Coronavirus Coronavirus prevention: How to make hand sanitizer at home

oregonlive.com ^ | 4/4/2020 | By Grant Butler

[NoLibZone]

If you weren’t able to snap up a bottle of hand sanitizer before stores sold out, you can make your own. You find the basic ingredients in any drug store and most grocery stores. Here’s what you need:

2/3 cup Isopropyl alcohol 91% (rubbing alcohol) 1/3 cup aloe vera gel Essential oil in your choice of fragrance (optional) A small or medium mixing bowl A spoon An empty container, such as a 3-ounce container from a travel toiletries kit A small piece of masking tape for labeling

Here’s how to make it:

In a mixing bowl, stir Isopropyl alcohol and aloe vera gel together until well blended.

Add 8-10 drops of scented essential oil (optional, but nice!). Stir to incorporate.

Pour the homemade hand sanitizer into an empty container and seal. Write “hand sanitizer” on a piece of masking tape and affix to the bottle.

The CDC recommends using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content. This recipe makes a sanitizer that slightly exceeds that alcohol content at 60.66%, so follow the proportions exactly. If you want a sanitizer with a higher alcohol percentage, decrease the amount of aloe vera to 1/4 cup.

[DouglasKC]

I live in Western Kentucky...went to the Walmart today and they had actually had a new display on a wall...I told my wife it’s the corona wall. First thing you see when you come in the door. Toilet paper, paper towels, hand sanitizer, isopropyl alcohol, witch hazel, bleach, pinesol...they know what’s coming!

[dp0622]

Ah, I’m of Italian descent on both sides.

Even if they all hate you, there will be 60 people :)

[njslim]

I prefer 151 proof rum - taken internally to deal with coronavirus ……...

[njslim]

I prefer 151 proof rum - taken internally to deal with coronavirus ……...

[Magic Fingers]

“I make bitter/angry comments 50 times a day.”

You might be selling yourself a bit short.

[Yaelle]

Super easy. I’ve made some. For the essential oil, one great one is oregano, medically tested to be effective against coronavirus (animal studies).

[printhead]

I think the whole point of this article is because all the bleach, sanitizer, and all is all sold out.

[Yaelle]

Those wipes have zero alcohol. They also don’t have bleach.

[dp0622]

100?

OK..150.

[Magic Fingers]

You’re getting warm LOL

[Redwood71]

“unfortunately 80 proof (40 percent) not enough”

Depends on how you use it. If you put it on your hands, it might not work. Put enough of it down your throat and you won’t care. So you have just got past the problem.

rwood

[dp0622]

lol

Well I’ve done good with the New Years Resolution to not curse on the board.

I guess it’s time to make another one.

They’re either high and happy posts or down and miserable ones.

I made need to get that checked out :)

[eartick]

One word for all of this work....clorox

[21twelve]

“Those wipes have zero alcohol. They also don’t have bleach.”

Correct. But the Clorox wipes have another ingredient that destroys the virus.

Also look into Hydrogen Peroxide. It isn’t the fastest, but it works. That still seems to be in the stores.

[Big Red Badger]

Thanks,
I’ve been Angry
All Damn Day.
As for my funeral,,,
A pimp and hooker
Looking for
Their Money!

[griswold3]

190 Proof grain alcohol works

[immadashell]

What about WD-40? I thought you could use it for everything!

[dp0622]

ROFLMAO!!!

[dp0622]

I may be the only one here that can respect that :)

[Calvin Locke]

“Easy. Start with a billion, and buy an airline.” /R. Branson