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Homemade Bleach Sanitizer

"Household bleach (including Clorox) is not chlorine. It contains no more chlorine than table salt. And it kills germs. Bleach, however, can be an irritant to both skin and eyes, so it make good sense to use a spray bottle.

"... Clorox, a sodium hypochlorite bleach (which breaks down into little more than salt water once it's done it killing / cleaning), breaks down the proteins in cell walls, rendering bacteria and the like good and dead. When I'm done in the kitchen, I spritz all the surfaces (and the clean cutting board) lightly ..."
- Alton Brown, food guru, (I'm Just Here for the Food, p. 282)

Various Recipes According the Experts
Sorted from the weakest concentration of bleach to the strongest.

	Gallons		Pints		Liters
	Bleach	Water	Bleach	Water	Bleach	Water
	cups	gallons	teaspoons	pints	ml	liters	Concentration
British Broadcasting Corporation	1	5	1¼	1	12.5	1	1 to 80
U.S. Center for Disease Control	1	5	1¼	1	12.5	1	1 to 80
WebMD®	¼	1	1½	1	15.6	1	1 to 64
American Red Cross	¼	1	1½	1	15.6	1	1 to 64
American Red Cross	1	1	6	1	62.5	1	1 to 16

"Concentration" means how many parts of bleach
mixed into how many parts of water.

Directions

Simply mix the bleach and water into plastic spray bottle, and spray surfaces to disinfect.
Do not wipe it off. Just let it air dry.
Note: Because bleach evaporates, make a new batch each week.

The table of measures above is summarized from the following -

However bleach is an effective disinfectant for many other viruses and is likely to be effective. Surfaces to be disinfected with bleach must first be cleaned with detergent and water. '… Hospital grade disinfectant (e.g.sodium hypochlorite 500 ppm (1 in 100 dilution of household bleach) or alcohol 60 - 70%)'."

- Australian Ministry of Health, "Australian Infection Control Guidelines for SARS"
"Walls, hard-surfaced floors, and many other household surfaces should be cleaned with soap and water and disinfected with a solution of 1 cup of bleach to 5 gallons of water."

- BBC, "Flooding Help and Advice"
"To clean hard surfaces, use commercial cleaning products or a bleach solution of 1 cup of bleach to 1 gallon of water."

- American Red Cross, "Safety in States Affected by Flooding"
"A fresh solution of chlorine bleach and water (one-fourth cup of bleach to one gallon of water) can be used to clean up any contaminated areas. (This is a convenient measure close to the recommended 1:100 ratio, equivalent to 500 ppm.)" "

- American Red Cross, "This Month's HIV/AIDS Facts"
"One common recommendation is a 1/2 cup of bleach mixed with a gallon of hot water."

- WebMD®, "Killing Flu Germs: What Works?"
"What's the best disinfectant? The CDC recommends inexpensive chlorine bleach, which is effective against viruses. Add one-fourth of a cup of bleach to one gallon of warm water and allow the mixture to sit on the hotspot surface for 10 minutes before rinsing. Whenever disinfecting surfaces, you should wear rubber gloves, ventilate the area, and, if you're sensitive to chemicals, wear a mask. Wash your hands after removing the rubber gloves.

- WebMD®, "Keeping Colds & Other Catchy Infections Contained"

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