Isopropyl alcohol, commonly known as rubbing alcohol, is extremely useful around the house because it acts as both a solvent and a disinfectant. And it’s cheap! All of this makes rubbing alcohol a ...

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Denatured alcohol can be used to strip floors and make shellac, but don’t put it in your homemade hand sanitizer to fight the COVID-19 coronavirus. The Internet has exploded with ...

Hand sanitizer is flying off store shelves in the U.S. as individuals and businesses stock up on supplies to protect them against coronavirus infection. Public health experts advise that cleaning your ...

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Both hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol can kill germs. Generally, you can use rubbing alcohol on the skin and some surfaces while you can only use hydrogen peroxide on surfaces. Rubbing alcohol ...

Austin-based Tito's Handmade Vodka is distilled six times, as the back label proudly states. But the company and the CDC do not recommend using it in homemade hand sanitizer recipes. Courtney Perry / ...

Isopropyl is pure alcohol with no other ingredients. Rubbing alcohol is a mixture of isopropyl and water, sometimes containing additional ingredients. Unlike rubbing alcohol, undiluted isopropyl is ...