Make BLEACH at HOME with Calcium Hypochlorite Pool Shock Powder Emergency Drinking Water Supply

How to make BLEACH from Granular CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE powder crystals. EMERGENCY DRINKING WATER SUPPLY DISINFECTION. Preppers Pantry food and water storage survivalist pool shock rain barrels.
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[@FunBubble]

Calcium Hypochlorite Powder 99% PURE: amzn.to/33NSPTd Berkey Water Filter: amzn.to/37EQtXT EPA webpage Emergency Disinfection of Drinking Water: www.epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water/emergency-disinfection-drinking-water thanks. (paid link) As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

[@benjamincabrera7949]

This is the best prep video I have seen all year. Great job.

[@FunBubble]

thanks!

[@andrew_owens7680]

This is actually useful. I'm tired of seeing preppers trying to figure a way to eat year-old eggs.

[@ambreewilliams6585]

I didn't know bleach lasts for only one year! Amazing what you can learn on youtube lol 😀... This was a really good video...thanks for sharing this! 👍🏾👍🏾

[@FunBubble]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@derekturner3272]

Shelf life can be descieving. Chems like bleach degrade, evaporate or oxidise over time. Sunlight actually destroys chlorine pretty fast, so a dark, cool and never freezing or hot location can extend the life by 2-10x. Once opened, the "shelf life of one year" is more or less true becuase of evaporation and oxidising with the air let in each time it's opened. A sealed bottle will last far, far longer if unopened and stored in a basement or cellar. Likely closer to 5 -10 years. To most preppers, I ask. How long would you want to live in a world where you can't even get bleach or clean water. I prep for simple disasters. If S(really)HTF, most people will be culled by one another and the lack of will to live in the natural and highly austeer conditions nature would afford. So, food for thought.

[@ajcro]

I appreciate your information and the fact that you updated it with new info.

[@danandersen415]

Regrettably, Amazon indicates they no longer have the calcium hypochlorite you used. Will try to find a different product. Great video. Thank you!

[@jcowen1622]

I can't find it anywhere

[@ItsMariquel]

You are AMAZING, Mr. FunBubble! This video is super helpful for me. I've been researching for information on how to make my own laundry bleach like 'Chlorox' using Calcium Hypochlorite and your video tells me exactly how to do that. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@lolacruz1404]

Thanks so much for takin the time to teach others !!

[@user-mj9hq6vm1g]

Very smart Clorox Bleach is over 8.00 dollars at Walmart more Expensive at grocery store here on Long Island NY

[@hopeheavenonplanetearth1417]

Perfect! Just what I’d do. I love how you did this very informative vlog!

[@dsheridan4497]

If there’s any chance your water will freeze(like in the garage) then please consider leaving 1-3” headspace in the bottle

[@hareramable]

very hardworking and resourceful person.

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Great information ‼️ Thanks for sharing. 👌🏾

[@shalbinjames]

Thanks Bubble for sharing this Great information!!💯👍😘😘😘

[@JoeZelensky]

For the coffee filter a cone style would be better. But seeing as your rain barrels have hose ends, you could do an inline filter

[@onioncontrol]

Please waft your hand over industrial chemicals to smell them, and not sticking your nose over it to smell it as you can accidentally ingest the chemical just smelling it like food Also really information video, and well produced. I might have to look into powdered bleach; didn't realize how simple it was to make liquid chlorine disinfectant. Good video.

[@CowboybubPercussion]

Except because he used pure 99% calcium hypochlorite, the mix is actually off, the mix is supposed to be for 65%, his mix is too potent, not something ya wanna get wrong

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

Look up the material safety data sheet, or MSDS on any product you want to know the ingredients of.

[@proverbs3147]

Where can I find info on your rain catchment system? Fabulous!

[@rbelnap]

Great info...Thanks for your time and effort.

[@JandS1503]

Great Video!

[@lolacruz1404]

How did you learn all of this!! I wish I had a husband like you!!

[@shermdog6969]

Google. You can learn a lot.

