Generic Unbranded Unthickened Bleach

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Where can I get it?

I remember it as being commonly available and very cheap (as it was in Taiwan) but a snoop around the supermarkets no shows.

Anoother link wi't past gone?

 

[Ammonite]

Asda sell it
https://www.asda.com/groceries/prod...-just-essentials-thin-bleach-2-litres/1075753

Also loads on eBay if you need larger quantities. E.g. Pardon our interruption...

It can be difficult to pin down the exact strength if you are thinking about it for disinfecting water tanks.

 

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Asda sell it
https://www.asda.com/groceries/prod...-just-essentials-thin-bleach-2-litres/1075753

Also loads on eBay if you need larger quantities. E.g. Pardon our interruption...

It can be difficult to pin down the exact strength if you are thinking about it for disinfectanting water tanks.

Thanks. I'll try ASDA. They say its 5%

It was "Big in Taiwan" during COVID, which I would have expected to stimulate a global bleach revival, but apparently not.

Maybe the intravenous endorsement from the Infamous Orange did it no good.,

 

[Ammonite]

Thanks. I'll try ASDA. They say its 5%

It was "Big in Taiwan" during COVID, which I would have expected to stimulate a global bleach revival, but apparently not.

Maybe the intravenous endorsement from the Infamous Orange did it no good.,

The Asda one is actually 1.05%. It says <5% but also Sodium Hypochlorite (1.05g/100g). Its very weak and barely smells the way thin bleach used to smell. Most household thickened bleaches are 4 or 5%

 

[Amlov]

Depending on how much you need, a good place to try is your local farm supplies shop. It is sold as ‘hypochlorite’ and is much stronger and works out cheaper than buying supermarket bleach.

For example: Purechlor 15 Sodium Hypochlorite (14/15%) 25L - TFM Farm & Country Superstore

 

[Roberto]

Fwiw, depending upon locations I have found that bleach is sometimes sold as such but with a number of components which -at least by their names- I would never dare drink even in infinitesimal percentages: thionites, cyanides, etc. Look at the composition of a number of household bleach in funny places and there is no mention of sodium hypochlorite in any percentage.

 

[Neeves]

Try your local swimming pool service and product retailer.

Jonathan

 

[alan_d]

Where can I get it?

I remember it as being commonly available and very cheap (as it was in Taiwan) but a snoop around the supermarkets no shows.

Anoother link wi't past gone?

Morrisons sell it. https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/m-savers-thin-bleach/104272561

 

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Try your local swimming pool service and product retailer.

Jonathan

I'm not sure there is one in Dalry

 

[Neeves]

I'm not sure there is one in Dalry

You obviously don't know Dalry (assuming the one in Ayrshire). It has a pool at the leisure centre - ask them where the source their liquid chlorine.

or you could relocate

The same stuff is cheap as chips in Sydney. We have at least4 retail outlets keeping each other honest within about 5km.

Jonathan

 

[wallacebob]

Dalry, Edinburgh, has a fine selection of shops selling bleach. Aldi, Lidl, jump to mind. But if you have the bus fare, Chesser has Big ASDA and discount shops. B&M, etc, are full of it.

 

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Dalry, Edinburgh, has a fine selection of shops selling bleach. Aldi, Lidl, jump to mind. But if you have the bus fare, Chesser has Big ASDA and discount shops. B&M, etc, are full of it.

But AFAIK it has no one supplying (private, domestic) swimming pools, the assumed context of the post I was replying to, since it isnt a private domestic swimming pool kind of place.

I'd bet loasdsa money an outfit supplying public swimming pools is going to be quite averse to dealing with an individual, but I dont need much anyway.

As I said, the supermarkets I've tried, including examples of the names that jump to your mind, didnt have it, though they had many variants on the thick stuff.

I''ll try the specifics mentioned up thread later on.

