Homemade Hand Sanitiser?

[cleoval]

Hi Does anybody have a recipe for hand sanitizer for Coronavirus please.? I cannot find it anywhere..Thanks.

[jno]

soap and water's fine around the house but when you're out and about sanitiser is a lot handier.

[gingejbee]

Anything that you take internally OR apply to your skin, should meet appropriate quality standards for those purposes. I really wouldn't use the bio-ethanol that TCL links to...it's meant to be burnt as a fuel - not applied to your skin.

[TheDevil]

Isopropyl alcohol (99%) and aloe vera. Make to your desired consistency / strength.

[gingejbee]

^^^already said yesterday!

[Peter Pedant]

seems OK
ethyl alcohol is what we drink so it is licenced
Methyl - meths
and they say isopropyl alcohol

incredibly 100% is not as good as some water present
I was taught 5% but they recommend 40%

and stinky stuff so you know it is doing good

and

Soap and water is ALL you need !1
9:45 Tue 17th Mar 2020
gingejbeeAs usual EDDIE misses the point!!!!!

o for chrissakes you two - you sound like me and Nigh !
try to play nicely = you know sort of everyone is looking

[Peter Pedant]

// Isopropyl alcohol (99%) and aloe vera. Make to your desired consistency / strength.//

erm to stress the point

getting it down to 95% or 60% by adding water improves its efficiency and action iand is NOT for reasons of economy

[ABSpareEditor]

Peter Pedant, please don't refer to Naomi24 as "Nigh".

[Peter Pedant]

Oui madame
compris
(er you do do forrin?)

o god I bet you are a man really

now back to sanitizers .... I am a soap and water man - years at Porton Down I suppose - as Eddie see above

[jno]

the thing is PP (may I call you PP? Or does it sound too French?), soap and water are wonderful at home but carrying a bottle and a bar of soap from Lush in your pocket all day gets a bit tiring when you're out and about in town.

[douglas9401]

That, jno, is why a gentleman employs a valet. :-)

[retrocop]

//I am a soap and water man - years at Porton Down I suppose - as Eddie see above //

Ah Portland Down. That explains alot. Obviously PP your PP didn't do the job. :-)

[jno]

valets don't leave the house, I have to put my stuff in care of the chauffeuse, and she thinks Lush stinks out the dik-dik-hide seats in the Roller.

[THECORBYLOON]

"I really wouldn't use the bio-ethanol that TCL links to...it's meant to be burnt as a fuel - not applied to your skin."

The WHO recipe includes ethanol which is chemically the same as bio-ethanol. The glycerol counteracts the effects of the ethanol on the skin.

[237SJ]

Mine seemed to look Ok until I added the essential oil. OK when it`s shaken up though so I suppose it`s better than nothing for when I run out of the proper stuff

[237SJ]

Opps wrong thread