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Spray bottle, paper towels and 2 sponges.

Bleach Sanitizer

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  • Author: Kara Taylor - Home Cooks Guide
  • Prep Time: 1 minute
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 minute
  • Yield: 2 qts 1x
  • Category: Cleaning
  • Method: Mixing
  • Cuisine: Not Applicable

Description

This is how to make a Bleach Sanitizer which kills 99.9% of germs on hard surfaces in 2 minutes.  This size batch makes enough to sanitize my entire 1100 square foot home and then some. 

One gallon of bleach will make 512 2Qt batches.  That’s 1.4 years of daily sanitizing on one gallon of bleach at less than 1 cent per batch.  You do not need to panic buy bleach during this pandemic.  Just one gallon will do.


Ingredients

Scale

1/2 Tablespoon bleach

2 qts COLD water.  See note below.


Instructions

Mix the bleach and water in a mixing bowl or pot.

Use a rag or sponge to apply the sanitizer to clean hard surfaces to sanitize.  I also use on leather furniture, though I’m sure any furniture manufacturer would advise against this.  

Allow surface to air-dry.

Bleach breaks down quickly when exposed to light.  This solution needs to be made and used within 4 hours.  If you had an opaque container or spray bottle it may last for 24 hours.


Notes

A drop of bleach will ruin your clothes so be careful pouring.  Undiluted bleach is also hard on skin and very bad for eyes so handles with care.

Always use COLD water.  Hot water mixed with bleach will emit a toxic gas.

Never mix bleach with any other chemicals!! 

If you wanted to make a disinfectant instead of a sanitizer, increase the bleach to water ratio by 4 times and use gloves when using as the higher bleach ratio is hard on the skin.