USING BLEACH MIXTURE TO BANISH MOLD SPOTSPETER HOTTON, GLOBE CORRESPONDENT
Use a stiff brush or another abrasive tool to attack all of the dingy-looking grout lines and give the mixture at least 10 minutes to cure so the bleach tackles the grout. Go over all of the areas with your brush (toothbrushes are the best). Don’t rinse. Let the paste keep working ...
The operative word to fix in mind is to "clean" or "remove" the problem mold. "Killing" the mold is not the object- first of all because our lab work shows that you're unlikely to kill all of the mold on a surface using bleach, unless you use it at a concentration and duration ...
Remove mold and mildew from outdoor siding, tile, brick, stucco, and patios. Clean with a mixture of three-quarters cup Clorox bleach per gallon of water. Remove coffee or tea stains from china cups. Soak clean china cups for five to ten minutes in a solution of one tablespoon Clorox ...
Mix 2/3 cup of powdered household cleaner, 1/3 cup of powdered laundry detergent, 1 quart of bleach and 1 gallon of water. You can safely apply this mixture to exterior walls, vinyl siding and roof shingles. If you want to try using bleach without other detergent, dilute it with at le...
Wring out the items and place them in the washing machine. Pour laundry detergent and bleach or color-safe bleach into the correct compartments of your washing machine. Wash the items that were in bleach separately from the items that were in the vinegar/soap mixture. ...
The solution inside is slimy compared to a bleach/water mixture. Maybe that's to help it stay on vertical surfaces longer, but when it leaks onto your your hands with every pull, it's surprisingly difficult to rinse off. The bottle itself is actually translucent with a wrapper rather ...
Another very important safety rule to always keep in mind is to never mix chlorine bleach with either ammonia or vinegar, since such a mixture of either can result in a highly poisonous gas.I've written an entire article about how bleach and ammonia don't mix, to help you understand the...
In accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention, the source of oxidant may be an alkali metal hypochlorite, an alkaline earth salt of hypochlorite, or a mixture thereof. A particularly effective source of oxidant that may be employed in the invention is sodium hypochlorite with the che...
Clean stubborn stains on older bathtubs with a magic stain erasing sponge. These sponges do not contain bleach chemicals and will successfully remove most any stain from your bathtub's surface. Warning A mixture of table salt and turpentine can lessen yellowish stains on your bathtub, especially ...