How to Prepare Homemade Non-Chlorine Bleach
If you like your white clothes really white and your colored clothes really bright, but don't want to use bleach, then you should prepare homemade non-chlorine bleach. It is very simple to make from the same ingredients found in the well-known, non-chlorine bleach products sold in stores. The only difference is that there are not any hazardous or toxic chemicals in the one you make. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Measure out equal parts of hydrogen peroxide and water.
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Pour the mixture into a clean container, such as a clean plastic milk bottle that you have washed out. Use a funnel to make the process of filling the bottle easier.
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Cover the container.
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Shake the bottle to mix the ingredients together.
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Label the container very clearly, so everyone knows that it contains non-chlorine bleach.
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Store your non-chlorine bleach on a high shelf in your laundry area. Make sure that it is safely away from the reach of children.
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Tips & Warnings
Use your homemade non-chlorine bleach just as you would a store-bought product.
Add a few drops of your favorite essential oil, such as lavender, ylang ylang or summer rain to your non-chlorine bleach to give it a scent that you love.
Your homemade non-chlorine bleach is safe to use on whites and colored clothes.
Using environmentally friendly products is good for you, your family and our environment.
Chlorine bleach adds to the contamination of groundwater supply.
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Comments
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Put the mix in an opaque bottle not a milk bottle. Hydrogen Peroxide breaks down in light.
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Adam Hoier
Nov 01, 2008
At first I had my "doubts" in this recipe ;) But I think I am now relieved.....I went to WalMart today, and found a "Great Value" brand of Fresh Scent "Color-safe Bleach" (what we consider non-chlorine bleach). Lo-and-behold, it actually listed the INGREDIENTS (some of these soaps and cleaners are extremely vague) - Hydrogen Peroxide, Surfacants, fragrance, colorant. Well, surfacants aren't all that necessary, and can actually be bad, for those on septic systems. As far as fragrance, well, add your own essential oil/fragrance to the above concoccion. Colorant is just something extra to keep the color....but not totally necessary either. So there we have it, our two main ingredients, hydrogen peroxide and Water :P The bottle costed me $3.12 for 66 oz. -
Adam Hoier
Nov 01, 2008
Neat idea, though, I don't know how cost-effective. Though, I suppose it is "greener" Hydrogen peroxide can be gotten for 50cents each (16 oz. I think.....not positive) at the local dollar store. Water - I'd opt for distilled, since tap water has contaminants that could interfere. - about 96cents per gallon I think. There's 16 cups in a gallon, half and half would be 8 cups of each. 8 cups of peroxide would require about 4 bottles of peroxide at 50cents a piece (if the 16oz. bottles are 50c...I'm not positive atm). Granted, you wouldn't need a whole gallon, but since I have empty vinegar bottles, it couldn't hurt to pre-mix the solution by the gallons :P We do a lot of laundry with 8 people here lol. Looking online though, liquid non-chlorine bleach is around 4USD, for smallish quantity bottles, and this solution would be made by the gallon :P Sounds like a good d
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Adam Hoier
Nov 01, 2008
Neat idea, though, I don't know how cost-effective. Though, I suppose it is "greener" Hydrogen peroxide can be gotten for 50cents each (16 oz. I think.....not positive) at the local dollar store. Water - I'd opt for distilled, since tap water has contaminants that could interfere. - about 96cents per gallon I think. There's 16 cups in a gallon, half and half would be 8 cups of each. 8 cups of peroxide would require about 4 bottles of peroxide at 50cents a piece (if the 16oz. bottles are 50c...I'm not positive atm). Granted, you wouldn't need a whole gallon, but since I have empty vinegar bottles, it couldn't hurt to pre-mix the solution by the gallons :P We do a lot of laundry with 8 people here lol. Looking online though, liquid non-chlorine bleach is around 4USD, for smallish quantity bottles, and this solution would be made by the gallon :P Sounds like a good d
