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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: Why do we smell chlorox?

We finally discovered the smell was coming from an old first-aid box hanging on the wall nearby.   The contents seemed perfectly ok but we threw them away.  I believe there had been a change over the years to some of the medicated dressings in the box.

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Registered: ‎10-04-2010

Re: Why do we smell chlorox?

@Nicecupoftea, I'm thankful for that update, I was wondering if you had found it.

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Registered: ‎03-12-2010

Re: Why do we smell chlorox?

@Nicecupoftea

 

Good thing you didn't use anything out of that first aid box!

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Registered: ‎03-12-2010

Re: Why do we smell chlorox?

I'm glad your bleach smell was limited to the first aid kit.  The last time I smelled bleach, I found a cracked plastic bottle under the sink and a large puddle of bleach.  I think the melamine coating on the shelves reacts somehow with the plastic bottles to weaken them.  I've had dish soap bottles start leaking when stored under the sink, too.