Hand Wash
Have you ever considered making yoir own?
Take 100ml of 96% ethanol and dilute it with 15ml of pure water. (or buy 80% ethanol, if available)
Add 8ml of Hydrogen Peroxide 3% (eg. 10 volume peroxide)
Add about 2 ml of glycol or hand cream.
Shake well.
That's it for the basic sanitizer.
Optional additions are a drop of food colouring and a few drops of food essence, to add colour and smell.
This is known to be effective against viruses such as the flu virus, and so probably (but not yet tested) against Coronavirus.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.My dermatologist says Purrel Hand Sanitizer is about the worst thing you can put on your hands as far as skin health goes. Use soap & water. It's handy in a hospital setting, but outside the hospital most people are infected directly from airborne particles from coughs and sneezes. Hand sanitizer won't help that. Just repeating what I was told.
mtnhome
Level 7
Mar 1, 2020
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People are also infected because they unconsciously touch their face around the eyes or nose, very often. If they have recently touched a public handrail, for example, it is very plausible that the virus becomes transmitted. The act of regularly wiping one's hands with a suitable sanitiser, not only kills any virus, it also serves as a reminder not to touch your face.
In the US ethanol is only sold in liquor stores and is taxed heavily. We can get isopropyl alcohol.
EdEarl
Level 8
Feb 29, 2020
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Why not just buy Wal-mart version with skin conditioner? Where do you buy high-octane ethanol anyway?
AnneWimsey
Level 9
Feb 29, 2020
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Any hardware shop if you live in Spain, and quite a few household goods supermarkets. It's so cheap that it's foolish to pay over the odds for something with added colour and smell - and a massive mark-up.
@Petter the only place I know to get high-octane alcohol is a liquor store, and even rot-gut is Not cheap because of taxes.
@AnneWimsey How about at a pharmacy? Have you tried asking for "denatured" alcohol, or "surgical spirit"?
There is also "rubbing alcohol", which at 70% concentration means you do not need to add any water.
@Petter 70% you can get anywhere....
@AnneWimsey There you are then. You don't need to dilute it. Just add 8ml of Hydrogen Peroxide, at 10 volume strength per 100ml, and a few drops of emolient hand cream. Cheap to make, and highly effective.
I make so much of my own stuff already, but I dislike hand sanitizer. My hands get dry enough with just soap and water, I can't imagine adding alcohol. I work in a hospital so hand sanitizer is everywhere, and I'm glad I don't have patient contact that I would need to use it.
HippieChick58
Level 9
Feb 29, 2020
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Even with emollient added?
@Petter I need a heavy duty emolient, I am now using hand lotions every time I wash my hands and often in between. I think it is an age related thing, other parts of me are dryer than usual too so I even cut back on frequency of showers and washing hair. I'm told it is normal with age. The good news is I've reached that age, the bad news is I've reached that age.
@HippieChick58 change brands! Some are drying!!!
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