[@_camy_]

Damn. That really sounds passive aggressive. You can always talk to your husband. Google it together and make it as a team. Shocker right? Doing bonding exercises and hobbies…. Try it sometime before disrespecting your man

[@lolacruz1404]

@@_camy_ LOL I was born and raised inner city Chicago so not a passive aggressive bone in my body! LOL if you arent in relationship nor have a husband yet it makes sense a woman would say "she wishes she had a husband like that" my guy! It was a compliment to you not a shaming expedition for a husband or man i dont have!! LOL!!!

[@sogal4christ]

i date my water bottles so easier to keep track - great job thanks for the link on the epa -

[@sweetbone96]

Thanks for sharing this valuable information. What about the plastic bottles though? Won't the plastic break down after a while and leach chemicals like BPA into the water?

[@peteheisinger4603]

Excellent video on emergency water purification. I have watched a dozen of these in the last few days and this is easily the best. Good Job...

[@giftedvision_thepodcast]

Does the water in your garage freeze over winter?

[@opchick0597]

Excellent video. New subscriber.

[@stevestancil2885]

“Half of a heaping teaspoon”. Thanks, clear as mud description.

[@ak-488]

Or 1/4 of a heaping tablespoon

[@Ritercrazy]

That stuff is so dangerous (useful but dangerous) that every time you smelled it I was freaking out. Thanks for the help!

[@emrwtf]

Seeing a few similar questions that seem to be confusing people. What i gathered from the video is clorox equivalent is 1/2 heaping tsp per gallon, dirty nasty water solution would be 2.5 tbsp per gallon, and then depending on the water quality you'd use 2/3 cup of the either solution to clean the water. so for clean water storage you're using clorox solution and creek water you're using stronger solution. and you'd still use 2/3 cup regardless, per 4 gallons. Is this correct?

[@back2basics597]

You make SHTF feel fun.

[@Sword5000]

You say in the chart 2/3 cup per 4 gallons of water. I keep seeing everywhere only 8 drops per gallon. EPA breakdown is also only 8 drops per gallon. Can you clarify please?

[@Ritalie]

Great video. Beware, you always want to use distilled water for making your solution. Minerals in water rapidly mix with bleach and degrade it faster. You could use more chlorine to offset the minerals. But distilled water is only $1.39 a gallon. Calcium hypochlorite is the single most dangerous household chemical. It cannot be stored in any container, as it slowly leaks out of all containers, including glass or plastic. You'll need to continuously observe the container for damage, and leakage. Leaking chlorine vapor will destroy any metal objects, door and cabinet hinges, and nearby metal lids on containers. The best container for calcium hypochlorite powder is HDPE plastic. You can use a left over container for Sodium Hydroxide, after it's thoroughly washed and dried, as it has the correct plastic, being HDPE. Hydrogen Peroxide bottles, are also HDPE. You can use a glass mason jar, with a plastic lid. But you'll likely get some escaping chlorine, no matter what type of package you use. Just be sure to keep the calcium hypochlorite below 95F at all times. If it gets warmer than 95F it can begin rapidly breaking down the storage container. You cannot store calcium hypochlorite inside or near metal, or in a jar with a metal lid, the escaping chlorine vapor is so corrosive it will begin corroding after a year or so, even inside an air tight bag.

[@briandsouza7854]

Thanks! I use an air tight plastic container. The quantity is less, just 1 kg and I finish it in around 3 months. Is it still dangerous?

[@VerbenaIDK]

minerals in tap water shouodnt affect the bleach a whole lot, just the solubility of the calcium hypochlorite tho Also, the little jugs these come in are already HDPE Storing ca hypochlorite in a hydrogen peroxide bottle is the worst idea ever. hydrogen peroxide react with hypochlorites to make the respective chloride salt, water, and singlet oxygen which is stupendously dangerous, also heat up a lot, that combined with ca hypochlorite being a strong oxidizer, might end up in a fire

[@btwbrand]

@@VerbenaIDK "thoroughly washed and dried" Just going to ignore that stipulation and write out a response like the man said to dump it into a full bottle? I see.

