Are all the stores sold out of hand sanitizer? And Lysol? And Clorox?
Well, never fear. I mean, except for the pandemic that is encroaching upon you.
You can be very retro and very analog, and smell like alcohol. Mmmm.
Recipe A – Not clinically tested.
- 2/3 cup rubbing alcohol
- 1/3 cup aloe vera gel
- 5-10 drops essential oil (optional)
Combine. Stir til blended, and don’t breathe too deeply.
I tried this one. The formula is questionable, especially because the type of alcohol used is very important. I used a 70% isopropyl alcohol. These ingredients don’t especially want to mix together well.
Recipe B – World Health Organization version
See this guide: Guide to Local Production of Hand Sanitizer (WHO)
Well to put it bluntly, the directions in this pamphlet by the World Health Organization seem harder and also way, way more likely to work.
I also feel obligated to link to this article that advises against making your own hand sanitizer:
Don’t try to make your own hand sanitizer just because there’s a shortage from coronavirus (CNN)
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Read that and then read this:
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… But. Did it make me feel better to have a backup? YES.
At the playground with my two kiddos, and I can’t get to a bathroom right away for hand washing, I will opt for my weird concoction until I can find a place to wash hands.
Plus it smells like lavender and alcohol. Yum. I’ll just take a wiff for fun.
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