Lack of hand sanitizer during our COVID-19 crisis?

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Lack of hand sanitizer during our COVID-19 crisis?

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When water and soap are not available, what else can be done since sanitizer is in very short supply?

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Oddly.. look at Lowes, Home Depot, and your local Auto Zone, or Kragens Auto...

Ace Hardware.

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LAVA SOAP WILL DEFINITELY SCRUB OFF THE GUNK.

Then there is KRUD KUTTER.. perhaps.

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Our local micro breweries are making hand sanitizers and giving it away. :) I have a few wipes left but only use sparingly. Noticed in the grocery store the other night they were out of the wipes so I guess I will be using mine in there now.

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Speaking of steering wheels, I used a Lysol wipe on my steering wheel and was shocked at how gross it was.

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I did the same thing the other day and thought 'Really' I put my hands on this...Yikes! Wonder how many things growing on my steering wheel? Nevermind I don't want to know!!!

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Lava soap is very abrasive, perhaps that would be good?

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Oh gosh, Lava! It’s like sandpaper!!!

Ouch! Hahaha

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a neighbor has a dinasaur statue in yard with a surgical mask over the face, and it's holding a sign "DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE". !!!
Cute, and correct.
VAlentines day it held red heart shaped lollypops. cute n correct :)

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bath n body works have lots of smelly things, may have more alchol than usual

99 cent stores .

I heard today, that stores are limiting the amount of products you can purchase.
IE : toilet paper, paper towels, and other things.. FINALLY;

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Just in time to have nothing you need.

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Finger nail polish remover? windex? FAbuloso? amonia? borax? baking soda? salt?
swimming pool supplies from lowes, chlorine?
wipe down door knobs and mail box returns. ski gloves, toothpaste, mouthwash, listerine, not sure..ski masks, to avoid contact.
ski gloves, ski masks, wash when done

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So sad, 😞 380 has coronavirus in New Orleans now. 10 deaths. Saints football coach was just tested positive.

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Thinking outside the box here,, if you mean BAR soap, or hand soap in the squirt bottle,, how about dish liquid, or body wash, or even laundry detergent? I always seem to have lots of body wash from gifts.. or even shampoo? It's the friction that helps get the job done as much as the soap itself

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That's not going to help. The critical part in handwashing is the rinse. Yes it's the physical friction that dislodges the dirt, in this case a virus. The main role of the soap is to act as a surfactant to keep it from settling back on the skin. Thus making it possible to be rinsed away. It's that rinse that gets rid of it.

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Locally distilleries are making hand sanitizer. They are retooling their bottling lines. Their first priority is providing it free of charge to the hospitals and health care providers. Once those are well stocked up, they will be providing it to First Responders and then outwards into the community.

I have always been a soap and water person. Today at the grocery store, I used the wipes provided to wipe down the cart handle and kept them with me as I shopped. I only touched the item I needed and I wiped the Pin Pad before and after using it.

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Prior to this, I used to rescue the grocery carts that were being kidnapped and dislodged into the nearby park.I rescued a lot before they were sent off to their mass grave at the bottom of the ditch. My sibling would warn me about the germs they may have... I didn't really care about that as much as knowing they were going to be dumped, (fun, i suppose to someone).
I returned quit a few. I must have looked weird.. One security guard always looked at coming back from the park, dog in tow next to cart; he would nod...yup I rescued a few... Not so many anymore. I would see a distant cart, and I would walk over and take it to its home..I told one clerk i found it stranded 2 blocks away.. She was shocked.. Dog and I were walking anyway... Just turned to be another route.

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There are times when I am out and about running errands and I need a sanitizer. I used it for years and never got the flu. 60-70% alcohol with 30% Aloe Vera gel is most effective according to some medical sites. I called my local CVS pharmacist for confirmation and he stated 70% alcohol is most effective to use if making your own sanitizer along with 30% Aloe. I agree with cwillie about not touching ones face, but that is easier said and done. I would rather have some protection.

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You need above 60% alcohol in the final mix for it to be effective. So you can't start out with 70% alcohol to mix with aloe vera, you need at least 91% alcohol before you mix it with aloe vera. If you use 70% then concentration in the final mix will be too low to be effective.

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In my opinion people shouldn't d*ck around trying to make hand sanitizers, a lot of these homemade concoctions are worse than useless because they give people a false sense of safety. Germs and viruses don't magically jump from your hands so your best defence is to develop strategies to keep your hands away from your face until you can get to some soap and water -walking with them in your pockets, keeping them clenched prayer-like, carrying something in each hand can all serve as a reminder . Putting a mask, scarf or bandana over your face won't stop airborne transmission but it is an effective way to help you keep your hands away from your face.

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To keep my hands away from my face, I would need to wear boxing gloves :P It's not an easy habit to break.

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GardenArtist,
CVS brand Aftersun Aloe Vera gel. Recipe kindly posted by needhelpwithmom. Wishing you the best!

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Thanks much! I had been thinking along the line of herbal suppliers so I'm glad to know it's available at a regular drugstore.

And when I can find some healthy aloe in a garden center, I'll buy some. Sure wish I had that great little aloe plant Dad had; it was busy sprouting new shoots and expanded quite a bit from its original size.

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Earlybird, where did you find your aloe vera gel? I haven't been able to find any around here

Riverdale, is the aloe gel you found pure gel, or is it mixed with some type of sunblock ingredient(s)?

FF, and others, I completely forgot about alcohol swabs, and I have a lot of them collected as samples from elder expos. I think I even have a box of them someplace. Great idea!

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I wonder how much alcohol is in mouth wash?

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Have not checked yet, but bought a huge bottle since the store was out of everything 3 wks. ago.

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Okay, this is what I heard last night from a doctor/scientist on the radio. Use a tiny bit of liquid Lysol and rub onto hands before going out for errands, such as the grocery store. This will help protect against contamination.

When you arrive back home from errands, wash hands thoroughly.

He also said this is a virus and Lysol is used to disinfect against a virus but hand sanitizers are used to protect against bacteria.

Bacterial and viral infections are not the same and are not treated the same.

Hey, if a scientist is doing this. He said it’s what he does. I like it!

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Bought two large bottles of Aloe Vera gel. Plan to mix with alcohol. I only have 70% alcohol at home. Bought 3 bottles of apple cider vinegar at Costco's . Will use it if necessary.

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Do not mix that 70% iso with aloe vera. You will render it useless. You need at least 60% alcohol in the final mix. You will be under that if you mix in aloe vera using the popular DIY hand sanitizer formula.

Use that 70% iso as it is.

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Add alcohol to a package of baby wipes. If you can find aloe vera gel in the sunblock aisle that comes in a bottle you can add alcohol to that. It is hard enough to find toilet paper and mostly nearly impossible to find wipes so we have done the above.

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Patathome, look for "Curad Alcohol Swabs". They come individually wrapped 2"x2" square, 70% isopropyl alcohol. A box usually have 100. These are the swabs that nurses use on your arm before giving you a shot.

I been using these swabs for years to clean my computer key board, mouse, and my flip phone. Hmmm, never thought about using them on my hands, they should work.

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I forgot about those...Phlebotomist uses them as well to clean your arm to draw blood!

Good thinking freqflyer☺

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Buy a bottle of rubby alcohol then you can pore over your hands and wait for 4 minutes before drying your hand with a clean towel or use a paper towel.

I am sure others will be able to give you other ideas:)

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4 minutes? At 70% a few seconds is fine or just wait for it to dry.

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