[@VerbenaIDK]

@@btwbrand what? i forgot this video even exited

[@HPOSO2]

Sold out everywhere!!!

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

To actually make sodium hypochlorite bleach from calcium hypochlorite, you have to add the appropriate amount of sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate, or other appropriate sodium salt to the calcium hypochlorite solution. Calcium salts aren't very soluble in water. To find out the amount of sodium salt, find an online stoichiomtry calculator of table to figure out the molar amounts. It really doesn't matter if you go over with the sodium salt though.

[@emrwtf]

will it make a difference adding salt when using it to purify water?

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@emrwtf it would definitely effect the taste of the water. If you use too much sodium chloride it'll be salty, too much sodium bicarbonate and it will taste like baking soda. With the amounts used it would be pretty minor.

[@emrwtf]

@@chemistryofquestionablequa6252 What I meant is will adding salt help with the water treatment, or is it unnecessary when using calcium hypochlorite solution alone?

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@emrwtf if you are just treating water it doesn't matter. If you want bleach it matters.

[@VerbenaIDK]

2 moles of sodium carbonate per 1 mole of calcium hypochlorite, filter the CaCO3 if you have a vacuum filtration system, dont attempt to make 4 liters of this, otherwise you will not be able to filter it off

[@NomadGuardian]

What's is the strength of mix 10% or 12%?

[@doginthegarden5733]

Few things are more important than water. Thanks for the helpful video.

[@dsheridan4497]

Glad you realized that chlorox has a fairly short shelf life.

[@patchavis7679]

How can I get some of this. Please

[@spockmcoyissmart961]

Chemical currently unavailable with the link provided. 4-2023 on Amazon

[@karenallen919]

Good video.. will you do one on the rain catchment system?

[@btwbrand]

Rain falls, you collect the water, put it in a container. The end.

[@garygogo9048]

Good video with good info. I would suggest taking it a step further with a more robust filter before the chlorination process. You can make a simple sand/charcoal filter if you wanted to go all DIY. A 5 gallon bucket on top with sand/charcoal that filters the water, then chlorinate the water that collects below.

[@btwbrand]

Sounds like you've never had a glass of water from a Berkey filter before.

[@JOhnSmith-gg2mm]

Pro-tip. Make sure there is not a sewage treatment facility upstream of that creek. My friend went on a tire tube down this creek once and he ended up right next to one. He was gasping for air and throwing up afterwards. Government does not really mark these places with signs or anything .

[@dmbmissionaryresourcesfoun3937]

Actually, the Calcium hypochlorite turns into Hypochlorous Acid that would destroy every pathogen in that dirty poopy water. :)

[@amirchar]

I believe there is one clarification.. the 1/2 heaping teaspoon to one gallon of water is to make a disinfecting solution, but this is not the same strength as household bleach. this is 500 milligrams per liter (.05% Chlorine concentration). Household bleach is usually around 5 or 6% Chlorine concentration.. so if you are wanting to make household bleach, I believe you would need to use 10X the amount of Calcium Hypochlorite in one gallon of water. Its still confusing.. depends on what publication you read...

[@robertclausen8451]

💪💪💪💪💪💪

[@preciousmkhize9166]

HOT OR COLD WATER??

[@Xighor]

@@preciousmkhize9166 Cold, don't think it's a good idea to have hot and steaming bleach..

[@karmelicanke]

Caution: Decomposed by hot water produced deadly chlorine gas. Sax, N.I. and R.J. Lewis, Sr. (eds.). Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary. 11th ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1987., p. 1063 When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of Na2O and /hydrogen chloride/. Lewis, R.J. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials. 9th ed. Volumes 1-3. New York, NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996., p. 2972

[@btwbrand]

1/2 a teaspoon of this powder in a gallon of water will "bleach" your clothes as well as a store bought gallon of bleach will. It will also kill bacteria, viruses, and mildew. If you can think of something a gallon of bleach can do this solution can do it equally as well. A "disinfecting solution" covers all the solutions you can make be it a minimum concentration to a concentration that will eat the paint off your house or spontaneously combust. You're mistaken in calling this a mere disinfecting solution. If you were to actually take a teaspoon of this and place it in a gallon of water, you could not bring yourself to drink it as you could a gallon of disinfected water because it's literally a gallon of bleach once you add the powder.

