Why Shell Out Hundreds on Cosmetic Sanitizers When You Can Make Your Own: How to Make Sanitizer 5 Different Ways (2020)

With the Corona pandemic turning the world upside down, face masks and sanitizers have become crucial than ever before. Scientists and Govt. bodies across the world have openly acclaimed the role of sanitizers to safeguard us from viruses, bacteria, and other harmful external agents.

Most of us don’t have the habit of cleaning or washing our hands frequently, which increases the risk of the spread of germs, hence falling sick more often. Sanitizers help to prevent the spread of germs, encourage good hygiene resulting in better health, and reduce carbon print by discouraging people from using paper towels, etc. to clean hands in public places.

Like every good thing, sanitizer is also effective only if used in the right manner. You should never clean your hands with sanitizer if they are dirty as sanitizers are not meant for cleaning, but disinfecting. Clean your hand of dirt, dust or oil, etc., before applying sanitizer. Use an adequate amount of sanitizer to coat your hand completely, including the back and the fingers, and rub your hands until the sanitizer evaporates.

With the increasing number of COVID cases, companies manufacturing sanitizers have mushroomed like never before. And with the growing demand, a lot of fake and duplicate sanitizers are also being sold in the market. While you can’t entirely rely on every brand selling sanitizers, the good news is that you can make it easily at home. Let’s check a few methods to make different types of Sanitizers.

Health organizations across the world recommend using a hand sanitizer with a minimum of 70 % alcohol to kill the coronavirus and other potentially harmful bacteria. To prepare this sanitizer, you require aloe vera gel or glycerin and isopropyl alcohol (concentration minimum 91%) in the ratio of 1:2, respectively. For scent, you can use the essential oil of lemon or lavender and air-tight container for storing the sanitizer.

Mix the aloe vera gel (or glycerin) with isopropyl alcohol in a clean bowl. Mix well with a spoon to ensure that the alcohol is combined evenly with the gel. Add five drops of the essential oil, stir well and store the sanitizer in an air-tight sanitizer pump bottle.

For preparing this easy to make sanitizer spray, you require:

Recommended by Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, this herbal and alcohol-free sanitizer can be easily made at home and useful for people who are allergic to alcohol-based sanitizers. Made from 100% natural and organic products, this sanitizer is sans any side-effects. You require:

For making bleach-based sanitizer wipes, the ingredients required are:

Alcohol-based sanitizer wipes have a long life and can be used for days or weeks if kept in an air-tight environment. To prepare these wipes, you need:

You’ll get most of the essential items to make sanitizer on e-commerce stores. Listed below are two such articles which you can order online.

The 400 gm bottle of 99.99% pure Isopropyl Alcohol by Purenso can be purchased for Rs. 250 from amazon.in.

These cute and handy refillable mist type spray bottles are portable and transparent. The easy to use bottles of 10 ml capacity can be ordered from amazon.in.