Most of the countless recipes out there use a mix of 91% or 99% isopropyl alcohol (also known as rubbing alcohol) and aloe vera gel, which is necessary to add …
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1 tablespoon of 3% hydrogen peroxide; 1 teaspoon of 98% glycerin; a quarter of a larger cup of sterile water (either distilled water or boiled water). You need to: Pour the …
Making your own hand sanitizer is easy to do and only requires a few ingredients: 1 isopropyl or rubbing alcohol (99 percent alcohol volume) 2 aloe vera gel 3 an essential oil, such as tea tree oil or lavender oil, or you can use lemon juice instead
In the interest of avoiding alcohol, people have formulated hand sanitizers with aloe gels (that often have PEG’s, parabens, and/or propylene glycol). They then mix that gel with essential oils and consider it finished.
Use, when needed, to sanitize hands by spraying over all surfaces of hands and rubbing together to completely cover them. Weigh out the water and the carbopol. Mix them together until the carbopol is fully dissolved in the water. Add the alcohol and mix. Add the triethanolamine to raise the pH. This allows the carbopol mixture to gel.