[@jotham777]

Why throw out the water? Just start using it as you get close to the end of the year.

[@iiinsaiii]

I would have just pour the water into my garden or into the rain barrels.

[@CowboybubPercussion]

You don’t even need to throw it out, just add more bleach with time…

[@davevoisey1262]

Hey great vid. I’m trying to find the same product you use in this video but am having a hard time. Can you give me the exact Name manufacturer, and if you have the exact link on Amazon that be great. Thank you

[@VerbenaIDK]

Just search for something like reagent calcium hypochlorite

[@rc54]

Your amount of 2/3 cup to 4 gallons of water seems to be way off. It's 1 tablespoon to 5 gallons of regular bleach, right? So this is a big difference. Can you revisit this?

[@joshuambuula4720]

Woooooow

[@jcowen1622]

it seems that 1 pound (like you have)of calcium hypochlorite isn't available anymore, anywhere

[@Jeff-ro1bv]

Amazon doesn't have the powder. Do you have another other place to buy it?

[@Vera777Dina]

ebay

[@TULSNEBULA]

I just double checked the epa website says 1/3 teaspoon per 4 gallons if it’s 6% concentration and 1/4 teaspoon at 8.25% concentration not 2/3 cup.

[@btwbrand]

This is neither 6% concentration nor is it 8.25% concentration and it is certainly not the water the EPA is telling you about in that information. The 2/3 cup of bleach solution he was adding to 4 gallons of water he got from a CREEK. Not a faucet, not a distilled gallon jug of water, not a well, not a swimming pool. A Dirty muddy CREEK chock full of bacteria, viruses, plant and animal life which a drop of would cover a microscope slide from end to end with micro organisms to look at.. Pay attention to the context and use your brain. You need a solution that can disinfect the water based on the SOURCE. and a CREEK is a source that is only slightly better than a stagnant pond. He's showcasing a worse case scenario and that calls for aggressive treatment.. aka 2/3 cup per 4 gallons. Can be verified at 4:01

[@MaxAcceleration]

Great video and I'm coming to your place during an extended food/water shortage! At 5:10 you add chlorine to the water but I doubt it lasts 3 years. I have a pool and any unstabalized chlorine will be eaten by the sun in hours. Even without sun it will be gone in a day. It is also temperature sensitive, the hotter it is the faster it will disappear. One way to tell for sure, test it using a chlorine test kit and let us know.

[@btwbrand]

Your swimming pool doesn't have a lid on it. These sealed containers of water do.

[@MaxAcceleration]

@@btwbrand Chlorine degrades over time no matter the container or lids.

[@bobjones9727]

Nice video. Only thing is that this product is not available anywhere.....

[@btwbrand]

It's literally one of the only products available in a big box store for managing the chlorine levels of a swimming pool. "pool shock" is literally what this is.

[@johndoe-cc9cw]

I heard this is actually good for plants. I'm trying to research as much as possible because I'd like to use calcium hypochlorite for house/ roof wash. Anybody have and experience or more information on this? Thanks

[@lukeknighton4918]

Bleach kills everything. I do pressure washing and softwash and bleach can easily kill grass and other vegetation.

[@lukeknighton4918]

Gutters are your best friend for soft wash. If they don’t have gutters you don’t want to rinse a roof after a softwash unless you heavily watered their vegetation/grass. Or dont rinse it at all and wait for rain the dilute everything.

[@VerbenaIDK]

Bleach kills everything, be careful. Dont mix it with anything acidic or it can easily make deadly amounts of chlorine gas (Cl2) Dont mix it with ammonia solution or any ammonia salt or it can make toxic and deadly monochloramine or dichloramine, or explosive and toxic trichloramine.

[@JOhnSmith-gg2mm]

Does that measuring device come with the Calcium Hypochlorite ?

