Has anyone else noticed that this product degrades in the jug? I do not use much bleach and it seems that this thicker formula goes bad before I can use the whole container. It develops an "off" odor and loses all bleaching capabilities. I was reminded of this when I saw today's POD for Salvo and the lady's jug of liquid bleach was a milky blue. The Clorox does not turn milky, but it sure turns into something useless. The last time I purchased bleach, I bought the store brand without any additives, hoping it would last.
Liquid Splashless Clorox chlorine bleach
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franksdad
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I've been using the Clorox splassless liquid bleach (both regular and lemon scent) and I haven't noticed any problems with it. I bought a bottle of the new Clorox Gentle splassless bleach last week but have not tried it yet. I usually go thru a bottle of Clorox bleach monthly. I bleach all my towels, white sheets, my wife's white t-shirts, and my white "Y fronts." However, I will take note of this and see if I notice anything. Thanks for the heads-up. Jim
I did have this happen to me years ago. I use to bleach a lot but as I learned other techniques, I use it less and less. I stopped buying just for that reason as I could not go thru it fast enough. A typical jug of Clorox will last me several months as I only use it on cleaning rags and dishtowels.
I recall buying Clorox splash less years ago, but never had an issue.
To be honest I can't recall the last times I bought or used chlorie bleach. My Duet FL has a steam cycle that gets even the grungiest stuff clean with only oxygen bleach. I used to go through dish cloths quickly when I used chlorie bleach, now they look great and last for years.
To be honest I can't recall the last times I bought or used chlorie bleach. My Duet FL has a steam cycle that gets even the grungiest stuff clean with only oxygen bleach. I used to go through dish cloths quickly when I used chlorie bleach, now they look great and last for years.
call the company.....they may be able to offer a solution or at the very least, replace it for you.....worth a shot....
have the bottle ready, they will want numbers off of it, it helps them search for a quality control issue.....you may not be the only one with this problem......
have the bottle ready, they will want numbers off of it, it helps them search for a quality control issue.....you may not be the only one with this problem......
Thanks to all of you. I was planning on calling; just thoguht I would check here first. I, too, have found that with high temp washing, I do not use bleach as much as I used to, but still have other household uses. If the store brand that is not splashless proves stable, I will continue buying that. Otherwise, I will buy the quart bottle and hope I can use it before it turns.
dirtybuck
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Salvo Ad
It looks like they substituted fabric softener (perhaps Downy) in the jug instead of going with regular bleach.
It looks like they substituted fabric softener (perhaps Downy) in the jug instead of going with regular bleach.
I guess there is little that is photogenic about LCB; like the old saying about a face that would break a camera.
The company may not be all that helpful. I called when I had issues with the Clorox 2 pacs tinting my white sheets blue. Kind of like a little old lady with too much bluing in her hair. Plus there was streaking, it wasn't pretty. All they said was " rewash and call us back if it doesn't wash out". It did, I threw the rest away thinking that I won't use Clorox stuff anymore.
danemodsandy
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LCB Is Unstable Anyway
It's sensitive to light, which is why it comes in semi-opaque plastic jugs. Before cheap polyethylene, it came in brown glass jugs *.
It also degrades with age; six months is about the maximum useful life, and three months is better. After six months, it begins to degrade, eventually breaking down totally to salt and water. This takes about five years, but the bleach loses potency the whole time, becoming more and more useless with age.
Heat is also a problem for it - the Clorox people have long recommended between 50 and 70 degrees F for optimal storage.
So, fresh bleach, properly stored, is the best bleach; it won't be good very long. If the "splashless" additive has an effect as well, that's kind of a double whammy.
* I remember my grandmother dropping one of these, just once. Until that moment, I had no idea that kindly older ladies with a heavy churchgoing habit even knew how to cuss, let alone so fluently.
It's sensitive to light, which is why it comes in semi-opaque plastic jugs. Before cheap polyethylene, it came in brown glass jugs *.
It also degrades with age; six months is about the maximum useful life, and three months is better. After six months, it begins to degrade, eventually breaking down totally to salt and water. This takes about five years, but the bleach loses potency the whole time, becoming more and more useless with age.
Heat is also a problem for it - the Clorox people have long recommended between 50 and 70 degrees F for optimal storage.
So, fresh bleach, properly stored, is the best bleach; it won't be good very long. If the "splashless" additive has an effect as well, that's kind of a double whammy.
* I remember my grandmother dropping one of these, just once. Until that moment, I had no idea that kindly older ladies with a heavy churchgoing habit even knew how to cuss, let alone so fluently.
laundromat
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I've been using the Clorox splashes bleach since they introduced it years ago..I've yet to buy a bad batch. I use it on my whites,floors,baseboards,toilet,outside steps and outside spider webs.The bleach sprayed on to webs makes them melt to nothing immediately.
That's why they tell you not to use chlorine bleach on silk items you don't want to melt.
franksdad
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The bleach sprayed on to webs makes them melt to nothing imm
I did not know that! Gonna try that this evening as I have some spider webs under my eaves I need to get rid of.
I did not know that! Gonna try that this evening as I have some spider webs under my eaves I need to get rid of.
