Milton Sterilising fluid

Curry_Queen · 9 February 2005 at 2:57PM

You don't need a baby in the house to use Milton's sterilising fluid!

I use it for everything in place of regular anti-bacterial products and it saves a fortune as it's only £1.88 for 1250ml bottle at Tesco and will last me a month a more ... soaking dish cloths, pet dishes,wiping all kitchen/bathroom surfaces etc

It's effective against E.coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Rotavirus and Candida Albicans and much safer to use than bleach as it's non-toxic!

You can even add it (following directions on bottle) to water to make it safe for drinking

SnowyOwl_2 · 9 February 2005 at 7:22PM

Hi Curry-Queen

You've convinced me to buy a bottle. I think I read somewhere that a solution of Milton is good for washing fruit and veg with. It really pains me to see people handling apples etc and not buying them. I should imagine fruit at the market, Tesco etc could be as unhygenic as bowls of peanuts etc put out in (posh) wine bars etc. Not everyone washes their hands after using the loo... Icky!

Snowy Owl.

elona · 9 February 2005 at 9:04PM

Before everyone rushes out to buy this I have a feeling that it is just dilute hydrogen peroxide and you could buy it cheaper as that in the chemist and then dilute it yourself.

MATH · 9 February 2005 at 9:15PM

Can't quite lose my adiction to bleach myself.

Curry_Queen · 9 February 2005 at 11:42PM

Elona - the active ingredient is sodium hypochlorite so no, it's not the same as hydrogen peroxide. It also has anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral properties whereas hydrogen peroxide is just a bleaching agent.

SnowyOwl - yes, you can use it to wash fruit and veggies

JayS_3 · 10 February 2005 at 12:00AM

Hi Guys

Sodium hypochlorite (Milton) is used in solution in hospitals for blood spills etc, it's excellent for killing all the nasties.

It's also used in the correct concentration to sterilise baby bottles etc, it's safe when used correctly as per the instructions, which is most important as too much or too little (depending on what you are using it for) can make it very unsafe.

It's also great for sterilising home brewing equiptment, or water pipes for drinking water when camping etc., or those camel water bottles/backpack thinks cyclists use.

100 and 1 uses!:D

JayS

PS I still also use Napisan (used to wash terry nappies) in my wash for my son's smelly socks :eek:, works a treat; and to kill the bugs on my nursing uniforms. Just put it in the draw with the usual powder/liquid at the beginning of the main cycle.

savvy · 11 February 2005 at 10:14PM

Did you also know that Milton (or shops own which is cheaper) is VERY effective for sorting out tea stained mugs, I also use it for dark coloured mugs just to make sure they're spotless too!!

student100 · 12 February 2005 at 3:54PM

Milton is dilute Sodium Hypochlorite solution - otherwise known as BLEACH. If you buy THIN bleach in the supermarket it is exactly the same chemical composition as Milton, although a little more concentrated. (Bleach is usually a 4-5% sodium hypochlorite solution whereas Milton is about 1-2%). And bleach is a lot cheaper!

(Note that thick Domestos-style bleaches have other additives though so they are not the same).

For babies bottles etc. you might want to stick to Milton etc. to ensure you get exactly the right concentration, but for other purposes thin bleach is exactly the same and will be a lot cheaper.

Milton just goes to show how effective branding can pursuade people to pay an awful lot more for exactly the same product

JayS_3 · 12 February 2005 at 7:23PM

Thank you Student100, that is a very interesting link and added to my understanding of Sodium Hypochlorite.

I'm really, really, glad you suggested sticking to Milton for baby bottles etc, as it could be extremely dangerous to use diluted household thin bleach, it has to be the exact recomended dilution. Although, for saving money most of the supermarkets/baby shops do their own labeling of the same product.

Best wishes

Jay

mini · 14 February 2005 at 8:27PM

I use Asda sterilising tablets to clean mugs about 86p for a lot of tablets use 1 per 3/4 mugs. The other tip I adapted from something I saw on how clean is your house is dissolve 1/2 tablet in 1/2 cup of water pouur over piece of kitchen towel put on tea stained worktop, tea stain fades, our worktops are very light anyway so it may be lethal to use with darker ones

Sylvan · 2 October 2010 at 2:32AM

Dippypud wrote: »

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Curry_Queen wrote: »

You don't need a baby in the house to use Milton's sterilising fluid!

I use it for everything in place of regular anti-bacterial products and it saves a fortune as it's only £1.88 for 1250ml bottle at Tesco and will last me a month a more ... soaking dish cloths, pet dishes,wiping all kitchen/bathroom surfaces etc

It's effective against E.coli, Listeria, Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, Rotavirus and Candida Albicans and much safer to use than bleach as it's non-toxic!

You can even add it (following directions on bottle) to water to make it safe for drinking

Cheers all, Pud.;)

I haven't used Milton for decades. Used to use it all the time.
Went looking for it yesterday and neither the bottles nor the tablets give any instructions for using it to make water safe.
There's a warning on the bottle saying it's highly dangerous and should not be ingested.

Does anyone know?

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