Homemade Disinfectant Sprays

Homemade Disinfectant Spray By Joan Clark

If you want your home to sparkle, then finding an effective disinfectant is essential. Unfortunately, many store-bought cleaning products contain harsh chemicals that you may not want to bring into your home. Thankfully, there are antibacterial, natural ingredients that can protect your home and personal items from collecting harmful microbes.

Using these natural ingredients, you can make a homemade disinfectant spray that is not only cheap but is free of toxic chemicals. Making your own homemade natural cleaners is not only better for the environment, but it gives you more control over the results.

It’s easy to adjust these disinfecting spray recipes to suit your cleaning routine to ensure your walls, floors, door knobs, and other belongings get cleaned well. Knowing what ingredients work best on which surfaces, helps you determine the best homemade disinfectant spray recipes for specific uses in your home.

Homemade Disinfectant Spray and DIY Hand Sanitizer Recipe for Coronavirus COVID-19
With a global coronavirus pandemic now in place, it is vital to ensure personal safety against the spread of COVID-19. We must protect ourselves and keep others from becoming contaminated as well.

 
Warning!
NEVER swallow, drink, inhale,
inject or put any disinfectant into your body.
It will kill you!

Contrary to what any politician has said or you may have heard

There is a significant difference between cleaning a surface and disinfecting it . Cleaning removes germs and decreases the likelihood of infection. Disinfecting kills germs via chemical means after a surface has been cleaned. Completing both steps is necessary to prevent the spread of disease.

 
The CDC(1) and Rudgers (4) recommend three basic disinfectants for use against COVID-19.
Hydrogen peroxide
Alcohol
Bleach

Each has specific guidelines for personal protection and sanitization purposes.

Hydrogen Peroxide
A 3% concentration of hydrogen peroxide can be used alone or diluted to 0.5% for decontaminating.

 
Hydrogen Peroxide Coronavirus Disinfectant Spray
1/4 cup 3% hydrogen peroxide
1 cup of water
Spray bottle

Mix the ingredients in a sprayer. Spritz hands or surfaces and let the solution sit for at least one minute before wiping away.

Alcohol
 
Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer
2/3 cup isopropyl alcohol (70%-99%)
1/3 cup of aloe vera gel
Well sealed dispenser

Mix alcohol and aloe vera gel to make your own hand sanitizer. The hand sanitizer needs to “sit on your skin” for at least 30 seconds to completely disinfect. According to the CDC (1), a mixture that includes at least 60% alcohol successfully kills coronavirus pathogens.

Alcohol Concentration:

The CDC (2) recommends using a 70% isopropyl alcohol or 60% ethanol.
The FDA (3) recommends using at least a 75% isopropyl alcohol to be used in hand sanitizers.
Rutgers University (4) recommends using at least a solution of 70% alcohol.
You can also combine alcohol and water for sanitizing hard surfaces, but it can be rough on the skin and is not recommended for that purpose.

Make sure you keep any alcohol-based disinfectant in a well-sealed container so it does not evaporate between uses.

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