When cleaning what products should you NOT use together?

Question

Can some of them cause a bad chemical reaction...put off deadly fumes, destroy tile, etc...? I always use Clorox Clean-Up, Clorox Wipes, etc...

Answer 1

As many have mentioned, bleach and ammonia. However, I also suggest you be very careful with bleach and any other cleansers in the same family as Lime Away. That has had some bad consequences for me as well as local inmates in the Arizona jail pured both down a drain and caused an explosion hurting several people. Do not used pool chlorine in toilet tanks as a substitue for cleansing tablets. My mother did that and when my brother woke from his nap and went potty he ended up with nasty burned, blisted bottom. Never mixed anything with Daino or any other drain cleaner. I would also caution in the over use of bleach in general. I have a tendency to do that being of Scandinavian heritage and being a clean freak. I have had several cases of chlorine poisining. Take my word for it, you don't want it. Safe natural cleansers are vinegar and water, it is acidic. Baking soda is a mild abrasive.
Baking soda and vinegar together can clean out a drain due to their bubbling action when mixed together. The best way to clean your broiler pan or barbecue grills is to put them in a plastic bag with about 1 cup of ammonia poured over them. Close the bag with a twist tie and leave over night. The next day, hose them off outside. You may have to do some mild cleaning but you will be surprised at how easy it it. I put my stove top grills (gas stoves only, kids) and stove top drip pans in my dishwasher. Dishwashing soap is mildly abrasively. If the drip pans have stubborn stains, they get the bag and ammonia treatment. I hope this helps and has given you some alternatives as well.

Answer 2

Never mix a bleach product and an ammonia product. The combination of the two produces fumes that can cause respiratory illness, and if there is prolonged exposure, cancer. Never directly mix the two products, but also be sure not to use one directly before or after the other.

Bleach products are usually labeled with a warning that they contain bleach. Some examples are chlorox bleach liquid, chlorox wipes, etc. For ammonia products, check the ingredient label. The most common ammiona-based cleaner is Windex (or other brand window cleaner).

Answer 3

The traditional answer to this is ammonia based products and chlorine based products. They will react and form chloramine gas. Chloramine happens to be a really good bleaching agent, but your lungs don't need bleaching. You can either suffocate, or develop acid in your lungs which will damage them or cause pneumonia.

Another pair to avoid mixing is vinegar and bakings soda. Alone they each do a nice job. Together they neutralize one another and do nothing.

It's a very good idea to use one cleaning product at a time, and rinse carefully between them. While a good chemist can look at them and have a pretty good idea of what will react, and what won't, it can be a little confusing sometimes to the rest of us.

Answer 4

I would avoid store bought cleaning products altogether, just for this very reason. There are harmful toxins in all off the shelf cleaners that could hurt you and your family.

Try homemade cleaners. They are really cheap, and if you have kids they will have fun mixing the recipes with you. You can even go one step further and have your kids design your bottle labels.

There are mixtures for just about every type of cleaning in the home. Also, look up essential oils on the internet. You can put a few drops of these oils in your homemade solutions (don't put in store bought) to customize with scents you will enjoy. Essentials oils come in all scents from jasmine, to sandlewood. Essentials oils can be expensive, but a few drops goes a long way.

Answer 5

Anything that has chlorine in it. You would be exposed to fumes that could harm you, and the best reference is to read the instructions. Like using a gel toilet cleaner with chlorine at the same time. Or lime remover and chlorine. Not a good idea.

Read the label.

Answer 6

Do not mix bleach and ammonia together. You will create an extra deadly gas.

Answer 7

Bleach and amonia = deadly

but there isn't any bleach in the clorox wipes (I DO BELIEVE)

Answer 8

Are you thinking of Chlorine and Ammonia? They will emit a deadly gas when mixed....

Answer 9

Bleach and Ammonia

Answer 10

Never mix bleach and amonia as it will cause toxic fumes.