Re: Alternative to bleach
Since Bleach, (sodium hypochlorite), has a percentage of sodium hydroxide in it, (as the byproduct in the making of it), you could try a cleaner method. Purchase a small container of trichlor granular and mix a very small amount in your distilled water. I would start out at maybe 10ppm and work up from there to get the strength that works for you. Since there are not many kits for the consumer to tell when you have 10ppm, you might have to use a regular pool tester and and judge the color of the tester to get it close.
The advantage would be not having the aggresive sodium hypochlorite mixed in with it. Chlorine bleach is made very similar to anodizing where you pass current thru an anode and cathode which splits the sodium Ion and creates chlorine and as a by product, sodium hydroxide. This is made with pure salt.
Anyway, it might be worth a try.
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