 

[Neeves]

But AFAIK it has no one supplying (private, domestic) swimming pools, the assumed context of the post I was replying to, since it isnt a private domestic swimming pool kind of place.

I'd bet loasdsa money an outfit supplying public swimming pools is going to be quite averse to dealing with an individual, but I dont need much anyway.

As I said, the supermarkets I've tried, including examples of the names that jump to your mind, didnt have it, though they had many variants on the thick stuff.

I''ll try the specifics mentioned up thread later on.

Find out who makes liquid chlorine, ring them up (that's what phones are for) and ask who they supply who will sell retail. Or check the manufacturer's (there might be more. than one) website. Much liquid chlorine is supplied in 20l or 25l carboys because anything larger needs a fork lift. Another alternative is dry chlorine (powder or granules) sometime called American Bleach.

Your problem is you don't seem to want much but the stuff is sold retail in 25l lots or a 25kg bag (of powder).

We buy ours in carboys and buy 2 at a time.

Jonathan

 

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Find out who makes liquid chlorine, ring them up (that's what phones are for) and ask who they supply who will sell retail. Or check the manufacturer's (there might be more. than one) website. Much liquid chlorine is supplied in 20l or 25l carboys because anything larger needs a fork lift. Another alternative is dry chlorine (powder or granules) sometime called American Bleach.

Your problem is you don't seem to want much but the stuff is sold retail in 25l lots or a 25kg bag (of powder).

We buy ours in carboys and buy 2 at a time.

Jonathan

I have a 24 foot sailboat which is a bit musty so I was thinking of spraying it down with dilute bleach, and maybe use it on the remaining deck flora too. This would take A LITTLE.

It also has small stainless steel fuel and water tanks but I dunno if I'd use bleach in them, certainly not the thick stuff. It also has a marine flush toilet where I might use bleach in an initial clean. Long term its supposed to rot the seals

25 kg of powder sounds like it should do a cruise ship for a season

 

[wallacebob]

Why not just buy spray bleach from any shop? Cleaning inside a boat is its ideal use. Then visit or online caravan shop: cleaning water supply is annual job for caravanners. Patio cleaner is the best thing for cleaning decks.

 

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Your problem is you don't seem to want much...


Jonathan

My problem is I dont want what they want to sell me, and the stuff I want is getting hard to find.

Getting to be a standard consumerist contretemps, for me anyway.

 

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Why not just buy spray bleach from any shop? Cleaning inside a boat is its ideal use. Then visit or online caravan shop: cleaning water supply is annual job for caravanners. Patio cleaner is the best thing for cleaning decks.

There is such a thing as spray bleach?
How is it optimised for spraying? (Apart from being in a spray bottle, and the markup, of course)

 

[ylop]

You obviously don't know Dalry (assuming the one in Ayrshire).

He’s not in Ayrshire he’s in the bit of Edinburgh - which ironically does still have a swimming pool whilst I’m pretty sure the one in Ayrshire has closed as part of the cutbacks from energy costs etc!

However I am 99% sure that if some random walks into a Scottish swimming pool and asks the staff where they get their chlorine they will look at him like he is mad. When he says he wants a couple of litres and doesn’t own a pool they will probably think he’s taking the piss. If he tries to justify it by saying that Australia’s leading opinion on anchors suggested he try them as he once lived in Scotland - he’ll probably get escorted off the premises!

The same stuff is cheap as chips in Sydney. We have at least4 retail outlets keeping each other honest within about 5km.

I don’t know if you remember Scotland - but it wasn’t big on consumer swimming pools! Even hot tubs aren’t a big market here. Lots of British people emigrate to Australia because it has a climate more conducive to pools and accordingly it might be easier to find a swimming pool supplier dealing with the public there!

I’m surprised the supermarkets don’t have it - I guess there’s no money in it. What’s it for? Baby sterilising solutions/tablets will be readily available in supermarkets and pharmacies and homebrew shops (Edinburgh has a few) sell similar products.