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Things NOT to mix

Ray BRay B Member Posts: 11,822
edited June 2014 in General Discussion
I was discussing the problems resulting from mixing certain household products. I'm familiar that Chlorine bleach is dangerous when used with other cleaning agents, but someone said that Drano also causes problems when mixed with some detergents. Does anyone have the correct and complete information on how to clean a bathroom without killing myself?
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466 ✭
    edited November -1
    Bleach and toilet bowl cleaner. Do not mix I will repeat do not mix.[xx(]

    Had some bad smell in my Bathroom in the Barrack. I had just moved in to this room and could not take it. Took forever to get the Gas from the mix of those two out of that room.

    They did not at that time have the warning on the label about mixing them but if you check now its there and in big bold letters.


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    Bleach is made of the chemical compound sodium hypochlorite. The most commonly used chemical compound in toilet cleaners is hydrochloric acid. When these chemicals are mixed, a reaction creates toxic chloramine gases. Bleach and toilet cleaner may unintentionally be mixed by using the same cleaning cloth for multiple products, cleaning surfaces with multiple products or pouring bleach water down a drain after toilet cleaner was used.


    Time Frame



    Chloramine gas is created almost instantly when bleach and toilet cleaner are mixed. Negative health effects can begin in minutes after the gas is dispersed in the air; the length of time before these negative effects occur depends on ventilation, concentration of bleach and toilet cleaner and the amount of water diluting the mixture.
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..Potassium permanganate and glycerin....[:I] Sorry Ray, I couldn't resist.
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ..By the way, any of those drain cleaners/sanitizers are
    deadly to septic systems. In town, flush whatever.
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    searcher5searcher5 Member Posts: 13,511
    edited November -1
    Tequila and ugly women. Trust me on this one.
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    footlongfootlong Member Posts: 8,009
    edited November -1
    K Y Jelly and beach sand.... Sally didnt like either [:0]
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    LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    Bleach and toilet bowl cleaner..[xx(]

    Then why in the hell is the store shelves loaded with toilet bowl cleaner that contains bleach or Clorox??
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    drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496 ✭
    edited November -1
    Things NOT to mix:

    I was gonna say chocolate and peanut butter causes weight gain, but you guys have gone way past that already.
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    evileye fleagalevileye fleagal Member Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    brake fluid and pool tablets (chlorine)
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    CubsloverCubslover Member Posts: 18,601 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    Bleach and toilet bowl cleaner..[xx(]

    Then why in the hell is the store shelves loaded with toilet bowl cleaner that contains bleach or Clorox??




    Those are of difference formulas. The statement "do not toilet bowl cleaner and bleach" is a generic statement. Many are safe, most are not, some have bleach in it. Many have hydrochloric acid in it.

    Never mix bleach with acid, sulfuric or muratic (hydrochloric).
    Half of the lives they tell about me aren't true.
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    Old.22BoltsOld.22Bolts Member Posts: 6,032
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by evileye fleagal
    brake fluid and pool tablets (chlorine)



    That one is pretty neat but
    aluminum foil and sulfuric acid in a sealed container......

    BOOM!
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    grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 53,466 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    Bleach and toilet bowl cleaner..[xx(]

    Then why in the hell is the store shelves loaded with toilet bowl cleaner that contains bleach or Clorox??




    Trust me on this if you mix the wrong ones get out of the room quick you do not have long to live.
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    elkdroppingelkdropping Member Posts: 728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Frying bacon and nudity.
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Old.22Bolts
    quote:Originally posted by evileye fleagal
    brake fluid and pool tablets (chlorine)



    That one is pretty neat but
    aluminum foil and sulfuric acid in a sealed container......

    BOOM!




    ..True, but put a big balloon over the container and you have a nice
    floating balloon of hydrogen. Tie it, let it go up and try to hit it
    after your tracer lights. (about 25-40 yds. for a .22)

    ..Of course I can't confirm this harmless fun..[;)]
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    CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,520 ✭
    edited November -1
    Good whiskey with anything.
    W.D.
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    notnownotnow Member Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Don't mix bleach and ammonia. It will kill you.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by searcher5
    Tequila and ugly women. Trust me on this one.


    [:D]
    What's next?
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    Queen of SwordsQueen of Swords Member Posts: 14,355
    edited November -1
    Toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil. One of my school kids a few years ago got busted for making an incendiary device in an empty plastic bottle.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Alcohol and chainsaws
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    Queen of SwordsQueen of Swords Member Posts: 14,355
    edited November -1
    I am a clean bathroom nut. Every other room in my house can be in some lesser degree of chaos, but I can't stand a bathroom that is not sparkly clean. I use scouring powder almost exclusively on anything but the floor. It has bleach, so you really don't need toilet bowl cleaner. It's a little labor intensive, but it works, and is a lot cheaper than other commercial cleaning products. My bathroom floor is granite tile, and I usually clean it with warm water and bleach.
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    LesWVaLesWVa Member Posts: 10,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
    quote:Originally posted by grumpygy
    Bleach and toilet bowl cleaner..[xx(]

    Then why in the hell is the store shelves loaded with toilet bowl cleaner that contains bleach or Clorox??




    Trust me on this if you mix the wrong ones get out of the room quick you do not have long to live.


    I was just picking on ya Grumpy..[:o)]

    Two things I have leaned over the years.
    1. You do not mix A-Jax and Clorox.
    2. You do not want to clean your Reynolds Wrap with Drano after a cook out.
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    gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,096 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Queen of Swords
    Toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil. One of my school kids a few years ago got busted for making an incendiary device in an empty plastic bottle.

    I'm told you can make a bomb strong enough to flip a car over with Drano, aluminum, and a 1 liter pop bottle..........[:(]
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote-let-me-tell-you-what-really-happened-every-night-before-i-go-to-bed-i-have-milk-and-cookies-richard-pryor-260543.jpg
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by select-fire
    Alcohol and chainsaws


    ..I just tell everyone that the scar is from a shark bite..[:I]
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    j3081j3081 Member Posts: 332 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    DRINKING AND DRIVING,,,potasium perclorate and aluminun powder mix very well with each but can be very deadly [:D][:D][:D]
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by j3081
    DRINKING AND DRIVING,,,potasium perclorate and aluminun powder mix very well with each but can be very deadly [:D][:D][:D]


    ..I'd add 5% sulfur to that. Potassium perchlorate is much safer
    than potassium chlorate. The chlorate mix is more sensitive to
    friction, impact and static electricity.....(tap the ex-pyro)
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