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Alcohol and aloe vera gel. That's it!
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Gel-Alcohol-Hand-Sanitizer?fbclid=IwAR0u_MSFSa2eJt1L2P6qnNp5L8PUjfQTmoSz449sjdRGpDcoUNa_I-lcQ50
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)And you can do a shot while your making it!!!!
babylonsister
(171,102 posts)mitch96
(13,929 posts)sl8
(13,949 posts)CDC recommends > 60% alcohol, for alcohol based hand sanitizers.
80 proof vodka is 40% alcohol, quite a bit less after you dilute it with the gel.
Rubbing alcohol is readily available in 91% strength.
I'd say vodka is a very poor substitute. You might find some 151 or 160 proof vodka, but even then, you can't afford to dilute it very much.
There's a good reason that the instructions call for 99% or 91% alcohol.
Talitha
(6,625 posts)sl8
(13,949 posts)In fact, using the proportions in that 3rd recipe, even substituting 99% alcohol for the vodka would yield an alcohol concentration less than half that recommended by the CDC.
Bad, bad, bad.