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Coronavirus Coronavirus prevention: How to make hand sanitizer at home
oregonlive.com ^ | 4/4/2020 | By Grant Butler

Posted on 03/04/2020 5:47:53 PM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; covid19; handsanitizer; handsnitizer; windex
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To: NoLibZone

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!


21 posted on 03/04/2020 6:07:10 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Mount Athos

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

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


22 posted on 03/04/2020 6:08:20 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't but w finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: NoLibZone

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


23 posted on 03/04/2020 6:08:23 PM PST by njslim
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To: NoLibZone

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


24 posted on 03/04/2020 6:08:27 PM PST by njslim
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To: dp0622

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

You might be selling yourself a bit short.


25 posted on 03/04/2020 6:08:59 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: NoLibZone

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


26 posted on 03/04/2020 6:10:00 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: McGavin999

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


27 posted on 03/04/2020 6:10:08 PM PST by printhead (I need a new tagline. Happy days are here again.)
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To: McGavin999

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


28 posted on 03/04/2020 6:10:42 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: Magic Fingers

100?

OK..150.


29 posted on 03/04/2020 6:12:54 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't but w finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: dp0622

You’re getting warm LOL


30 posted on 03/04/2020 6:13:14 PM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Mount Athos

“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


31 posted on 03/04/2020 6:14:26 PM PST by Redwood71
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To: Magic Fingers

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 :)


32 posted on 03/04/2020 6:17:47 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't but w finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: NoLibZone

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


33 posted on 03/04/2020 6:17:57 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Yaelle; McGavin999

“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.


34 posted on 03/04/2020 6:19:24 PM PST by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: dp0622

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


35 posted on 03/04/2020 6:19:56 PM PST by Big Red Badger (Despised by the Despicable!)
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To: Mount Athos

190 Proof grain alcohol works


36 posted on 03/04/2020 6:21:07 PM PST by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: CaptainPhilFan

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


37 posted on 03/04/2020 6:21:41 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: Big Red Badger

ROFLMAO!!!


38 posted on 03/04/2020 6:22:21 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't but w finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: Big Red Badger

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


39 posted on 03/04/2020 6:22:41 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't but w finger at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to makne ends meet)
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To: bramps

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


40 posted on 03/04/2020 6:23:15 PM PST by Calvin Locke
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