[@btwbrand]

Do you not know what a tea spoon is. Fairly sure they exist everywhere in every country but a few small tribes in the jungles of Brazil and that island of feral people off the coast of India.

[@ak-488]

@@btwbrandA tea spoon is for stirring your tea and a soup spoon is for soup only, who the hell is teaching our future generations its ok to use a wooden spoon to measure everything, man we`re in trouble.

[@hypereric5526]

Praise for thinking bout the car

[@RL-ln5xo]

I love u

[@sari-saringsarilingsikap4s871]

I have a question ⁉️ if the concentrated bleach last only for a year, then how can the gallons of water with 5 drops of bleach will last free of algae etc for years? Just asking.

[@slinkychain1169]

Must be a chemical that traps the chlorine in the water a water conditioner called cyanuric acid or something like that an invisible barrier on top of the water that traps the chlorine so it doesn’t gas off right away

[@emrwtf]

you kill everything in the sealed container of water. nothing will start to grow in it unless you contaminate it.

[@juniorross3396]

Your laminated instruction sheet says that 1/2 heaping teaspoon in 1 gallon of water makes clorox bleach equivalent but then it says that you need 2.5 table spoons of it to disinfect water. The epa website says you only need 6-8 drops of commercial bleach to disinfect a gallon of water. So how can your mixture be equivalent to clorox bleach when you require so much more bleach to disinfect the same amount of water?

[@FunBubble]

the 2.5 tbsp is for risky water like from a creek or lake. its better to be safe than sorry and sick. The water will taste fine if let to sit for a day or two after disinfection because the chlorine will evaporate.

[@juniorross3396]

​@@FunBubble but even then, the EPA website says to make the chlorine solution using 1 heaping teaspoon to 2 gallons of water which is the same concentration as your laminated sheet. Then they say to disinfect water use one part of this chlorine solution to 100 parts water, which is the same as your laminated sheet. So if this mixture is really as strong as clorox then when why would the EPA recommend using so much more of it to disinfect the same amount of water?

[@emrwtf]

@@juniorross3396 Maybe i read it wrong, but it seems to me you make the clorox using the tsp of powder, then use the solution to disinfect the water. so 2/3 cup of solution in 4gal of water, not 2/3 cup of powder.

[@emrwtf]

@@juniorross3396 The amount he said to use 2/3cup per 4gal was for dirty creek water I believe. you would use 6-8 drops of this per gallon in clean water I believe.

[@juniorross3396]

@@emrwtf "you would use 6-8 drops of this per gallon in clean water I believe." - This is not the case. Did you read my first reply? The EPA also recommend using much more than 6-8 drops of the solution per gallon of water. Was the EPA also talking about dirty creek water?

[@robertclausen8451]

Standard pool shock is 10-12.4% sodium hypochlorite solution.

[@cdasilva6567]

Do these links still work?

[@FunBubble]

hi, i need to update the links. Basically Pool Shock is the same thing i bought in the little white bottles.

[@aunabreslingaming3279]

Gonna buy a clear growler bottle and put this in the water

[@ruthnamaste]

Liquid Clorox Bleash only has a 6-month shelf life.

[@ried183]

It also bothers me that hes not drinking this water yet and doesnt see it in action it seems.

[@Drew_3000]

A couple comments 1) You bought 99% calcium hypochlorite which is roughly 50% stronger than HTH (68%) so you're fine using a level 1/2 teaspoon per gallon. It's cheap so it doesn't really matter but it adds up. You can also find HTH pool shock at Walmart and Lowes for under $10. Look for Calcium Hypochlorite (68%) on the label. 2) You're not making bleach you're making Hypochlorous acid. Bleach is sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl). HTH pool shock aka Calcium hypochlorite aka Cal-Hypo is Ca(OCl)2. They both break down to Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in water which is the disinfectant. 3) It's easy to make Hypochlorous acid, however, stabilizing the solution is difficult (water purity, pH, temperature, light, etc). Therefore the shelf life of your homemade HOCl is only a few months at best. Making a gallon of HOCl will treat about 100 gallons so use it fast or make only what you're going to use. There's many companies now with expensive HOCl equipment that advertise a 2 year shelf life, so you're better off buying from them if you want to store it long term. The best thing to do is test the free chlorine in your HOCl with a Chlorine Colorimeter or test strips. You need to have 500 ppm free chlorine for that EPA guide to work. Otherwise you may think your homemade HOCl is disinfecting your water when it's really not doing anything.

