Alcohol

[Piper]

No, not the drinking kind. :)

The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.

--
Piper

[Gregory Morrow]

Piper wrote:
..
> No, not the drinking kind. :)
>
> The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
> nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
> is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
> the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.
>

Good hint, I do this too. In the summer I keep a little spray bottle of it
in the fridge so's when I come in from the heat I can "spritz" my face/neck
area with it to cool off...

I also keep hydrogen peroxide in spray bottles (the brown quart - size that
you buy H202 in, you can attach a sprayer top from most any other bottle,
they'll all fit). Great for "de - germing" cutting boards, counter tops,
bathroom, etc. I spritz the shower and curtain with a bottle I keep in the
shower after every shower, no mold or mildew!

--
Best
Greg

[maureeng7eh]

Great idea - but, do you add water or just use straight rubbing alcohol?
Doesn't it leech through the plastic bottles?

Thanks .......

M.

"Gregory Morrow"
<gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@earth link.net> wrote in
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>
> Piper wrote:
> .
> > No, not the drinking kind. :)
> >
> > The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
> > nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
> > is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
> > the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.
> >
>
> Good hint, I do this too. In the summer I keep a little spray bottle of
it
> in the fridge so's when I come in from the heat I can "spritz" my
face/neck
> area with it to cool off...
>
> I also keep hydrogen peroxide in spray bottles (the brown quart - size
that
> you buy H202 in, you can attach a sprayer top from most any other bottle,
> they'll all fit). Great for "de - germing" cutting boards, counter tops,
> bathroom, etc. I spritz the shower and curtain with a bottle I keep in
the
> shower after every shower, no mold or mildew!
>
> --
> Best
> Greg
>
>

[Piper]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:51:44 GMT, "maureeng7eh" <maureeng7eh@shaw.ca>
wrote:

>Great idea - but, do you add water or just use straight rubbing alcohol?
>Doesn't it leech through the plastic bottles?
>
>Thanks .......
>
>M.

No water and no, it doesn't do anything to the plastic.

--
Piper

[Vox Humana]

"Piper" <piperetteMYSOCKS@direcway.com> wrote in message
news:4vnjq1tirq3f4riqud1om07gopl8mbo2o7@4ax.com...
> No, not the drinking kind. :)
>
> The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
> nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
> is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
> the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.

Just to be technical, alcohol is classified as a "low level" disinfectant.
It does inactivate vegative bacteria and some viruses but it doesn't rise to
the level of a hospital disinfectant which must be able to kill T.B. It is
equivalent to cleaners like Lysol, Pinesol, etc.

[Sawney Beane]

Vox Humana wrote:
>
> "Piper" <piperetteMYSOCKS@direcway.com> wrote in message
> news:4vnjq1tirq3f4riqud1om07gopl8mbo2o7@4ax.com...
> > No, not the drinking kind. :)
> >
> > The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
> > nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
> > is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
> > the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.
>
> Just to be technical, alcohol is classified as a "low level" disinfectant.
> It does inactivate vegative bacteria and some viruses but it doesn't rise to
> the level of a hospital disinfectant which must be able to kill T.B. It is
> equivalent to cleaners like Lysol, Pinesol, etc.

Endospores tend to survive alcohol. They also survive boiling.

I keep a little borax dissolved in water in a detergent bottle. It
cuts grease, and the trace of borax left on a surface discourages
the growth of microbes.

[Sawney Beane]

Gregory Morrow wrote:
>
> Piper wrote:
> .
> > No, not the drinking kind. :)
> >
> > The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
> > nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
> > is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
> > the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.
> >
>
> Good hint, I do this too. In the summer I keep a little spray bottle of it
> in the fridge so's when I come in from the heat I can "spritz" my face/neck
> area with it to cool off...
>
> I also keep hydrogen peroxide in spray bottles (the brown quart - size that
> you buy H202 in, you can attach a sprayer top from most any other bottle,
> they'll all fit). Great for "de - germing" cutting boards, counter tops,
> bathroom, etc. I spritz the shower and curtain with a bottle I keep in the
> shower after every shower, no mold or mildew!
>
Peroxide isn't a reliable disinfectant because the enzymes in
bacteria inactivate it. Its foaming can wash dirt out of a wound, though.

[Piper]

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:04:09 GMT, "Vox Humana" <vhumana@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>"Piper" <piperetteMYSOCKS@direcway.com> wrote in message
>news:4vnjq1tirq3f4riqud1om07gopl8mbo2o7@4ax.com...
>> No, not the drinking kind. :)
>>
>> The rubbing kind. I put it in a spray bottle and use it to clean
>> nearly everything. It cuts grease like nothing you've ever tried and
>> is a whiz at cleaning glass. Also disinfects into the bargain. Buy
>> the cheapest brand you can find. They all work the same.
>
>Just to be technical, alcohol is classified as a "low level" disinfectant.
>It does inactivate vegative bacteria and some viruses but it doesn't rise to
>the level of a hospital disinfectant which must be able to kill T.B. It is
>equivalent to cleaners like Lysol, Pinesol, etc.
>

Hopefully, I won't need to kill any TB germs, but point taken. :o)

--
Piper