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How to Make Homemade Chlorine Bleach
Preparedness Daily ^ | 8/10/11 | Tactical Intelligence

Posted on 08/10/2011 10:04:52 AM PDT by Kartographer

One of the main components that you’ll want to have around the house (or apartment) during a SHTF situation is chlorine bleach. Not only can it be used for cleaning water (although boiling is hands down more effective and healthier) it is excellent for keeping things sanitary.

Unfortunately, the average shelf life of liquid bleach (being stored between 50 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit) is around 6 months. After that, bleach will lose 20% of it’s strength at around the year mark and then 20% each year after that. So if you’re not vigilant about keeping it rotated, chances are when you need it for disinfecting water or to keep things clean you’ll be fresh out of bleach and luck.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: bleach; cussing; emergencyprep; poolshock; prepping
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Lack of clean water and lack of santation will kill as many or more than 'zombies' during shtf.
1 posted on 08/10/2011 10:05:03 AM PDT by Kartographer
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2 posted on 08/10/2011 10:08:14 AM PDT by GraceG
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3 posted on 08/10/2011 10:08:57 AM PDT by katykelly
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how would you use bleach to ‘clean water’?

do you mean add it to water and clean with that, or to make it drinkable... which is implied with the boiling statement


4 posted on 08/10/2011 10:09:55 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

PING!!!


5 posted on 08/10/2011 10:11:34 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: sten

Couple tablespoons to 50 gallons. Tastes horrible, but it kills the stuff that will make you sick and/or kill you. Given a choice between bad tasting water, and getting sick in an emergency situation, I’ll take yucky water every time.


6 posted on 08/10/2011 10:12:14 AM PDT by Hodar (Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
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To: sten

You can add a little bleach to water to make it drinkable. Make sure you know what you are doing first.


7 posted on 08/10/2011 10:12:49 AM PDT by Fido969
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To: sten

You use it to clean as well as to disinfect drinking water.


8 posted on 08/10/2011 10:13:18 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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If I cannot buy bleach what makes this person think I can find the substances to make my own?


9 posted on 08/10/2011 10:15:01 AM PDT by Venturer
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Three caps full to a gallon of water and let it set for an hour. Thanks to Duel Survival


10 posted on 08/10/2011 10:15:16 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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Just be careful never to mix bleach and ammonia. It creates a strong poison gas.

I once did it and fortunately as soon as I got just a whiff, I got out of there. It wasn’t until later that I learned for sure that it was extremely dangerous.


11 posted on 08/10/2011 10:15:16 AM PDT by yarddog
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Nice info but I think I’ll stick to vinegar which you can put in water to kill germs, rinse your hands in it to kill bacteria, edible - non toxic - multiple uses and cheaper than bleach.


12 posted on 08/10/2011 10:15:49 AM PDT by 30Moves
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To: GraceG

I keep a small spray bottle with a bleach solution and spray all my knives and cutting boards that i am working with.


13 posted on 08/10/2011 10:18:50 AM PDT by 70th Division (I love my country but fear my government!)
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Three caps full to a gallon of water and let it set for an hour. Thanks to Duel Survival——————

It does not take 3 capfuls to a gallon.

More like 12 drops to a gallon.


14 posted on 08/10/2011 10:20:45 AM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: Venturer

Liquid bleach has a terrible shelf life compared to pool shock.

So when storing supplies for emergencies, store pool shock with a 10 year life vs bleach with 6 month.

That’s the point of the article


15 posted on 08/10/2011 10:20:52 AM PDT by Mount Athos (A Giant luxury mega-mansion for Gore, a Government Green EcoShack made of poo for you)
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What does SHTF mean?


16 posted on 08/10/2011 10:20:54 AM PDT by ansel12 ( Bristol Palin's book "Not Afraid Of Life: My Journey So Far" became a New York Times, best seller.)
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To: sten

Excellent article and right on the money.

Chlorine has a million practical uses. When weaponized, it’s a bummer.

When I was an Army Cadet (our Corps established pre-WWI) we learned the “quick response - no mask” approach to a Chlorine attack.

When you smell Pineapple, what would YOU do with a rag?


17 posted on 08/10/2011 10:22:37 AM PDT by golux
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-- If I cannot buy bleach what makes this person think I can find the substances to make my own? --

The article is all about shelf life. Liquid bleach loses its properties, so that in a few years a bottle of bleach is not a reliable disinfectant. Solid (granules) of pool shock have a 10 year shelf life with no degradation at all.

18 posted on 08/10/2011 10:22:42 AM PDT by Cboldt
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Well that's the idea of prepping you store things on hand for such contingencies.

As for me I've already brought two 2lbs. bags and placed them in a empty plastic coffee can and added to my preps.

19 posted on 08/10/2011 10:23:36 AM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: ansel12

Obama Hits The Fan


20 posted on 08/10/2011 10:23:55 AM PDT by listenhillary (Look your representatives in the eye and ask if they intend to pay off the debt. They will look away)
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