DIY Hand Sanitizer: How To Make Your Own Sanitizer At Home

With people resorting to panic buying and clearing grocery store shelves of hand sanitizers, a lot of us are left with no choice but to prepare them at home to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus pandemic. 

According to the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, cleaning your hands often with a sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol is one of the most effective ways to avoid contracting COVID-19.

Ingredients That Help Kill The Germs

Make your own hand sanitizer at home using these ingredients:

1. Isopropyl or rubbing alcohol or ethanol – It helps inactivate the virus .
2. Aloe vera gel – It has moisturizing properties. It can help replace some of the moisture stripped by alcohol.
3. Essential oil (tea tree oil, or lavender oil, or cinnamon oil or rosemary oil or eucalyptus oil) – These oils exhibit antiviral and antibacterial properties.

5. How To Make Your Own Hand Sanitizer At Home

   This homemade sanitizer is not a 100% substitute for proper commercial sanitizer. Most of these ingredients have commonly accepted antiviral properties, but they have not been tested in a lab to work against coronavirus.

6. Homemade Hand Sanitizer Recipe

   Clean the place with diluted bleach. Wash your hands thoroughly and do not touch the solution until it is fully ready. 

   You Will Need

   Ingredients

   • ⅔ cup rubbing alcohol (99% isopropyl alcohol) (or) ⅔ cup of ethyl alcohol
   • ⅓ cup aloe vera gel
   • 5-10 drops of essential oil
7. Materials
   • Mixing bowl
   • Mixing utensil
   • Funnel
   • A clean bottle with a resealable lid or pump
9. What You Have To Do
10. Pour all the ingredients in a bowl with a measuring spoon.
11. Whisk the solution thoroughly to turn it into a gel.
12. Use the funnel to pour the liquid into the empty bottle.
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