efficient, ecological and economical maintenance

Household alcohol is a natural and powerful product for maintaining your home in an ecological way. Discover all its uses!

Do you know about household alcohol? This product ofecological and economical maintenance has the same composition as the very odorous methylated spiritsnamely ethanol and methanol. Except that it was slightly denatured in order to remove this strong and unpleasant smell. This makes it much more comfortable to use household alcohol to clean, remove and disinfect everything. And as household alcohol is multi-use, it should be consumed without moderation!

Disinfectant household alcohol

You may be used to disinfecting everything at home with white vinegar or baking soda. And it is, of course, an excellent idea to prefer natural disinfectants to bleach, water that disinfects… to death!

Also discover the super disinfectant power of household alcohol: it will get rid of bad bacteria, fungi and other festivities that lodge in:

• in your fridge ;
  
• on all your surfaces such as kitchen worktop, sinks and washbasins, tapsbut also the trash cans, computer, smartphone, tabletetc. ;
• on surfaces in stainless steel to also make them shine;
• on the handles and switches. And this is all the more important during covid 19.

To disinfect everything, soak a cloth in pure household alcohol or diluted in water. For your fragile devices, use a well-wrung cloth or sponge.

Household alcohol also disinfects textiles. And that’s very good news, because what’s more restrictive than maintaining curtains that don’t go in the washing machine, your mattress or even the children’s favorite rug.

To disinfect a mattress, dilute one part household alcohol with 3 parts hot water. Rub your mattress with a damp cloth, but wrung out well so as not to soak the mattress. Then rinse with a damp cloth, rub again with a dry cloth and allow to air dry well.

Other uses of household alcohol

Household alcohol is a real multi-use product. And as it is very inexpensive, it represents a more than interesting alternative to conventional household products.

Household alcohol, for example, is very effective in clean windows and shine mirrors. For even more efficiency, you can mix equal parts household alcohol and white vinegar in a little hot water. Clean the windows with newspaper or a microfiber cloth.

And it’s not over yet! Household alcohol will perfectly clean your toilets in addition to disinfecting them. It will be very useful for maintaining your floors such as soft floors lino type, but also tiles. Nothing like household alcohol to get a clean and shiny floor!

Use household alcohol for your linen. It turns out to be a excellent stain remover simply by rubbing and rinsing with clean water. It also allows restore whiteness and shine to white household linen originally, but which tends to become gray with time and washing. To do this, add two tablespoons to your usual laundry detergent.

Also count on household alcohol to remove dust places where it particularly accumulates such as baseboards and moldings.

Finally, use household alcohol to degrease the oven, eliminate bad odors and even defrost the car this winter!

Household alcohol 70 or 90°, which one to choose?

There are different types of household alcohol: 70 or 90°, flavored or not with essential oils, etc. It will therefore depend on the surface you are going to clean. 70° household alcohol can be used without being diluted.

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Precautions for use

And there you have it, you know everything about using household alcohol to clean the entire house! However, this product should be handled with care.

Indeed, as household alcohol is composed of ethanol and methanol, it is a product highly flammable. You should therefore never use household alcohol near a flame.

Also, even if the odor of household alcohol is much less compared to that of methylated spirits, its vapors are no less dangerous. So, during your cleaning sessions with household alcohol, remember to ventilate the room well.

Use gloves to protect your skin and avoid contact with eyes.

Never mix household alcohol with bleach! The two substances cause a chemical reaction and produce chloroform, which is very toxic and irritating.

Finally, remember to close the cap tightly to prevent all the alcohol from evaporating and Obviously keep out of reach of children.

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