Bleach is a great way to clean and disinfect, but many people unknowingly use it incorrectly.
According to Good Housekeeping, the worst thing you can do is dilute bleach with hot water. Hot water can render useless the active ingredients in bleach.
Always dilute in cold water.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
