15 Ways To Use Rubbing Alcohol
You all know I love cleaning and researching different and better ways to do it. I have 15 ways to use rubbing alcohol to share with you. The great thing about rubbing alcohol is that it kills bacteria and disinfection. Just a spritz on a variety of surfaces can clean countertops, remove bugs from your windshield, etc. Let’s cover a few rubbing alcohol hacks.
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Hand Sanitizer –
Mix together 2 parts rubbing alcohol with 1 part Aloe Vera gel.
Place in a container and it’s ready to use.
Deodorize & Disinfect Shoes –
Place rubbing alcohol into a spray bottle. Spray it inside shoes to fight off odors and disinfect them.
Clean Dry Erase Boards –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your white board, and wipe off with a paper towel.
Disinfect and Clean Keyboard –
Make sure your computer is off. Dip a q-tip in rubbing alcohol and rub onto your keys to clean them.
Clean Eye Glasses –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your eyeglasses and wipe off with a microfiber cloth.
Clean & Disinfect Phone and Tablets –
Put a little rubbing alcohol onto a microfiber cloth and rub onto the glass of your phone or table to clean and disinfect it.
Reusable & Flexible Ice Pack –
Pour rubbing alcohol into a sealing baggie, and place in your freezer. Alcohol freezes at a much colder temperature than water and this allows your ice pack to get cold but remain flexible. When ready to use, pull it out, put the baggie on a cloth to protect the skin, and place it on the injury. Once you’re finished, put it back in the freezer to be used again.
Grease Remover –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your stove top and other surfaces to clean, disinfect, and remove grease.
Clean and Disinfect Your Counters –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your counters and wipe up with a paper towel or microfiber cloth. It’s safe for granite!
Disinfect, Clean, and Shine Your Sinks & Faucets –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your sinks and faucets. Wipe off with a paper towel. It’ll not only clean disinfect your sinks and faucets, but it’ll shine them right up too.
Clean Mirrors & Glass –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto mirrors and glass, then wipe up with a paper towel or microfiber cloth. It’ll clean them right up.
Clean and Disinfect Toilets –
Spray rubbing alcohol onto your toilet and wipe it up with a paper towel. It’ll clean and disinfect your toilet. You can also use it to scrub out the bowl too.
Disinfect Pillows, Beds, and Great Air Freshener –
Place rubbing alcohol into a squirt bottle and add several drops of an essential oil of your choice. This makes a fantastic air fresher, and you can use it on your beds and pillows to disinfect them. You can also do this without the essential oil if you like.
There are different percentages of rubbing alcohol. For sanitizing 60% and up is recommended. For this post and video I used 90%.
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- Cleans makeup brushes
- Shines chrome
- gets the residue off of jars (like sticky residues)
- Disinfects electronics, and your laptop keyboard
- Wipe way hairspray off of surfaces
- Can be burned and creates flames, but make sure to be safe with that open flame.
- Some use it to degunk nail polish
- Great jewelry cleaner
- Cleans a wound
- Great eyeglass cleaner
- Clean a sponge
- Keep it in a fine-misting spray bottle for cleaning car windows, cleaning counters, and getting rid of ink stains on your shirt
- Make a DIY hand sanitizer
- Great for removing fingerprints off of glass and stainless steel appliances
- Remove permanent marker
- Get frost off of a windshield
- Remove a sticker or labels
Keep a bottle of rubbing alcohol on hand, it’s not just for sitting in your medicine cabinet.
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Great tips! thanks for posting
Thank you so much 🙂
I tried the alcohol and sprayed inside my shoes to disinfect and remove odor.
It’s been 6 hrs. and went to smell shoes.
Didn’t change the inside of my shoes to smell better.
Thanks for sharing Marie, you can also add some essential oil or baking soda to help. some take more work than others.
Fantastic post! This will help so many people. Think of you every day. Hope you are feeling better! ?
You are so sweet Naomie, thank you so much and thanks for the well wishes. Sending hugs to you my friend 🙂
So many great ideas thank you for sharing them
Thank you Sonja 🙂
Wow! What a lot of great ideas. It actually does a lot more things that I’ve ever though it would do. Time to dig out my bottle and put it to good use. So glad to watch your video and hear that things are going well with you hip. You’re getting there, my friend!
Thank you Linda, and it’s kind of amazing once you dig into things how much more you can learn they’re capable of. I’m so glad you liked the video, thanks for sharing that. Sending hugs to you my friend!
Thank you Chas….who would have known there were so many uses for alcohol.
And I want to thank you so much for linking up to our Celebrate Your Story link party. We hope we are providing a celebration of your post and perhaps yours will be chosen as a feature by one of the hosts.
Have a great and Blessed Day!
Kari @ Me and My Captain
Thank you Kari, and thanks for hosting a wonderful link party for all of us to share our creations.
