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monkeybus
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Alcohol as a disinfectant.
#9166754 - 11/01/08 01:09 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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The local booze shop sells a Polish hooch called "Rectified Spirit" which weighs in at an impressive 95% ABV. Amazingly, this product is intended for human consumption.
The isopropyl alcohol I use is 50%, would the Rectified Spirit be a better choice as a disinfectant?
Edited by monkeybus (11/01/08 01:14 AM)
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insomniac20
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: monkeybus]
#9166763 - 11/01/08 01:11 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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You would think so. It's the same potency of Everclear, and you could probably remove paint with that shit.
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gofudgeyourself
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: monkeybus]
#9166768 - 11/01/08 01:13 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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more expensive surely, i use 99% iso, a LOT cheaper. $1.50 for about 20 ounces i believe...sometimes it evaporates before im ready to use it, i would just get 70%.
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Edited by gofudgeyourself (11/01/08 01:14 AM)
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monkeybus
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: insomniac20]
#9166773 - 11/01/08 01:14 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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What is Everclear?
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gofudgeyourself
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: monkeybus]
#9166778 - 11/01/08 01:15 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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everclear is 180 proof/90% OR you can buy pussy everclear where the real shit isnt legal...which is 151 proof/75%
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noobieshroomie
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151+light cig= ha ha ha
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Nibin
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: monkeybus]
#9167079 - 11/01/08 04:25 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
monkeybus said: The local booze shop sells a Polish hooch called "Rectified Spirit" which weighs in at an impressive 95% ABV. Amazingly, this product is intended for human consumption.
The isopropyl alcohol I use is 50%, would the Rectified Spirit be a better choice as a disinfectant?
No, alcohol has to be diluted with water to be effective. I'm not going to start explaining why, it has been covered more than a few times in the past and can be found using the search function.
But the end result is that 70% is the fastest acting of the formulations but there are others that work better but take longer to act.
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RogerRabbit
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Re: Alcohol as a disinfectant. [Re: Nibin]
#9167461 - 11/01/08 09:42 AM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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No, alcohol has to be diluted with water to be effective.
Correct. I've explained it hundreds of times, so here's one more.
Cells admit liquids through their cell walls via osmosis. This requires the cell to ALLOW the liquid to enter. Since cells require water, we trick the cell into admitting the fatal alcohol by mixing it with water. 99% alcohol is great for an alcohol lamp to flame sterilize with, but it sucks as a surface disinfectant for the reason stated above.
50% to 70% alcohol is far better as a disinfectant than pure alcohol. RR
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