02-27-2020, 12:13 PM
(02-26-2020, 06:33 PM)Orange rabbit Wrote: Thanks Ice. Great information. I have been considering one of these the last few days as the virus keeps spreading.
Yeah, it is getting quite scary now. I'm being careful where I go, washing hands more than usual and wearing gloves on public transport. I do have masks but would prefer to keep them for if/when people in my family are sick and they need to wear them to avoid spreading to others.
I've got some isopropyl alcohol (IPA) to sanitise things. It is 99.99% pure alcohol (not the kind you drink!). Now contrary to what you'd imagine 99.99% is not good for sanitising - it is too strong. According to medical literature it should be mixed with about 30% water. This stops it evaporating so fast and means the alcohol has more time in contact with the surface. Also water is needed to easily penetrate the walls of a virus, then the IPA gets in and kills it. One of those rare cases were less really is more.
Small bottles of hand gel have mostly sold out. I got about a gallon from a lab supplies company to refill existing bottles. The supplier told me there is no shortage of gel, it is a shortage of little bottles which are all made in China and not getting shipped out. Anyway, refilling is cheaper and better for the environment.
Stay safe my friends.