I had to come and read to see if I knew any of these ways to use rubbing alcohol. I use vinegar for many of them. Seems they do similar things.
Thank you Janet, I use a lot of vinegar too. Some are concerned that vinegar isn’t considered a disinfectant yet – not on the approved list. This is just another way to clean that is on the germ killer list officially.
I love your tips! My favorite this week is homemade hand sanitizer.
You are so sweet Terri, thank you so much! I love that one too.
Learning new ways after reading this post. Found you on happiness is homemade link party
Thank you Candy, and thanks for stopping by.
Chas, your post was the most clicked on Celebrate Your Story!. You will see the link up tonight at 8 pm on Me and My Captain. Again, Thanks for linking up with Celebrate Your Story week.
Kari
Thank you so much Kari! I’m so thrilled people liked it. Looking forward to linking up for another great party!
This is good to know. Did not know there were so many uses! #trafficjam
Thank you so much Tracy, and once you start digging into hacks it’s so fun to learn how many ways you can use things 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared
Thank you so much for the Pin and sharing Marilyn, can’t wait to party with you again this weekend!
I didn’t realize you can use rubbing alcohol to disinfect shoes. Many good to know uses! #homemattersparty
Thank you Allyson, it is amazing how many things an inexpensive household item can take care of.
I always stock up on Rubbing Alcohol, Hydrogen Peroxide and Baking Soda. So many good uses and I learned a few new ones today. THANKS! 🙂
Thanks Anne, I am so glad you learned a couple new ones. Love that the basics have so many uses.
These are great tips! Pinned and shared. Now I need to stock up on alcohol.
Thank you so much Michelle – if your store is out of rubbing alcohol you can always use hydrogen peroxide … it works great too!
Excellent ideas! Rubbing alcohol is a great disinfectant and tons cheaper than hand sanitizers. We’ve used rubbing alcohol for years for many of the same applications as you. Thanks for featuring these life hacks using an ever day product found in one’s medicine cabinet. Have a good day.
Thank you so much Cathy, I appreciate it and love that you use these in your home too.
Great post – I’d been thinking of doing a post on how I use alcohol, vinegar etc to clean and sanitize. Yours is awesome! #MMBC
Thank you Carol, I have many of these posts and love to clean with things that are natural and already have on hand.
These are great ideas, and hand sanitizer is especially timely!
Thank you Terri, I’m so glad you think so 🙂
Great list! Some of these I had heard before but others were like a lightbulb going off over my head. Thanks for sharing a great resource at a time when we all need to read this. #HomeMattersParty
Thank you so much Donna, I’m glad you think so too.
Some really good tips there.
Thank you Anita 🙂
Lots of good ideas! I’d like to invite you over to my link parties, won’t you join me?
Thank you and thanks for the invite, I’ll be sure to check them out.
Excellent ideas, and so timely! Pinning!
Michelle
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Thank you so much Michelle, I hope it can help people who might need it.
Congratulations! Your post was my Most Clicked at #OverTheMoon this week. Visit me on Sunday evening and see your feature! I invite you to leave more links to be shared and commented upon. Please be sure to leave your link number or post title so we can be sure to visit!
Thank you so much Marilyn. I’m truly hoping this will help people who might need it right now.
Great tips! Very timely post, LOL. Another use for alcohol is to soak paint brushes that acrylic paint on them that has hardened. I looked for some over the weekend for this very purpose and with the virus thing going on, no rubbing alcohol anywhere in the stores!
Thank you Pamela, and thanks for sharing that tip. I’m sorry that you weren’t able to find some in the store. Hopefully they’ll be restocking soon.
Many uses are new to me, Thanks for joining us in Bloggers Pit Stop – Pit Stop Crew
Thank you and I’m pleased that you learned some new things in this post.
You are one smart cookie. And these days, it sure is wonderful to utilize the disinfecting properties of rubbing alcohol!
Thanks so much for joining the Grace at Home party at Imparting Grace. I’m featuring you this week!
Thank you so much Richella for your kind words and for the feature. I appreciate your support 🙂
Hi Chas! Everyone loved your post at Celebrate Your Story! It was the most clicked. Thanks for sharing it…it’s great to know that rubbing alcohol can be used as a disinfectant, especially during these trying times. Congrats! You were featured this week at CYS 🙂
Thank you so much for the feature Rebecca and for another wonderful party! Hope you’re having a lovely week.
So many great tips – especially nowadays when we need to clean everything! Thanks for joining us at Best of the Month. Your post was our most clicked this month! I will be pinning and sharing on Instagram stories this weekend. Thanks again for linking up and stay well!
Shelley
Thank you so much for the feature and spreading the word out. I appreciate it and I’ll see you at the next party.