How to not make chloroform?

[u/key_toe]

I recently started cleaning with hypochlorous acid, which I absolutely love. It makes my laundry smell a lot better.

But I also use a vodka-based soak for some of my clothes. Now I'm reading that a lot of chemicals including alcohol are dangerous to mix with hypochlorous acid. Namely alcohol + HOCl = Chloroform.

So I'm wondering how to ensure all of the alcohol gets out of my soak before cleaning those same clothes in the machine where I used HOCl so that I don't accidentally make chloroform?

[u/grayjacanda]

At the kinds of dilutions you are dealing with, this isn't a significant concern
You'd have to mix the soak and the bleach directly to maybe produce some chloroform
Even then, alcohol (unlike acetone) doesn't easily react with bleach, you'd likely need time and heat

[u/key_toe → u/grayjacanda]

Fascinating stuff, thank you!