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In reply to the discussion: Clorox bleach-scented water [View all]Up2Late
(17,797 posts)Making extra profits by protecting us from ourselves has become how American Corps do business.
But really, why would anyone buy scented bleach and not expect them to replace some of the bleach with the scent?
I always by the regular old 6%, unscented Clorox Bleach, but anyone who would buy the scented kind is most likely doing so because the unscented stuff smells "too bleachy."
Ever looked at the label of Clorox Clean-up with Bleach? It only has 1.84% with 98.16% "Other Ingredients," not sure what they mean by "Yields 1.75% available Chlorine" thought.
Want another shock, try to find a toilet bowl cleaner that works these days!
Ever since they took out most or all of the old active ingredient that actually worked (Hydrogen Chloride), most hardly make a dent in a dirty toilet anymore.
Lysol Toilet Bowl cleaner used to have 10-15% of Hydrogen Chloride, now most of the ones that "Cling" or that are scented have, at most, 8% Hydrogen Chloride if they have any at all. I now buy "the cheep stuff" called "the Works" which has 20% Hydrogen Chloride in it.
Warning: "the Works" with 20% Hydrogen Chloride WILL burn your skin if you don't wash it off pretty soon after exposure.
Btw, I'm not some sort of chemical geek, I just learned about this stuff when I worked at several Pro Photo Labs over the years. We used to use Lysol Toilet Bowl Cleaner to clean the photo processing machines about once a month, but about 10 years ago I noticed that it was getting a lot harder to clean the gunk off the machines when the boss gave us some of the scented toilet bowl cleaners. That was when I checked the ingredients percentages on the bottles and made the switch to "the cheep stuff" called "the Works."