[@MohammedAslamtit-bitsoflife]

Wow good review 👍🌹

[@YhShiro]

Can't wait to make this for my kids they'll Love it in there lunch 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

[@VerbenaIDK]

Excuse me, what the fuck!

[@suses2]

Careful sniffing the powder! Just a tiny bit inhaled is deadly!

[@ellahan6710]

Manufactory from China for calcium hypochlorite.

[@ried183]

Plastic degrades you need glass jugs.

[@patchavis7679]

Could you sell me some

[@narainreddy9378]

Formula send me sir

[@identityrefused486]

The mixture you claim is equivalent to store-bought bleach is actually 100 times diluted as compared to store-bought bleach. People all over the internet are misinterpreting the information on the EPA website.

[@btwbrand]

If you are confident that this mixture is 1/100th what he claims it is then it would be no trouble at all for you to drink it directly from the bottle. I assure you if you attempted to drink this you would be in the hospital with internal chemical burns and likely on deaths door. No water I've ever drank can bleach a cloth rag in a few minutes.. and no water you've ever drank can do the same. You are a prime example of someone who is misinterpreting information. What he made is very much equivalent to store bought bleach. He is suggesting 1 heaping Teaspoon of 99% pure powder to 1 gallon of water. 1 and 1/4 teaspoon of 70% pure Calcium hypochlorite added to 1 gallon of water will yield a gallon of 5.25% concentrated BLEACH. What he is making is on the order of 8% concentrated bleach and your claiming it is 1/100th the strength of store bought bleach is a mistake you would greatly regret making if you put it to your lips.

[@TamTran-kx3on]

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[@susanthrapp6154]

So I am an old school 70s survivalist which means I have to be able to make Everything my self. The only thing I buy/trade is salt. If you have a DC power source you can make you own bleach for penny's per TONNE... Not kidding look at sodium hypochlorite chemistry videos it's stupid easy

[@Harvz78]

Pretty much drinking chemical. Nobody knows yet that cause health problem or cancer?

[@opchick0597]

If you have ever been to a country where the water wasn't safe, they are instructed to use bleach to disinfect the water. What do you think is used in city/town water filtration systems??? Cancer is caused by air, water, food etc. All we can do is take as many precautions as possible. Do you eat fruits and veggies? Unless you grow your own, you are not positive what they have been treated with, and the chemicals go all the way through. Organically grown has been proven to be untrue, just like grass fed cows etc. Sure their grass fed and then pumped with growth chemicals when they come in for the night. Many of the videos proving this have been banned off yt.

[@emrwtf]

@@opchick0597 most of that is true. If you grass feed your own cattle and do not grain them, the meat is actually quite a bit more healthy. There are several university studies that show how the fat changes over a very short period of time to unhealthy fat that is in all commercial beef. it does taste different, and you have to cook it different but i prefer it now. almost everything that says organic is bullshit. they can use almost as many chemicals as non organic now, and the list gets bigger every year. People are stupid though so it will continue.

[@opchick0597]

@@emrwtf always best to raise and grow your own. We are currently looking into getting some chicks and my brother-in-law is now raising true grass fed cattle for family use only. Its crazy times we are living in. All we can do is learn as much as possible and share the knowledge with those that want to know. God bless and stay safe.

[@Xighor]

5 drops of commercial bleach in a gallon of water won't harm you but Parasites, germs and algae in that water will..

[@VerbenaIDK]

Nope, no health complications here He aint drinking 20% bleach, that would be a problem, he's adding a few drops of bleach to a gallon, not even close to dangerous and pobably very similar amount that is in your tap water.

[@Kirbythediver]

😬😬😬 Every time you sniffed the chemical solution in the jug...... I think it would be better to learn how to make bleach with electrolysis than to depend on a limited supply. Plus you can always build another one if need be.

