Thread: Adding Bleach to Soaking water.

I have read on here where a few of us will continuously soak our Nortons in water. But when I looked around I did not see a "recipe" with how much bleach to add to the water. So I thought this might help.

Most good water disinfection concentrations run around 2.0 mg/L or 2.0 parts per million. (Don't worry about the lingo, I'll make this simple). In concentrations above double this (which I think that a lot do) you will be wasting bleach, possibly irritating your skin, and adding so much bleach that it could (depending on concentration) react adversely with the stones over time.

To achieve this add the following amount of Bleach to any distilled water.

Using Clorox (6% Bleach)
1/4 tsp of Bleach per 1 gallon distilled water

Using Cheap Brand Bleach (2%)
3/4 tsp per 1 Gallon Distilled water

After immersing your stone in the water let it sit for about an hour to overnight, and change to a fresh batch of bleach water. This is because the stone will absorb all of the bleach from the first batch very quickly. And in order for the water to maintain that concentration so that critters will not start to grow in your water or stone just change out the water. After the first change just keep it out of direct sunlight and change the water every week or two.

This should keep any algae or critters from starting to make your norton stone a home and keep any odor down.