Peroxide Vs Bleach? - Cleaning Talk - Professional Cleaning and Restoration Forum

Njones · 10-25-2009, 06:27 PM

I've been having fun with my X-jet the past few months, and I've been using a chlorine solution for everything so far. I'm happy with the results, but the environmental impact and the potential damage to plantlife if I don't rinse enough are issues that I would like to do without if possible.

I was talking to my brother in law today who is a pharmaceutical chemist and he asked if I'd tried a hydrogen peroxide solution to compare the results as it is apparently MUCH more eco friendly.

It stuck me that some of the products I've been looking at on the net that make all the eco friendly claims (http://stores.reviversystems.com/StoreFront.bok being one that caught my eye in particular) are probably peroxide based? None of the US suppliers will ship chems to Ireland, so I'm stuck figuring this out on my own!
What I want to know is:

Does peroxide do the same job?
Does it damage plants/lawns?
Is it any more harmful to the operator than bleach?
Is it as cost effective?

Your comments are appreciated!

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Contractor Florida · 04-05-2010, 05:44 AM

I believe that bleach water does not have an effect on plants for the reason that when i did my expererment the bleach watered plant grew almost as well as the plain watered plant did... Although a lot of leaves fell off...

Apple Roof Cleaning · 05-07-2010, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Contractor Florida

I believe that bleach water does not have an effect on plants for the reason that when i did my expererment the bleach watered plant grew almost as well as the plain watered plant did... Although a lot of leaves fell off...

The salt in the bleach can harm plants if not properly diluted during roof cleaning.

Housemartin · 07-12-2010, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Njones

I've been having fun with my X-jet the past few months, and I've been using a chlorine solution for everything so far. I'm happy with the results, but the environmental impact and the potential damage to plantlife if I don't rinse enough are issues that I would like to do without if possible.

I was talking to my brother in law today who is a pharmaceutical chemist and he asked if I'd tried a hydrogen peroxide solution to compare the results as it is apparently MUCH more eco friendly.

It stuck me that some of the products I've been looking at on the net that make all the eco friendly claims (http://stores.reviversystems.com/StoreFront.bok being one that caught my eye in particular) are probably peroxide based? None of the US suppliers will ship chems to Ireland, so I'm stuck figuring this out on my own!
What I want to know is:

Does peroxide do the same job?
Does it damage plants/lawns?
Is it any more harmful to the operator than bleach?
Is it as cost effective?

Your comments are appreciated!

Bleach leaves hallogen compounds, and is definitely leaving an environmental footprint. The answer to this is in finding a biocide that breaks down into non accumulative residues. We use DDAC on this side of the pond, it ticks the boxes. Have a look at www.roofclean.co.uk
Francois

Housemartin · 07-12-2010, 07:25 AM

Bleach leaves hallogen compounds, and is definitely leaving an environmental footprint. The answer to this is in finding a biocide that breaks down into non accumulative residues. We use DDAC on this side of the pond, it ticks the boxes. Have a look at www.roofclean.co.uk
Francois