Some thoughts and findings about Hydrogen Peroxide. Yes, this has been

[abqtommy]

discussed on DU at least twice before. Anyone with an interest can perform a DU Site Search.

Since I'm no stranger to the use of hydrogen peroxide or rubbing alcohol to treat the
bad skin I inherited from my family (both are excellent anti-bacterial/sanitizing products but hydrogen peroxide is much gentler to human skin) here are my
observations. I'd never dream of using rubbing alcohol in my mouth. Yuck! I have
used hydrogen peroxide as a mouth rinse and gargle a few times.

But since early 2020 I've used hydrogen peroxide as my sanitizing fluid of choice and I've seen it wear holes in the washcloths I use to sanitize things and I've had
hydrogen peroxide dripping all over since it will eat holes in the large plastic zip-loc
bag I use to carry my sanitizing kit around in. I'm very careful with this stuff and I
hope you are too.

[PoliticAverse]

1. Fun fact: Hydrogen peroxide has been used as rocket fuel...

and jet fuel.

In concentrated form it can be very dangerous and damage skin.

Avoid inhaling hydrogen peroxide fumes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide

[RFCalifornia]

5. You can mix it up with hydroflouric acid and it speeds up the dissolution process

[PoliticAverse]

6. hydroflouric acid - now that's something really dangerous. n/t

[RFCalifornia]

7. And it's one of the adulterants you might find in street heroin nt

[PoliticAverse]

9. Kids, stay off the street heroin. n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

2. I could be wrong but I thought also that Hyd. Pexoxide was used as a bleaching agent for hair too,

to make hair blonde.

As a sanitizing agent, I use everywhere, and even keep a bottle of it in my car too.

[PoliticAverse]

3. Yes, hence the phrase "peroxide blonde". It's used as a bleaching agent in several commercial

processes.

A big advantage is it eventually becomes just plain water (when it loses its extra oxygen atom) and isn't a hazard to dispose of.

https://www.wordnik.com/words/peroxide%20blonde

[SWBTATTReg]

16. Thanks! Appreciate the heads up...have a nice day!!

P.S. I also didn't know about it losing its strength (loses the extra oxygen atom) after a while. It does make it nice to dispose of afterwards.

[abqtommy]

4. NOTE TO ALL: The hydrogen peroxide readily available at markets and

pharmacies everywhere is a 3% solution. It cannot be used as fuel or to bleach hair.

[PoliticAverse]

8. Yes it is all about the concentration. The 3% sold in drugstores...

can be used to lighten hair (best in conjunction with other substances like baking soda there are many youtube videos of people doing exactly that).

It can be used as a mouthwash (make sure such use is mentioned on the bottle and follow directions to dilute with water, avoid swallowing).

[oregonjen]

10. It's also used to induce vomiting in dogs when they ingest something harmful

Had to induce vomiting when my dog got into chocolate that my daughter, who was young at the time, left out accidentally. It works.

[zuul]

11. It's the only thing that will relieve mosquito bites for me.

I’ve tried every topical cream, lotion and ointment available but none of them work for mosquito bites. On a whim, and out of desperation, I tried hydrogen peroxide directly on the bite. Works every time.

[pansypoo53219]

12. i of my cats LOVED peroxide. i was cleaning my ear + he licked it out.

he liked beans too. frozen peas. tomato juice. chili........

[intrepidity]

13. My dog likes it too

Weirdos

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. It's usually the "bleach" in color safe bleach

At a higher concentration than 3% of course. You can even use the concentrated stuff from the beauty supply to bleach old electronics that have become discolored.