Yesterday was suddenly sunny and 90°F, with a gentle breeze, after months of cold, rain, and high winds A perfect day to wash my bed sheets and hang them out to dry, which they definitely needed.

Now, as I've mentioned before, my cleaning method has a strong bleach step, where only Clorox brand bleach works. Their list says, "Sodium Hypochlorite 6%; Other Ingredients 94%. They've got something in that "Other ingredients" item that others don't have, and since this isn't food, they don't have to list it unless it's officially toxic.

As I did this step, I noticed I was getting a bit low on Clorox, and it's been hard to find lately - but I determined I'd have to find some within the next few weeks.

Then, Damn! Trump goes and recommends that people main-line Clorox! This is going to make it even harder to find.

The jug itself claims otherwise, describing benefits not available from sodium hypochlorite and water alone. By comparison in use, Clorox contains some powerful surfacants at the least

Take my experience with bed sheets. Long soak in Agent Orange (citrus based cleaners) and the first agitated rinse the water is filthy. Three more rinses, it's finally reasonably clean. Then a strong bleach soak. With regular bleach, it doesn't make much difference. With Clorox, the water becomes just as dirty as it was at the first agitated rinse.

With the regular bleach, the sheets still look grungy. With Clorox, they look almost factory clean.

So you guys can claim there's nothing but water and sodium hypochlorite all you want, but I have direct experimental evidence that isn't true - so I'm going to ignore you.