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It used to years ago label. “Do not mix with bleach “
It is illegal to mix anything with bleach or sodium hypochlorite unless it’s specifically made to do so and approved to be added to it end off , what you are suggesting is dangerous , all the surfactants are cheap LDA is only around £15 for 5 ltr and that will treat 13 x20 ltr drums of hypo , clever wash is around £45 for 5 ltr with both of theses products you only need 300 ml per 20 ltr drum of hypo so it’s hardly expensive stuff if ones cannot afford that then they don’t run a very profitable business.
Illegal how? Who’s policing that?
It’s not policed that’s impossible to do , we have many laws that arnt policed , but if you get caught by the HSE or if anyone reports you after doing a job beacause they feel you have done damage to there property or them and the HSE investigate it’s a Hefty fine and potential imprisonment depending on the severity of the case . The sds data sheets don’t allow for addertives being added by the end user this is why Benz stuff is so popular as there’s is the only approved and regulated product that has governmental approval , so when quoting for work if the customer has an ounce of common sense they will ask for a RAMS and want the chemical name and manufacturer sheets we are currently quoting some very large blocks of flats for a management company and they have specified that it’s the Benz Lightning Cleanze that’s used as it’s an approved product .
Well I’ll await patiently for you to post that legislation from HSE, and until then I’ll have to speculate it’s the manufacturer telling you it’s “ illegal” as part of their sales pitch sold to the uneducated masses.
This is just a small part of the biocide regulations act ( on the HSE web site ) but by adding other components / chemicals or substances you are altering the approved licence product and in effect inventing your own product which unless you are an approved chemist is illegal, and extremely dangerous , look up chloromines and Halothormes , just by putting washing up liquid of any brand can cause theses the be formed , Ime not going to get into an argument about this but there is a need to be very cautious about giving false and misleading and potentially dangerous advise on a forum about theses things newbies could easily do theses things and be totally unaware of the potential consequences, I used to put washing up liquid in hypo my self not realising it was dangerous and illegal , one thing that did stand out to me was that it didn’t mix with the hypo it always went into a gell that should have been a warning sign but I believed what I had seen on YouTube again that’s another source of very misleading information on this subject
Sodium hypochlorite and bleach come under the biocide regulations if you read the labels on theses drums it states that they are a biocide have a look on the Benz website .
