Careful with those Anti-bacterial Wipes!

Closet Fashion Analysis:
Secondary Consequences on Clothing

Note-Worthy

With greater use of bleach and bleach products during this time of controlling our environment to reduce the chances of contacting COVID-19, our clothing is being affected as well. It may seem a trivial consequence, in times of greater concern with the virus, but nonetheless it is annoying when a favourite something or any item of clothing has been relegated unwearable because of a bleach accident.

A friend who was voluntarily delivering chocolates for a local chocolatier before Easter, was disinfecting the interior driver's side of the delivery vehicle with L(brand) disinfectant wipes.  After she sat behind the wheel, "the wipe was resting gently on my pants for maybe 30 seconds", she told me, and this is what happened. A disappointing result. 

Photo Source: SW-Z (April 11, 2020)

We don't know exactly how much bleach is in many of the products we are using more frequently at this time but in order to be germ-killing the concentration must be higher, thus the effects on clothing more dramatic. 

She obviously didn't think and I certainly wouldn't have thought that the wipes were so concentrated with bleach. A noteworthy lesson learned.

It's important, to read the ingredient list and no matter the amount of bleach, be careful to not have the product come into direct contact with your clothing. 

The positive, the wipes obviously work at their antibacterial claims.