Bleach advice

[Blue407]

Hi All

UK resident, looking for advice on what type of bleach I should be purchasing for purifying water?

I've read a few guides online, but need actual proper examples from UK Supermarkets, don't want to get the wrong kind!

[Decaff]

Hi Blue, thin value unscented thin bleach is what you need. Think supermarket own value brand is recommended on here by many others. HTH

[Blue407]

Hi Blue, thin value unscented thin bleach is what you need. Think supermarket own value brand is recommended on here by many others. HTH

What's it's designated use in the supermarket?
Toilet cleaner or something else?

[Devonian]

Hi Blue, thin value unscented thin bleach is what you need. Think supermarket own value brand is recommended on here by many others. HTH

What's it's designated use in the supermarket?
Toilet cleaner or something else?

Thin Bleach, that is what it is:

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsbur ... ch_2l.html

[ForgeCorvus]

This is for short term storage, bulk water treatment ?
As everybody has said, supermarket own brand/ value thin bleach.

Remember though that bleach breaks down over time (heat and oxygen speed this up), so be planning on rotating your stock.

If you want to know anything else just ask (like long term storage options etc)

[grenfell]

I had always read about using thin bleach and wondered was it just thick bleach watered down , well you would really. Googling the question seems to indicate that the thick stuff has additives to make it clingy and also possibly detergents too. Seems to have answered my wonderings so hopefully it may help someone if they were thinking the same.

[janso]

Would baby sterilising fluid be better than bleach? Just putting this out there as I think it still does the same job but it's less potent to start with?


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[ForgeCorvus]

Would baby sterilising fluid be better than bleach? Just putting this out there as I think it still does the same job but it's less potent to start with?


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_sterilizing_fluid
Its still bleach, just a wimpy form..... So you'd need to add more to get the same effect

Its also about £2 per 500ml, rather then 29p per 2 litres.

Good thought though

These would be better to store for later use then any liquid bleach (note expiry date in 2018)

[Hamradioop]

Would baby sterilising fluid be better than bleach? Just putting this out there as I think it still does the same job but it's less potent to start with?


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_sterilizing_fluid
Its still bleach, just a wimpy form..... So you'd need to add more to get the same effect

Its also about £2 per 500ml, rather then 29p per 2 litres.

Good thought though

These would be better to store for later use then any liquid bleach (note expiry date in 2018)

Not sure where you get your costing from Forge but 1 Tablet treats 5 litres of water for sterilizing Bottles. Currently 93p for 28 tablets at Morrisons.

Milton FAQs here; http://www.milton-tm.com/en/consumer/faqs

[Devonian]

Would baby sterilising fluid be better than bleach? Just putting this out there as I think it still does the same job but it's less potent to start with?


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_sterilizing_fluid
Its still bleach, just a wimpy form..... So you'd need to add more to get the same effect

Its also about £2 per 500ml, rather then 29p per 2 litres.

Good thought though

These would be better to store for later use then any liquid bleach (note expiry date in 2018)

Not sure where you get your costing from Forge but 1 Tablet treats 5 litres of water for sterilizing Bottles. Currently 93p for 28 tablets at Morrisons.

Milton FAQs here; http://www.milton-tm.com/en/consumer/faqs

Now I've never used Milton before, but the tablets you are referring too, say that I tablet can be used with 5L of TAP WATER to sterilise feeding bottles etc......

http://www.milton-tm.com/en/consumer/pr ... ng-tablets

So in the context of the OP, the process of sterilising baby bottles is not comparable to "purifying" untreated water, as the process of sterilising the bottles is using tap water which has already been treated, chlorinated and purified etc...

Now I'm not saying that Milton tablets cannot be used for treating/purifying raw water, but I'm guessing more than one tablet would be needed for 5L???