Blue wrote in message ...
Bleach turns to common table salt.

Yes, and corpses turn to ashes. But just as the mafia doesn't dump
a body in the back yard and expect to see nothing but ashes blowing
away in the wind the next morning, most of us don't expecting to put
out a few gallons of bleach solution tonight and have all of the water
evaporated and all of the bleach de-activated by morning. Don't believe
everything that the manufacturers of Clorox and Tylex tell you on their
container labels.

The water takes a very long time to evaporate and the bleach is not all
deactivated when the water finally does evaporate. Sodium hypochlorite
is unstable, but nowhere near the extent that you assume.

I'd suggest using Google with search terms such as:
reactivate "sodium hypochlorite" OR bleach

I'd also suggest talking with a few carpet experts, including carpet
cleaning specialists. There are many naive carpet owners who believe
that the bit of bleach that they dripped on their carpet will quickly and
completely "turn to common table salt." Often over the course of
months they discover that the once slightly bleached dots on their
carpet are turning lighter and lighter. Why? Because the bleach is
continually "reactivated" by water tracked onto the carpet or even by
ambient moisture.

Other homeowners spray outdoor items with one of the common bleach-
based cleaners and carefully follow the manufacturers advice to avoid
tracking the liquid into the house. But a few days later, when dew or
light rain is on the ground, they track the reactivated bleach through
the house, with disasterous results to their carpets.