Home made Hand Sanitizer

meyati
meyati Member Posts: 308
edited March 2020 in General Cancer
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Hand Sanitizer is easy to make on your own at home. You may already have the basic ingredients, and if not, any drug store and most grocery stores should have them available.

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 funnel (optional, makes it easier if your container has a small mouth like a bottle)
A small piece of masking tape for labeling.

Here’s how to make it:In your mixing bowl, stir the Isopropyl alcohol and aloe vera gel until blended together.
Stir in 8-10 drops of your preferred scented essential oil (optional).
Your hand sanitizer is now made.

The CDC recommends using hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content. This recipe makes a sanitizer with 65% alcohol content.

Comments

  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited March 2020
    Thanks, meyati!!! I love DIY projects!! This one is perfect
  • BoiseB
    BoiseB Member Posts: 225
    edited March 2020
    This is great Meyati. unfortunately I don't have those practical ingredients on hand I did stockpile clorox wet wipes and a large bottle of hand sanitizer I have also ordered a antibacterial hand soap.
  • Bug
    Bug Member Posts: 394
    edited March 2020
    Thank you very much, meyati!
  • beachbum5817
    beachbum5817 Member Posts: 238
    edited March 2020
    Meyati, thanks for sharing this recipe for hand sanitizer. It certainly is easy enough. I have heard that some stores are running low, so this is good to have.
  • wldflwrgoddess
    wldflwrgoddess Member Posts: 17
    edited March 2020
    Thank you! What a great idea!
  • Carool
    Carool Member Posts: 787
    edited March 2020
    Thanks! Good info!
  • LiveWithCancer
    LiveWithCancer Member Posts: 470
    edited March 2020
    I was at lunch with my small group from church yesterday. One of the ladies, a nurse, showed us a little spray bottle of hand sanitizer that she purchased before the craziness over the coronavirus. She paid under $3 for it back when she purchased it. The exact same bottle is currently available on Amazon at a cost of over $100. One hundred dollars!!! Ridiculous.

    I told them your recipe, but someone said that the alcohol was difficult to buy, too. I suggested everclear might work instead. Not sure, but I bet it would. Plus, many (most?) essential oils have antibacterial properties.
  • meyati
    meyati Member Posts: 308
    edited March 2020
    Rubbing Alcohol 91%
    Brand New
    $12.50 on Ebay

    This is a large bottle 32 oz on Ebay.

    NEW LISTINGEquate rubbing alchohol 91% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol, 32 ounce
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    1 product rating- Equate rubbing alchohol 91% Isopropyl Rubbing Alcohol, 32 ounce
    $12.50Time left2h 30m left (Fri, 01:46 AM)6 bidsFree Shipping

    A different Ebay seller.

    Online I see that Walmart has a lower grade alcohol for less than $10.

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