agar said:

INFO FROM  HERE............!

Name: ALCOHOLS
Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) and isopropyl alcohol?s are the most frequently used alcohol?s.
Formula:
Ethanol: CH3CH2?OH Isopropanol: CH3?CH?OH

Inflammable. CH3
Effect:
Alcohol?s kill vegetative forms of bacteria (including TB) and fungi,but have no action on spores or viruses (there might, however, be some effect on kappeb?rende vira).Their effect depends on concentration and type of alcohol.

The following three solutions have similar effect:
Ethanol 70% , isopropanol 60% and n-propanol 40%
70-80% alcohol inactivates HIV and Hepatitis B in 2-10 minutes.

How does it work:
Alcohol?s precipitate proteins and solubilize lipids present in cell membranes.
It has a rapid action.
Contact time should preferably be 10-30 minutes.
Toxicity:
Ethanol is absorbent and astringent and dries out the skin. Propanoles are less absorbent, but they might penetrate the skin. The brief irritant action seen on the skin , when alcohol is applied in high concentrations, results from partial precipitation of cellular proteins and from its dehydrating actions. If strong alcohol vapors are inhaled, the irritation causes reflex closure of glottis.

Effect on other materials:
Non-corrosive
May damage rubber, shellac and plastic
Interaction:
Synergistic effect together with iodine, chlorhexidin and quaternary ammonium compounds.
Alcohol?s are easily inactivated by organic material.
Use:
Hands, skin and instruments and surfaces: 60-70% ethanol.
In this case the effect is not enhanced with higher concentration, as it takes water to practice its effect

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because who the fuck would drink acetone?

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TheInternetPolice said:

old thread, i know.. but i feel that people ignore the potential of acetone, acetone is usually not denatured, it has high evap pressure relative to ethanol and lower BP, meaning it should be  very effective for killing bacteria, as ethanol can do if we suppose acetone wouldnt mess up the spores
if acetone is filled into a small spraybottle it should be able to kill bacteria and leave totally disinfected spores behind in less than a minute, perhaps less than 20 seconds of the paper or whatever the spores are placed on is slightly heated up

question is whether acetone does or does not kill spores, as it is much less polar and thus a stronger solvent and may be able to break down the spores by dissolving them, where ethanol cannot

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I just wanted to drop in and say fuck you for bumping this thread after acknowledging how old it was, and then not having any good info in your bump. 

TheInternetPolice said:

well in europoor, at least my region.. isopropyl alcohol is very hard if not impossible to come by for whatever reason, and as you add denatonium benzoate to your growing you will about entirely surely get it into your mouth, as if the shrooms doesnt already taste bad enough

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TheInternetPolice said:

as for "Acetone will fog your SAB permanently" i guess it stands for Still Air Box? the idea is to evap the acetone out, this wouldnt require vacuum or dragging the air out of whatever container is used to evap the spores to dryness as acetone has a great evaporative pressure when heated just slightly

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van der griegen said:

Yes, it evaporates quite nicely.  It also rips the plasticizers and smaller plastic molecules out of the walls of any plastic vessel, rending it translucent but far from transparent.  You can't see shit through it anymore, and it has the same milky color that a bottle of fingernail polish remover has.  In fact, nail polish remover is made of acetone, and you'll never, ever see it in a clear plastic bottle for this reason.

Feel free to experiment, though.  I was just trying to save you a few bucks and a few hours of work.

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I may not be a user with a trillion posts, or an award winning chemist, but 5 mins on Google will show you this readily....