[@VerbenaIDK]

Making bleach with electrolysis is a pain that is not worth it and making bleach requires dealing with chlorine gas, nope not worth it. Also, while just smelling things inst a great idea, I already smelled a jar full of monochloramine, I already smelled a pot with quite a bit of chlorine literally today and I already smelled a vial full of ammonia, if I am alive that guy sure is gonna be

[@RedDogForge]

you also need sodium hydroxide ( caustic soda ) and sodium carbonate . basically 1 part calcium hydrochlorite 1 part sodium carbonate.. 1/2 part sodium hydroxide 5 liters water to 300 gr of calcium hydroxide.

[@Ritalie]

A seemingly safer alternative is to buy sodium chlorite, and make chlorine dioxide, which has a 10 year shelf life in liquid form. You can store sodium chlorite more safely, it's a dry powder, but is far less reactive and doesn't leak out as easily, as it's made from large flakes (not a powder). The sodium chlorite can be added to distilled water, 100 grams (weight) of flakes of 80% purity sodium chlorite dry, into 9 ounces (fluid ounces) or exactly 257 grams weight, of distilled water, for a 28% solution by weight, or 22.4% solution by volume. The whole mixture will weigh 357 grams in solution. Then using an any common food acid, you activate the solution using 1:1 ratio of activator acid, using a dilute solution of 4% hydrochloric acid, or 50% citric acid solution. You can use vinegar, but I'm not sure about the strength. The chlorine dioxide is made when needed, and is inactive until mixed with the acid activator. This allows two non reactive chemicals to be stored, and the shelf life is at least 5 years, maybe 10 or more.

[@VerbenaIDK]

Sodium chlorite in solid form, is more dangerous than ca hyoochlorite NaClO2 (sodium chlorite) is a very agressive oxidizer I wouldnt wanna have around, it's less agressive oxidizer in the chemical sense than NaOCl or Ca(OCl)2 I am pretty sure, but in a pyrotechnocs sense, NaClO2 is the best oxidizer of the two Also be careful with chlorine dioxide please, it's a explosive gas that can be detonated by sunlight without a upper explosive limit, you dont need air to it to go boom, so please be careful

[@TechNTunes1]

you were using drops to disinfect your water, were you using store-bought clorox bleach sodium hypochlorite? the calcium hypochlorite is 2.5 tbs for a gallon you weren't clear on that. threw me for a loop

[@FunBubble]

the drops were store bought clorox. but the water in the jugs was from my house well water so it doesnt need to be disinfected. i add the drops for long term storage safety. the calcium hypo at 2.5 tbs is for disinfection of questionable water like from a stream or lake.

[@joanbialosuknia6382]

I wish you wouodn't smell that stuff so much!

[@cj-ql5cx]

I would not call the solution you made "equivalent to Clorox bleach", at best it is a very diluted bleach since they say their formula makes a solution that is 500 mg/L. Bleach is generally 5% (or 6% or more) chlorine solution, which would be 50,000 mg/L. If it was a 5% solution you would add 32 drops, or 1/3 of a teaspoon to disinfect 4 gallons of water - as they show on their chart on the same page. Just food for thought in using your bleach solution as a substitute for store bought bleach.

[@identityrefused486]

People all over the internet are putting out this same information and it's wrong. They are getting into from the epa website but not looking at it carefully. 6% store-bought bleach only needs 8 drops per gallon to disinfect water for drinking. But the solution that the EPA website says to make from pool shock requires 1 part of that mixture to 100 parts of water. Which is WAY more than 8 drops per gallon. You would have to use about 2.5 TABLESPOONS of that liquid to treat a gallon of water for drinking. The solution made from pool shock is probably about 100 times WEAKER than store-bought bleach. You actually need 1/2 CUP of pool shock (in 1 gallon water) to make 1 gallon of bleach. I originally purchased the pool shock to make a more economical way to have bleach. It turns out it's not more economical at all. Especially since pool shock has tripled or quadrupled in price in the last year or two