Foam Aroma - by Bloo (Jeyes): does this cleaning powder always clog in the container?

APennySaved

Has anybody else noticed that this household toilet cleaning product:
Foam Aroma: brand Bloo: manufacturer Jeyes
clogs badly inside the container? i.e. the powder seems to get damp even if the lid is always tightly closed.

Info re the item - which was only launched 3 years ago in 2016 - is at:
Jeyes launches Bloo Foam Aroma fragrant cleaning powder duo

It's such a shame, as I hoped this would be a useful & pleasant product to use than the old Ajax or Vim powders that my mother's generation used. That always had a horrible stink of bleach etc! :eek:

It has a lovely fragrant smell. But the clogging means it o nly leaves the packaging in clumps or even not at all!

Can I perhaps add something to the powder in the plastic container to keep the powder dry?

oystercatcher

I've never used this but I wonder if damp is getting into the product somehow?

It's worth e mailing the manufacturers as some send out vouchers or replacement products when you give feedback on their products, good or bad.

APennySaved

Good suggestion. Thanks! :

oystercatcher wrote: »

It's worth e mailing the manufacturers as some send out vouchers or replacement products when you give feedback on their products, good or bad.

BTW, I don't think moisture can/should have got in as there is an inner reusable seal PLUS the outer lid; and we have used both throughout. That's why I was wondering if in fact there was a flaw with 1 or both of these 2 lids, & if other people had also found so.

Maybe as a solution I was thinking of uncooked rice being used, in the same way that it can apparently be used to keep flour dry, i.e. as a drying/desiccating agent. But then that would mean the rice grains would end up in the loo along with the powder! So that 'solution' wouldn't last long or be cost-effective! (Not to mention other practical problems of flushing hard rice grains.)

Maybe it's back to the drawing board for the manufacturer!

APennySaved

Organza_Lace wrote: »

Shouldn't go damp if the top is closed properly. I've not had a problem with it.

Thanks, Organza_Lace.

So maybe the most likely reason for the flaw is either that the particular item we have bought is from a bad batch, or that the item goes clumpy if left unsold/unused for too long.

Thanks for all your help!