Making 3% Hydrogen Peroxide (these are ONLY approximates): (You must use Distilled water – not tap or spring water. Tap and spring water contains minerals which will cause hydrogen peroxide to weaken very quickly)

If you start with 35%: It takes approximately 11oz of water added to 1oz of 35% to produce 3% hydrogen peroxide.

Getting Started

Many recommend shocking your pool or tub to start using hydrogen peroxide. Either Food Grade or Technical Grade can be used.

To shock your pool or hot tub, a relatively high level is used at a ratio of 1 cup for every 250 gallons. DO NOT RUN your pump continuously. Rather, run it only long enough to circulate the water and then turn off the pump. Ideally, you should add the H₂O₂ at sunset and allow the water to sit 24 hours before turning the pump back on. The tub or pool may be used afterwards.

It is NOT necessary to shock your pool or hot tub if you are starting with fresh water. H₂O₂ will not adversely interact with other pool chemicals.

Pool and Hot Tub Maintenance

This depends quite a bit on the water source and the amount of organic materials that enter the water (dust, leaves, number of people using the pool etc.) If you are starting with new water, a good starting point is 1 cup of H₂O₂ for every 500 gallons of water.

H₂O₂ interacts with and oxidizes organic materials and decomposes with UV light. This is a reason that H₂O₂ must be added time to time to maintain its level in the water. There is no danger of H₂O₂ levels increasing or forming dangerous residual chemicals.

Test Strips

Ideally, you would keep the concentration level measuring between 50 and 90 ppm.

Check Your Filters Often

As with any pool or hot tub with a filtration system, you should regularly check your filter(s) as clogged filters will damage some pumping systems.

Storage

H₂O₂ should ALWAYS be stored in TOTAL DARKNESS and a cool location. UV light causes H₂O₂ to decompose.

CAUTION: ALWAYS wear plastic gloves and safety goggles when adding H₂O₂ to the water as it can splash or spill. You simply add the hydrogen peroxide to the water and no special injection system is necessary.

Food spoilage and food poisoning both are the result of the growth of microorganisms in fresh cut fruits and vegetables. Increasingly, food packers have begun switching to use of hydrogen peroxide as a disinfecting agent due to the safety issues of using chlorine. H₂O₂ is a powerful anti-microbial which may be used not only for washing fruits and vegetables free of pesticides and 35% contaminants present, but also to extend the self live of these fresh products and elimination of the microorganisms delays spoilage.

If you are wise enough to wash your fresh product and tired of how quickly it spoils even if refrigerated, washing these in an H₂O₂solution will help both problems without any of the toxic effects of chlorine.

Dilution ratio: 1/8 cup H₂O₂ per 1-gallon water. (A little goes a long way!)

Tired of Lettuce Going Bad

Ever notice that after you open a head of lettuce, it starts to go bad within hours – turning brown? This is due to invasion of microorganisms where it has the lettuce has been wounded and it is your touching it that conveyed the bacteria, fungus etc.

Dilution: If you keep a gallon jug with 1/2 ounce H₂O₂ to the gallon and rinse the head off before putting it in a sealed plastic container (shake off the excess H₂O₂ solution first), it will last longer before it turns.

The primary cause of meat spoilage is microorganisms. Meat packers learned long ago that if they can keep meat from being touched it will not spoil for months. Packinghouses will have their meat cutters never touch the meat directly and continually dip their knives in sterilizing solution. If you are tired of your meat spoiling within a day or two from arriving from the grocery store (cutters in grocery stores tend not to follow these standards), wash fresh meat (beef, poultry and pork – all but hamburger) in an H₂O₂ solution and put it in a zip-lock bag careful NOT to touch it first – and it will last for weeks.

Dilution: Same as vegetables and fruit above.

Plants like H₂O₂ and it benefits them in 2 ways. First, it oxygenates the soil. Second, it kills microorganisms, fungus and bacteria harmful to plants. It will not harm worms. House plants and gardens thrive with H₂O₂ supplementing and increasing numbers of commercial farmers have added H₂O₂ to their inventories for their crops for this reason.

Dilution ratio: Put 1/2 ounce 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide per 1-gallon water for plant watering and for water to soak seeds for sprouting.

Sprouting needs: Add 1 ounce 3% hydrogen peroxide to one pint of water and soak the seeds overnight.

Add the same amount of hydrogen peroxide each time you rinse the seeds.

Chlorine, bleach, and ammonia all are toxic – both in liquid form and the fumes they cause. H₂O₂ is the safe and wise alternative. Use it to wipe down kitchen counters, to mop the floor and particularly wipe down the refrigerator interior (kills the organisms leading to spoilage. It will sterilize the toilet bowl and overall bathrooms tend to collect micro-organisms. Wipe out the children’s lunch box to eliminate odors and it is great for eliminating kitchen odors.

Dilution ratio: 1 cup 35% food grade H₂O₂ per 1 gallon water

Note: the dilution ratio of 1 ounce per 1 quart is good for a face wash water, and good to reduce acne as well. But do not use around your eyes any stronger than this and if in doubt, dilute further.

H₂O₂ is a safe alternative to unsafe bleach. The finest clothing manufacturers use H₂O₂, not bleach, as their whitening agent. Bleach residual against your skin is terrible for the skin and chloride vapor in the air is very harmful to health. Replace bleach with H₂O₂.

Tip: Pillows and pillow cases are atrocious for gathering micro-pests.

Every month or so you should rotation the pillows you sleep on. Remove the pillowcase and seal the old one in a black plastic trash bag and leave it in the sun (if possible). At the end of the month, all the mites, fungus, bacteria and 35% microorganisms are gone. Rotate your pillows this way. The only alternative is to wash in an H₂O₂ solution (if pillow is washable and most actually are) or throw you pillows away every month or two. Remember, if you wash a pillow, do not dry it on the hot setting of the dryer.

Dilution for laundry: 1 cup H₂O₂ per wash load. You may increase this amount for strong bleaching effect on whites if you wish. H₂O₂ will also kill the millions of micro-mites and pests that gather in bedding and pay particular attention to pillowcases.

For small animals (dogs and cats) use 1 ounce 35% food grade hydrogen peroxide to 1-gallon water for their bath water. For drinking water, the dilution should be no stronger than 4 drops. Remember to keep your pet’s bedding clean like yours and H₂O₂ is a great sterilizing agent.

Wash a cat litter box with the H₂O₂ kitchen cleaning mix described about and odors are gone – and not replaced with horrible bleach smell.

This not only kills the bacteria that causes bad breath and goes a long way to preventing tooth decay, it also has a whitening effect.

Dilute 35% food grade H₂O₂ on a 1-16 ratio (1 part 35% H₂O₂ to 16 parts water). This actually is a bit lower than 3% drug store and Wal-Mart H₂O₂.

DO NOT USE as a mouthwash in higher concentration. (This is one ounce per 1 pint or 2 cups of water). You can mix this up well in advance and just leave the bottle on the bathroom counter. The contents will remain sterilized due to the sterilizing effect of H₂O₂. 10 times as effective as alcohol based mouthwashes, plus the whitening effect of hydrogen peroxide.

Swish it around in your mouth for 1-2 minutes before brushing. Watch how white your teeth eventually become! But do not exceed the concentration!

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