I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don’t hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don’t even use.

  • cordlesslamp@lemmy.today
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    10 months ago

    About the bleach, wouldn’t it just evaporates into the air and be toxic/bad for your health?

    I’m also sick of cleaning my humidifier.

    I’m planning to buy an evaporative humidifier, dump a kilo of sea salt in it so nothing can grow. As the water vaporize, all the salt will be remain for the next refill (as salt doesn’t evaporate with the water). I wonder if it would work as I can’t find anything on Google.

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      10 months ago

      I use a little splash of vinegar. Keeps it nice and clean without the whole chlorine gas part.

      (I don’t know if bleach produces chlorine gas. Talking out my ass on that part)

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      10 months ago

      About the bleach, wouldn’t it just evaporates into the air

      Nope, bleach is Sodium hypochlorite, if left to dry only the water it’s diluted in will evaporate leaving behind bleach crystals. Over time it will decompose into table salt. That doesn’t sound the best for the humidifier, but it won’t be a danger to the air.