{"id":8543,"date":"2020-03-22T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-03-22T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/?p=8543"},"modified":"2021-07-19T17:44:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T09:44:48","slug":"how-to-make-your-own-sanitizer-should-commercial-alcohol-be-unavailable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/2020\/03\/22\/how-to-make-your-own-sanitizer-should-commercial-alcohol-be-unavailable\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Own Sanitizer Should Commercial Alcohol be Unavailable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus or COVID-19, both the World Health Organization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have strongly advised the public to practice sanitation practices such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/gpsc\/clean_hands_protection\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proper way of washing your hands<\/a> or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/handwashing\/show-me-the-science-hand-sanitizer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">use of alternative sanitation supplies like alcohol and hand sanitizers<\/a> when you don\u2019t have access to water due to traveling, etc. to avoid the further transmission of disease.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8544\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-4818792_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-4818792_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/hand-washing-4818792_640-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">However, due to the high demand\u00a0for both alcohol and sanitizers caused by\u00a0the said outbreak, these necessities have become inaccessible or difficult to find. But don\u2019t worry, we got you! Here are\u00a0two ways\u00a0on how to make your own sanitizer if store-bought alcohol\/sanitizers are out of stock:<\/p>\n<p><em>Special note: don\u2019t forget to sanitize the bottles\/materials you\u2019ll use to prevent the contamination of bacteria or viruses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Quick Gel Mixture<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"626\" height=\"885\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8549\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/alcohol-gel-clean-hand-sanitizer-pump-bottle-isolate-white-background_43667-465-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/alcohol-gel-clean-hand-sanitizer-pump-bottle-isolate-white-background_43667-465-1.jpg 626w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/alcohol-gel-clean-hand-sanitizer-pump-bottle-isolate-white-background_43667-465-1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">What you\u2019ll need<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Isopropyl Alcohol<\/li>\n<li>Aloe Vera Gel<\/li>\n<li>Tea Tree Oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to assemble:\u00a0<\/strong>You\u2019ll only need to combine 3 parts of the isopropyl alcohol to 1 part aloe vera gel. Aloe Vera gel is needed to aid in the moisturizing of the hands because isopropyl alcohol may be very drying alone. Adding a few drops of tea tree oil to your mixture gives it a calming scent.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><b>Witch Hazel Alternative<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"534\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8546\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/essential-oil-3532970_1280-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/essential-oil-3532970_1280-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/essential-oil-3532970_1280-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/essential-oil-3532970_1280-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/03\/essential-oil-3532970_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What you\u2019ll need:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 tablespoon of Witch Hazel<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon of Aloe Vera<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon vitamin E oil<\/li>\n<li>20 drops of tea tree essential oil<\/li>\n<li>10 drops of lavender essential oil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to assemble:<\/strong> Mix all the components together in a bowl and transfer the mixture in a bottle. Easy!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Remember to take these alternative\u00a0guides with a grain of salt! Washing your hands properly and regularly with soap and water is still the best way to fight off diseases.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or updates about COVID-19, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doh.gov.ph\/2019-nCoV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doh.gov.ph\/2019-nCoV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Health Organization<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-to-make-hand-sanitizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wired<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/3\/2\/21161346\/hand-sanitizer-diy-how-to-hand-wash-cdc-alcohol-virus-illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Verge<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/2020\/03\/how-to-make-diy-hand-sanitizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Heavy<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are two ways on how to make your own sanitizer if store-bought alcohol\/sanitizers are out of stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1729,1726],"tags":[1597,784,1595,1596],"class_list":["post-8543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-life-hacks","category-procedure","tag-1597","tag-diy","tag-hand-sanitizer","tag-march"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8543"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9641,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8543\/revisions\/9641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/tips-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}