PSA: Hand Sanitizer recipe

[Frederick Skelly]

Putting this in a new thread so it doesnt get lost in the 140+ replies to the Coronavirus thread.

You can make your own hand sanitizer, if you cannot get some locally. Here is a link to some "recipes". This was the first of many I found, so choose the one that has ingredients you can find at your local drug stores. LINK

[I don't mean to be alarmist by posting this. Personally, I'm still not convinced this is something to freak out about (yet?). But I've begun taking very basic precautions like washing hands much more frequently, trying to stay off airplanes, etc. So, hand sanitizer came to mind and I couldn't find any locally.]

Hope it helps.
Fred

[Frank Pratt]

Or you can just wash your hand thoroughly with soap & water. Works great.

[Frederick Skelly]

Or you can just wash your hand thoroughly with soap & water. Works great.

Yup! ......

[Jim Becker]

Professor Dr. SWMBO made some today, but had to use materials on-hand...even the ingredients are hard to come by now in our area. Shelves are bare.

[Bill Dufour]

At Costco today(saturday) no free sample ladies at all. Lines were longer then at the holidays. Of course it was the first rain in 39 days so maybe people forgot how to be outside when the weather is damp?
Bill D

[Doug Dawson]

Putting this in a new thread so it doesnt get lost in the 140+ replies to the Coronavirus thread.

You can make your own hand sanitizer, if you cannot get some locally. Here is a link to some "recipes". This was the first of many I found, so choose the one that has ingredients you can find at your local drug stores. LINK

[I don't mean to be alarmist by posting this. Personally, I'm still not convinced this is something to freak out about (yet?). But I've begun taking very basic precautions like washing hands much more frequently, trying to stay off airplanes, etc. So, hand sanitizer came to mind and I couldn't find any locally.]

In the Chernobyl area they found that vodka was a really good sanitizer. It didn't have to be expensive. And there's no run on it yet, that I'm aware of.

[Bruce Wrenn]

In the Chernobyl area they found that vodka was a really good sanitizer. It didn't have to be expensive. And there's no run on it yet, that I'm aware of.

In our area, the only 90% alcohol available is Ever Clear from the ABC store

[Doug Dawson]

In our area, the only 90% alcohol available is Ever Clear from the ABC store

You'd have to water it down so much, otherwise it's really harsh. It has no advantage over vodka. But I'm not Russian.

The only disadvantage to vodka is that you might forget to wash your hands as often, but only if you overdo it.

[Ole Anderson]

One of my favorite cruise ship remembrances is the funny Philippine crew member standing at the head of the line on the Lido deck (food) with his bottle of sanitizer, calling out "washee washee!" This morning our preacher talked a bit about the COVID-19 virus and hand washing. Wash for 20 seconds, the time it takes to recite the Lord's Prayer. Kills two birds with one stone.

[David L Morse]

You'd have to water it down so much, otherwise it's really harsh. It has no advantage over vodka. But I'm not Russian.

The only disadvantage to vodka is that you might forget to wash your hands as often, but only if you overdo it.

WHO recommends at least 60% alcohol for hand sanitizer. That's 120 proof vodka, which is available but not common.

[bill epstein]

A wise man is Mr. Baranek, but I only steal designs from the best.

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[Frederick Skelly]

A wise man is Mr. Baranek, but I only steal designs from the best.

Wow, those are some serious speakers! The cement blocks are a nice touch too.

[Doug Dawson]

Wow, those are some serious speakers! The cement blocks are a nice touch too.

Cement blocks make _awesome_ speaker stands, seriously. My wife, OTOH, _loathes_ them, so structures filled with sand had to suffice in my case.

Those amps have a good look. What are they?

I don't know if I could live with my turntable on a lower shelf. This should be a future project, no?

[Jason Roehl]

One of my favorite cruise ship remembrances is the funny Philippine crew member standing at the head of the line on the Lido deck (food) with his bottle of sanitizer, calling out "washee washee!" This morning our preacher talked a bit about the COVID-19 virus and hand washing. Wash for 20 seconds, the time it takes to recite the Lord's Prayer. Kills two birds with one stone.

You must have cruised Norwegian. We were on the Epic in December of '13.

[bill epstein]

Cement blocks make _awesome_ speaker stands, seriously. My wife, OTOH, _loathes_ them, so structures filled with sand had to suffice in my case.

Those amps have a good look. What are they?

I don't know if I could live with my turntable on a lower shelf. This should be a future project, no?

The turntable you see is a dumpster save I use with a 1 HP Shop-Vac to wet clean and vacuum all newly acquired LPs.

The amps are significantly updated versions of the venerable Mullard 5-20 circuit from a diyaudio.com project. Solid state rectifier and cleaner, more powerful power supply, EF-86 input tube run in triode mode and KT-88 output tubes instead of the EL-34s Mullard developed to power the original. 60 Watts per mono block.

The turntable is most assuredly up where my creaking body can get at it and isolated from all but airborne vibration. Judging by the interest in this thread we may all wish we were likewise isolated.

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