What’s a good bleach mixture for cleaning cat boxes?

[Duckster]

We wash the litter boxes once a year during the summer.

Water only. Outside. Power washer. 1,000 psi. They air dry in the Sun.

[purplehorseshoe]

@Alley_Dweller

Not all bleaches sold in the United States are registered disinfectants.

To be a registered disinfectant, the bottle must have an EPA registration number on the front label and also a statement disclosing the percentage of active ingredients. If the label has neither of these things, it is not a registered disinfectant and may contain ANY percentage of actual bleach, no matter how small.

Regular and concentrated Clorox bleach are registered disinfectants, but scented and Splashless Clorox are not. Surprisingly, many store brands are, but the brand at Dollar Tree is not.

If your bleach is a registered disinfectant, there should be instructions on the label for how to mix it up both to sanitize and to disinfect surfaces. Follow those instructions.

If it is not a registered disinfectant, there is no way to tell how dilute the mixture in the bottle is or how much you should dilute it to make an effective disinfectant.

This was a very informative post. Thank you for the detailed explanation.