into the key hole.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

18. You may have just stripped away all the lubrication.

Try spraying some lubricating spray and see if it breaks loose. I think some sprays like Clean-up also contain detergents.

The vapors from those sprayers really do carry far.......