Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
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Whatever you use, the alcohol content needs to be at 60% or higher to kill viruses
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Anyone else remember the Henry Cooper / Brut adverts from the (1970's) (1980's)Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:25 pm Cheapest vodka you can find........
Splash it all over then have a shot
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Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
Arwen Thebard wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 11:05 amAnyone else remember the Henry Cooper / Brut adverts from the (1970's) (1980's)Yorkshire Andy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:25 pm Cheapest vodka you can find........
Splash it all over then have a shot
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Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
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Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
Hi, I’m Jean405,
I haven’t posted on this forum for a long time, but had to today
I have made my own hand sanitizer
70% spirit
30% glycerin
A few drops essential oil
It seems 70% spirit is the sweet point to help kill bacteria/virus, while glycerin is an humectant, that will hydrate the skin. Essential oils kill bacteria and viruses, oregano being one of the best, but lavender is also good and smells nice too.
Here in Denmark we ran out of hand gel last week, but I am a skincare formulation, so I had all the ingredients at home to make my own
I hope this helps
I haven’t posted on this forum for a long time, but had to today
I have made my own hand sanitizer
70% spirit
30% glycerin
A few drops essential oil
It seems 70% spirit is the sweet point to help kill bacteria/virus, while glycerin is an humectant, that will hydrate the skin. Essential oils kill bacteria and viruses, oregano being one of the best, but lavender is also good and smells nice too.
Here in Denmark we ran out of hand gel last week, but I am a skincare formulation, so I had all the ingredients at home to make my own
I hope this helps
Last edited by jean405 on Fri Mar 06, 2020 4:30 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
Thank you Jean. When you say 'spirit' do you mean surgical spirit?jean405 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:34 am Hi, I’m Jean405,
I haven’t posted on this forum for a long time, but had to today
I have made my own hand sanitizer
70% spirit
30% glycerin
A few drops essential oil
It seems 70% spirit is the sweet point to help kill bacteria/virus, while glycerin is an humectant, that will hydrate the skin. Essential oils kill bacteria and viruses, or oregano being one of the best, but lavender is also good and smells nice too.
Here in Denmark we ran out of hand gel last week, but I am a skincare formulation, so I had all the ingredients at home to make my own
I hope this helps
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Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
I've made it using vodka but that's nowhere near strong enough for this virus. I'd say surgical spirits would be fine.
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I’m sorry, yes, surgical spirit, and I’m a skincare formulator, not formulation!
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Re: Antibac hand gel: substituting with diluted disinfectant?
I did a search for sanitiser and threw up the following
Cath Kidston Cath Kidston London Cosmetic Pouch. Clicked on link and actually HAS hand sanitiser in it. Maybe people should look at beauty packages.
Cath Kidston Cath Kidston London Cosmetic Pouch. Clicked on link and actually HAS hand sanitiser in it. Maybe people should look at beauty packages.
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