I love my Dew (as I keep banging on about!)
Right. There are two types - Superclean and Disinfect (which is the same as the sanitiser). The Superclean is meant for de-greasing and cleaning but not disinfecting as it only kills bacteria. I only use this on my sinks as I can rinse it off easily.
The Disinfect kills EVERYTHING and is basically the same as Clinisept. I was having problems with my gum and bigger problems with Corsodyl so asked my dentist about Dew (emailed him the info) and he said to use Dew and water as a 50:50 mix. I emailed Dew to check and they said the same. The dentist uses hypochlorous to clean his equipment. He has a generator on site.
I've used Clinisept mouthwash and the taste is the same as Dew (salty-ish). I do use a tiny bit more Dew than 50:50 though.
I use the Dew Disinfect for the dog - I SATURATE the fox poo area (ususlly on the longest ruff hair on her neck!) and sort of sponge it off with kitchen roll. It cleans it off, kills all the bugs, GETS RID OF THE STINK COMPLETELY and doesn't harm her in any way if she licks the area. Her bedding gets a regular spray to keep bugs and whiffs at bay. I even use it on cuts for her (and us). I used to buy the rather expensive/short shelf-life Leucilin for that.
I've been using Disinfect for just about everything for the last few years and go through about 7L a year. If anything, I over-use it. I take a little bottle out as hand sanitiser, use a load medically then the rest for cleaning. I use the air-freshener (very fine mist) on my soft furnishings if it starts to smell a bit doggy. It DOESN'T fade colours or bleach it, despite having the faint whiff of bleach - but I'd patch-test first.
When I say I use it medically I mean any cuts, grazes, scrapes get sprayed. I'm avoiding the GP (nothing new there!) so don't want to risk any infections setting in. Mr AE gets shingles a lot and it sets in around his eye and head so he gets sprayed several times a day at first tingle. Since he's been doing this he's had fewer attacks and they've not been so nasty. He also gets conjunctivitus a lot so he bathes his eye with it 5/6 times a day and always seems surprised how quickly it clears up compared to before. I use a catheter now and then, was having UTIs a lot but since spraying it on some toilet paper before insertion I've not had one (touch wood!).
So, it's the DISINFECT (or Sanitise - they're the same stuff) you want. It's cheaper to buy direct but you'll need to pay postage. You can get them a bit more expensive from Amazon or eBay but with free P&P so for a small amount you're better off buying from there. I started off with a 500ml bottle after discovering Aquaint (Vital Baby) that I'd bought from Boots and that had been rec'd on Allergy UK. Aquaint has a shelf-life of 3 months after opening but I found it lost the chlorine whiff after a few weeks so lost faith in it. Dew says at least 6 months but keep away from sunlight and heat. I picked up a small bottle of Virusol from Holland & Barrett to make up my order to the free P&P threshold. I'm unsure, though. It doesn't smell as strongly of that lovely clean chlorine smell you get with Dew and I believe it's the free available chlorine given off that shows it's active. So, maybe I got an old bottle or maybe it doesn't have the ppm that Dew and Aquaint have.
Look for the new-type bottles that are currently on the Dew site as they've only been used since the New Year. At least if you buy from a third-party site you'll know it's fresh (though Dew does sell on Amazon and eBay).
The pong smellsnothing like my Chinese takeaway - it smells like nothing on earth. It's worse than passing a sewage farm! Other than that I have no idea how to describe it but I've smelled it in two different ponds now. It also bubbles in a few places. Reminds me of a 50's Sci-Fi movie!
but I love to see them on Springwatch/ Autumnwatch.
, sitting in the hole with just his head peeping out it is that deep!
