Disinfecting and cleaning

[gatorboy306]

What disinfectant and materials do you guys generally use to clean water bowls, decor, and hides?

[I-KandyReptiles]

I'll run them through the dishwasher once with soap, and then rinse with plain water.

[bfirecat]

I use Simple Green

[Samii]

I use 5/6 water and 1/6 bleach, let it soak for 15 minutes then rinse it all off really well with hot water! Cheap and easy (:

[I-KandyReptiles]

I use Simple Green

I'll use this also, but don't forget to rinse!

[Mike41793]

I use 5/6 water and 1/6 bleach, let it soak for 15 minutes then rinse it all off really well with hot water! Cheap and easy (:

You can do whatever you want, but you don't need nearly that much. 1/4cup of bleach per gallon is enough. 1/6 part bleach would be like 10cups of bleach per gallon. Once again, do as you please, but you could save some money by using less bleach. Also make sure you rinse well, thats a high concentration of bleach.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Light cleaning - chlorhexidine

Heavy Cleaning - Dish Soap & Bleach

[Mike41793]

You can do whatever you want, but you don't need nearly that much. 1/4cup of bleach per gallon is enough. 1/6 part bleach would be like 10cups of bleach per gallon. Once again, do as you please, but you could save some money by using less bleach. Also make sure you rinse well, thats a high concentration of bleach.

To specify, i meant that even 1/4cup per gallon is a high concentration, so be sure to rinse well.

[FireStorm]

Chlorihexidine

[kitedemon]

Chlorhexidine is not a cleaner it is a disinfectant.

Instructions here...
http://datasheets.scbt.com/sc-359873_mfr.pdf
PLEASE READ THEM!

Misuse of disinfectants are as bad as misuse of antibiotics, it just develops resistant strains of bacteria ect.

Disinfectants don't work on soiled items everything MUST be washed first.

Failure to clean before disinfecting neutralizes them almost instantly, you might as well 'disinfect' with water and save your money.

I use F10SCXD as a cleaner and F10SC as a disinfectant. 1:250 as a heavy duty cleaner. For light duty cleaning I use f10 hand soap it is a light purpose soap works really well.