Clorox Bleach

Clorox bleach is good for whitening your clothes, and sanitizing your kitchen and bathroom, but the focus of this article is utilizing the container, after all the bleach is gone.

And sometimes recycling a container - and making what you want - is a lot cheaper than going out and buying the item. Besides, most of the items I list are made of plastic, and are probably no stronger than the Clorox container.

So if you still use Clorox bleach around the house, here are a few tips for using the empty container.

Storage For Rock Salt
Rock salt is used mainly for melting snow, and keeping it in a bleach container is easy and more convenient for pouring.

A Bailing Tool
Use the container as a bailing tool for your boat. All you need to do is cut across the bottom of the empty container diagonally, and make sure the cap is screwed on tight.

Use It As A Bird Feeder
Make sure the container is thoroughly clean. Cut a hole in the side of the container across from the handle, then put in your birdseed. If you want to get creative, try decorating the outside of the container with non-toxic paint.

Need A Scooper
Do the same as you did for the bailing tool. Cut diagonally across the bottom, and make sure the cap is screwed on. This can be used to scoop ice, sugar, rice, flour, sand, snow, dog food or fertilizer.

A Berry Harvesting Bucket
This device will hang from your belt and off your hip. Cut a hold across from the handle. Make sure the container is clean. Loop your belt through the handle, then secure it around your waist. It also leaves your hands free to pick berries or fruit.

Toy Carrier
Clean the container thoroughly. Cut a hole across from the handle, and fill it with your child's small toys or crayons. You don't have to worry about decorating it, because they will probably do it for you.

What About A Megaphone
Simple. Just remove the bottom and the cap.

A Holder For Clothespins
Believe it or not, some people still use clotheslines. If you're one of them, just make sure the bottom of the container has drainage holds. Cut a hole across from the handle, and hang it on the line.

A Pooper Scooper
Again, cut the bottom diagonally, screw the cap on and you have your pooper scooper.

Need Dumbbells
Get two containers and fill them with enough sand until it's right for you. Then you can fill or empty as needed.

A Buoy For Boating
Get a piece of rope. On one end tie a weight, then tie the other end to the handle of the bleach container. Why not make of string of these buoys to indicate areas where you are boating or swimming.

Make A Funnel
Need an emergency funnel for water, oil or whatever your car might need? Then cut the bottom off the container, and remove the cap. Store it in your truck for emergencies.

A Garden Hot Cap
This used with your seedlings that are just starting out and need a little extra heat. Cut the bottom and the handle off. Place over your seedling and secure it in place with a stick pushed through the open handle spot, and into the ground. During the day, remove the cap and at night replace it.

Improvise An Anchor
Just fill the container with gravel.

If You Need To Sift Soil
Cut the bottom of the container diagonally. Place a piece of hardware cloth that is 6 inches in diameter, and 1/4 inches thick, over the inside opening to the handle. The idea is to scoop up the dirt and it will fall through the tiny opening, while leaving any rocks and pebbles behind.

Use It For A Paint Bucket
Cut a hole in the container across from the handle. You want it big enough so any size paint brush will fit through. Then fill it with your paint.

The name clorox comes from the combination of chlorine and sodium hydroxide, which are two of the main ingredients in the bleach. The company that branded an industrial strength clorox bleach in 1914, was The Electro-Alkaline Company in San Francisco.

In 1916 The Electro-Alkaline Company came up with a formula that could be used in the household, but in 1957, they sold it to Proctor & Gamble. But this did not go well for Proctor & Gamble. The purchase of Clorox ended up being in antitrust litigation by the FTC for 10 years. In 1969 Proctor & Gamble was ordered to divest itself of Clorox. So once again, Clorox was an independent company.

Two other facts you should know about clorox. Never put it on wool or silk, because the sodium hyprochlorine will damage the fibers. And clorox bleach is suppose to be environmentally, according to the company. It naturally breaks down, and becomes salt and water after use.