How to Make Hand Sanitizer

With the threat of the H1N1 virus, and every other flu bug upon us, the use of hand sanitizer has become a must. Those small bottles we all carry around, can really add up to a big expense. Here is a really simple, cheap way to make your own hand sanitizer. It works at killing 99% of the germs just like the store bought kind. The great news is it only takes a couple household ingredients and just minutes to make.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• rubbing alcohol
• Aloe Vera gel
• Tree tea oil (optional)
• Essential oil (optional)

1. Gather your supplies. You will need some small bottles to store your hand sanitizer in. You can reuse bottles you have or ask friends to save their bottles. You can also buy these sort of bottles at a craft store usually ten for a dollar or so.

2. Mix six parts alcohol with four parts aloe Vera. So, if you were making a large batch, you would mix 3 cups alcohol with 2 cups aloe Vera. If you were making a smaller batch, you could do 1 1/2 cup alcohol and 1 cup aloe Vera.

3. Mix these 2 ingredients well (you can now add your tree tea oil and/or essential oil if you wish- see tips below)

4. Pour your hand sanitizer into small containers and use as you would a store bought sanitizer.

Tips & Warnings

• You can add tree tea oil if you want a more potent sanitizer. Add 5-7 drops per cup of sanitizer
• You can add essential oil to your sanitizer if you want a pleasant smell. Add 3-5 drops per cup of sanitizer.
• Make sure you use the 5/3 ratio for the sanitizer to be effective.

[Traqqer]

on 11/13/2009 Intersting, I think I'll try this or at least suggest it to the wife. We use sanitizers like crazy and H1N1 is the main reason.

[sbarry77]

on 11/12/2009 wow great idea.. never thought of it! 5* and recommended

[each1teach1]

on 11/11/2009 Good idea and I do use it quite often at work. Now that I read your article I guess I'll be making my own before what I have left run outs. Thanks! 5 stars

[sunnyglitter]

on 11/8/2009 Great article! 5*

[solutionsforu]

on 11/2/2009 This is great. How to Make Hand Sanitizer. I had no idea you could make your own. 5* and rec