ALTERNATIVE TO ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL??

[ZKJ]

Hi anyone know an alternative to isopropyl alcohol to sterilize glassware?
I should of bought some earlier but now the price has gone up thanks to the pissing corona virus. 5000ml used to be £15 now they want £20 for 100ml.
No way im paying stupid money for it.
Now i need an alternative, how do you sterilize your glassware?

Thanks

 

[ZKJ]

Look at this shit, a bottle this size used to be £15 and u get cunts trying to cash in, even has the cheek to charge postage lol

 

[Cakedup]

Hi anyone know an alternative to isopropyl alcohol to sterilize glassware?
I should of bought some earlier but now the price has gone up thanks to the pissing corona virus. 5000ml used to be £15 now they want £20 for 100ml.
No way im paying stupid money for it.
Now i need an alternative, how do you sterilize your glassware?

Thanks

It looks like you might live In Europe, but can you just go to the dollar store and buy the dollar store brand as long as it is at least 70% or even better 90% isopropyl alcohol it's all the same. Here is a picture of mine I paid $2 for..

 

[Villain]

It looks like you might live In Europe, but can you just go to the dollar store and buy the dollar store brand as long as it is at least 70% or even better 90% isopropyl alcohol it's all the same. Here is a picture of mine I paid $2 for..View attachment 127113

Idiots are buying it all up. Last week I was in Walmart and 90% was all over the shelves. Now people are hoarding that and aloe to make their own hand sanitizer.

 

[ZKJ]

It looks like you might live In Europe, but can you just go to the dollar store and buy the dollar store brand as long as it is at least 70% or even better 90% isopropyl alcohol it's all the same. Here is a picture of mine I paid $2 for..View attachment 127113

Cheers man, yeah im in england. I was thinking of going to the poundshop but i imagine they will be emptied, anywhere i look online has sold out too.like propper lab chemical websites.i actually just found some cheap on ebay.maybe they had morals or didnt realise the price had gone up lol hopefully i will get it as last lot i ordered cheap didnt come.
Also i will say for disinfecting apparently 70 is better because the water init dissolves soakes into stuff allowing the alcohol to penetrate it.
I got 99 but will dilute it with distilled water to make 70%

 

[ZKJ]

Idiots are buying it all up. Last week I was in Walmart and 90% was all over the shelves. Now people are hoarding that and aloe to make their own hand sanitizer.

I know crazy init, i may have found some cheap so ordered enough incase the price dont go down

 

[ZKJ]

Look heres stuff i got lucky to find,it was selling very quick though probably already gone


Thats actually real cheap for usual prices.hopefully it arrives.
The current cheapest on there after that one is like £50 a litre

 

[ZKJ]

The item number for the cheap one is below incase anyone wana get some

362944038427

 

[ZKJ]

Just checked its already gone lol

 

[ZKJ]

One question i have @Villain @Cakedup
After you clean your glassware do u really need to rinse with distilled water?

 

[Iron Vett]

One question i have @Villain @Cakedup
After you clean your glassware do u really need to rinse with distilled water?

I actually rinse with distilled water first and then alcohol. The alcohol absorbs any water left on the glass ware and the excess water runs off with the excess alcohol. Then the alcohol dries spot free and keeps your glass ware from becoming spotted

 

[Gbro]

Distilled water won't leave spots, as it has no minerals to dry in place.

 

[Cakedup]

One question i have @Villain @Cakedup
After you clean your glassware do u really need to rinse with distilled water?

To answer your question. No technically you don't have to rinse with distilled water after washing it before applying alcohol, but it can't hurt either a lot of it depends on how dirty or clean the water coming out of your faucet is. A lot of times after I wash glassware I will give it a good shake to get most of the water out and then take my strong spray bottle with at least 90% isopropyl alcohol and spray up into the glassware so that it hits about 90% of the glassware. As I am handling it and move it to the tray to sanitize it with heat the other 10% will usually get covered with alcohol just by it running around inside the glassware. Also like stated before the reason for this is because alcohol easily evaporates, but even faster with heat if you just used distilled water. So yeah by spraying it with alcohol you never have to worry about your glass were still being wet after dry heat sterilization..

 

[Villain]

To answer your question. No technically you don't have to rinse with distilled water after washing it before applying alcohol, but it can't hurt either a lot of it depends on how dirty or clean the water coming out of your faucet is. A lot of times after I wash glassware I will give it a good shake to get most of the water out and then take my strong spray bottle with at least 90% isopropyl alcohol and spray up into the glassware so that it hits about 90% of the glassware. As I am handling it and move it to the tray to sanitize it with heat the other 10% will usually get covered with alcohol just by it running around inside the glassware. Also like stated before the reason for this is because alcohol easily evaporates, but even faster with heat if you just used distilled water. So yeah by spraying it with alcohol you never have to worry about your glass were still being wet after dry heat sterilization..

You would use tap water to rinse?

 

[master.on]

Either pay the extra 5 pounds or risk an infection from not sterilizing it.

 

[Iron Vett]

Distilled water won't leave spots, as it has no minerals to dry in place.

The distilled water is a rinse after a simple tap water rinse. The distilled water will remove most of the tap water but the alcohol rinse applied, after the distilled water rinse, removes all of the water that may leave a residue upon drying. The alcohol rinse is not necessary but is good maintenance for your glassware.

edit: After reading over my first response, I see that I was a bit ambiguous in my statement. I said I rinse the glassware in distilled water first but in actuality it is the rinse after my initial tap water rinse. Apologies for the ambiguity.

 

[ZKJ]

Either pay the extra 5 pounds or risk an infection from not sterilizing it.

Yeah i thought this and ordered it straight after asking lol

 

[zebracommittee]

I just went to the CVS yesterday and bought some 70% rubbing alcohol. There's no substitute, although you could use cavicide/steam/dry heat to sterilize glass ware.

 

[ZKJ]

I just went to the CVS yesterday and bought some 70% rubbing alcohol. There's no substitute, although you could use cavicide/steam/dry heat to sterilize glass ware.

Cheers turned out the stuff i ordered was a scam,knew it was too cheap lol
Ill have to try find some as its the only thing i need now, or ill try the steam thing, could i hold beaker above the kettle so the steam kills everything,then rinse with distilled water?

 

[IronAnabolics]

How much do you require big man? If its a small amount then I'll get some shipped out to you by the weekend.
Please don't risk your health by cutting corners.