30 second outdoor cleaner

[Hell-B]

Anyone use this stuff? It really works great but is pretty spendy. I have mixed bleach, water, and a little soap together and it works fairly well but nothing compared to 30 soc.
Any guesses on missing ingredients?

[Chromaflage]

According to the material safety data sheet:

Sodium Hypochorite (Bleach) 6.25%
Trisodium Phosphate 2.63%
Surfactant (some type of soap) 0.1%
Balance is likely water

Originally Posted by Papermaker

Anyone use this stuff? It really works great but is pretty spendy. I have mixed bleach, water, and a little soap together and it works fairly well but nothing compared to 30 soc.
Any guesses on missing ingredients?

[Hell-B]

Originally Posted by Chromaflage

According to the material safety data sheet:

Sodium Hypochorite (Bleach) 6.25%
Trisodium Phosphate 2.63%
Surfactant (some type of soap) 0.1%
Balance is likely water

Thanks..would the Trisodium Phosphate be what we call TSP?

[hookup1]

Originally Posted by Papermaker

Thanks..would the Trisodium Phosphate be what we call TSP?

Yes

[Hell-B]

OK....got some experimenting to do..thanks

[Kootenay]

works great on mold and moss

[Shutup N Fish]

Originally Posted by Kootenay

works great on mold and moss

TSP - look at the ingredients on Cherrios. The same TSP is in the cereal.

[Chromaflage]

FYI - the surfactant is typically used to prevent dirt from redopositing on the substrate or cleaned surface. A small amount of a polyethylene glycol or carboxy methyl cellulose based detergent should fit the bill.

[anglingaddict]

OK you guys seem to have at least taken your basic high school chemistry class that I skipped.

Is this the same stuff that they sometimes display on endcaps at the big box hardware stores maybe with a video showing them hosing off stuff with it?? If so I have been avoiding it due to the phosphates. I recall being told that the reason we see "suds" floating down the river or building up near the shorline is due to phosphates. Same thing?? If so I have to wonder why we're readily dumping more of it into our water system just to save a little elbow grease.

I'm not trying to be critical, just honestly trying to learn and "voicing" my thoughts at the same time.

THANKS!!!!
A.A.

[fishkisser]

I,m with Angling Addict on this one ...
I will stick to simple green and other biodegradable/ runoff safe cleaners

[Dan Grbavac]

On concrete wet it down and sprinkle Tide with Bleach of go to Costco and
buy their powder soap with bleach. Let it sit for a while and pressure wash it off . The moss goes away.

[Hell-B]

If I'm going to pressure wash, nothing extra needed.

By the responses here, I'm not sure if anyone has used the 30 second stuff. The moment it his a wooden fence of deck, it's instantly clean. No foam, no suds.

My experiment today worked, but no instantly. Think there must be a missing ingredient.

This is pretty innocent compared to washing everything with lemon joy.