welcome back to Andrea Jean cleaning today I'm going to be showing you the
ratios that you need to use if you want to make your own DIY bleach disinfectant
that I'm also gonna be talking about seven things that you should avoid when
it comes to cleaning bleach we're going to go around my home and I'm going to
show you some common things that you can use with bleach to disinfect your home
now more than ever is a great idea to do that so if you're the supplies I got I
got these at the Dollar Tree these microfiber cleaning cloths that we're
going to use I'm going to use a spray bottle right here again this is from the
Dollar Tree to mix the ratio of water now you want to use warm water when you
are mixing your bleach with water don't use hot water
don't use cold water and this just right here I have a lemon fresh scent thanks
to my mom she gave me this we have measuring and I have some gloves when
you do this you want to be in a well-ventilated area I do recommend
gloves that way you don't get on your hands or your skin if you don't need to
all right let's mix it up a couple things here really really quick
now this combination of water and bleach is not meant to clean it's not a good
cleaner so if you have surfaces that are very dirty you want to clean those ahead
of time with some sort of soap and water combination also if we're not friends on
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ahead and grab my gloves again I don't have some ratios in the description box
below but I'm just going to be using one a cup of bleach or excuse me one cup of
water to 1 tablespoon of bleach I just want a very very small most my water is
already warmed up I ran it here we're gonna do 1 cup just like so and I love
this little pitcher again I got this at the dollar tree because it got it has
the spout on it so we're going to go ahead and mix this in here like so if
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I'm just gonna do one tablespoon here so 1 cup of water warm water to 1
tablespoon of bleach I'm just gonna measure it like so and then when we're
done here we're gonna go around my house and disinfect some commonly utilized
spaces things that you may not have thought about before I'm gonna talk
about some things that you should not be using this combination on so that you do
not ruin stuff in your home like that
all right and then I just labeled this bottle bleach on the outside so it
doesn't get confused amongst anything I'm just gonna mix that up
very good there perfect just a little amount here I don't need a whole ton
here just this is perfect for me all
right let's go around my house so I want to
show you something really quick here when we do spray this on these
appropriate surfaces you do want to let it stand for 5 minutes before rinsing
and again you want to clean the surface first because this is not necessarily to
be used as a household cleaner this is better as a disinfectant but one thing
that you do not want to use bleach on would be anything metal or stainless
steel the best way to clean a surface like that would be with rubbing alcohol
and it will make it look so nice and shiny but again avoid bleach on any sort
of metal surface like you see there so the next thing you might be asking
yourself is does bleach or other household cleaning products have or do
they have an expiration date and the answer is yes 100%
so for bleach is typically twelve months it has a twelve month shelf life
beginning with the date of manufacture and then it starts to break down after
about six months and it will become less effective
but it will not increase in toxicity Oh bleach is fine to use and just may need
to increase the amount of it in order for it to maintain its effectiveness so
about 12 months from the time that it is manufactured and that you get it again
you can still use it if it is older than 12 months but it just might not be as
effective for you so something to keep in mind another place to look when
you're looking for ideas on what to use for bleach on the back of bleach
containers it will show you step by step the things that you can use bleach on as
well or things to avoid so for example it says here avoid using bleach on wool
silk mohair I don't even know what that is
leather spandex and non fast colors and then it tells you how to mix it as well
over here if you're going to use it for your laundry
best laundry results it says dilute one cup of bleach in one quart of water add
to wash five minutes after the wash cycle has begun for heavily soiled loads
and slightly more Clorox lemon fresh scent and then if you want a hand wash
or pretreat your stains with the bleach you're gonna rinse to remove the loose
soil and then fully soak the garment for five minutes in a solution of half a cup
of Clorox lemon flesh fresh bleach to one gallon and here it says cool water
so when you're using it for clothes you want to make sure that you're using a
cool water so it white and whites it removes stains and it deodorizes so we
all know that light switches particularly in bathrooms or entryways
are super grimy and all kinds of microorganisms can live on them so what
I like to do is I like to spray it here in the cloth like so get it really nice
and wet and then I want to saturate my surface like so and again you want to
let it sit for five minutes before you wipe it off just like so some other
things that you would want to do this would be some phones your remote
controls if you have a computer mouse even my planner that I use on a regular
basis my scheduling planner you the pen and paper copy in our minivan
would be a great way to do this as well the steering wheel again you want to
avoid any sort of metals but let it sit for five minutes make sure it is good
nice and wet that's why a lot of times you'll find those disinfecting wipes
that are supersaturated and wet is because you want that for the surface in
order to probably properly kill those microorganisms this step stool that you
see here is something that I would want to sanitize with my kids because they're
always picking it up moving it to the sink moving it to the bathroom something
that is frequently touched so let's go ahead and sanitize this you can see it I
have my phone here so I'm going to go ahead and spray this down again getting
it nice and but and then I'm gonna go ahead and wipe it down and let it do its
job so so filthy and disgusting here I have some remote control these things
are absolutely disgusting and filled with grime so again I'm leaving a lot of
the product still on the remote here and then I'll go back and wipe everything up
again in five minutes getting it nice and saturated on there kill all those
microorganisms and I don't mind the smell of bleach and this is a lemon
fresh twine so it kind of smells pretty darn good here there we go let it work
its magic let's go ahead and get this light switch right here don't mind my
kids they're out there with my husband but what are some things that you want
to avoid using bleach on you want to avoid mixing it with ammonia vinegar
several detergents you want to avoid mixing it with any sort of window
cleaner or pine-sol they could have a pretty significant interaction and you
do not want that so you need to be very careful
and he also don't want to use it on cop or any sort of stainless-steel
appliances like I mentioned those things are better used with rubbing alcohol and
then the ratio of what you use from bleach to water you want to make sure
you're not using too much bleach so recommendation will be not more than one
cup of bleach per gallon of water you also want to avoid putting bleach on any
sort of granite surfaces to clean our sanitized food I know that goes without
saying I mean you also don't want to put any bleach solution or combination in
your toilets or drains if you have a septic system and let me show you the
that you're going to want to avoid putting bleach on here is a wood surface
do not put bleach on your wood if you do not want it destroyed
so seven ways seven things that you should avoid doing with bleach so be
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