it just occurred to me, but another bleach would be salt peter, aka potassium nitrate. it is still available in small bottles at some drug stores. it's also just the thing for rotting out old stumps, which it's been used for for many decades (i've been doing that this summer). this is assuming of course you don't live in a place that's been stupid about trying to make it unavailable to bomb makers. the mentioned attempt to thwart bomb makers actually backfired, it just prompted them to use chlorine based oxidizers which produce explosives that are more powerful, less stable (that usually comes with more power), and smell different than nitrate based explosives so all the dogs had to be retrained. apparently some people have never seen mad magazine and don't understand the futility of "spy VS. spy". ammonium nitrate would also be a good bleach, it's in some fertilizers, sometimes pure, and of course also makes fine explosives and is explosive all by itself though not too easy to set off.
re: oxyclean, if you use the paste method i mentioned, letting it crust and dry on will probably also produce some interesting results for the really hard to bleach parts. -- "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
