The Many Uses of Rubbing Alcohol

Did you know that that little bottle of rubbing alcohol that is neatly tucked away in your bathroom cabinet may have many household uses? It is true, and by the end of this article, you'll be putting rubbing alcohol to new uses! Rubbing alcohol is not just for cuts and scrapes. As a matter of fact, those adorable sweet smelling, fast drying, hand sanitizing gels that pay top dollar for, contain large amounts of alcohol! That's because rubbing alcohol is a potent germ fighter!

#1 Use for Rubbing Alcohol - Sanitizing

You have seen those commercials where the woman wipes down her phone with a Clorox wipe or sprays it down with some Lysol, right? Well, I have a cheaper, even more effective sanitizer for that phone; yup! Good 'ol Rubbing Alcohol will do the trick! You can just wet a paper towel or cotton ball with full strength rubbing alcohol and wipe the phone down. It's fast drying and works great to kill germs and rid your phone of grime. Use it on door knobs too!

# 2 Use for Rubbing Alcohol - Remove Stickiness

Have you ever bought a picture frame only to find that the price sticker won't come off? I mean you tried everything and the residue is still sitting right dab smack on the glass of your new frame. Soak a cotton ball in some plain rubbing alcohol and place the soaked cotton ball on the sticker. The trick is to let it sit for a minute or so until the alcohol has penetrated the sticker and sticky residue. Then rub the cotton ball over the sticker and watch it all just wipe away!

# 3 Use for Rubbing Alcohol - Clean a Skipping CD or DVD

When finger prints grace the backside of your DVD's and CD's they are likely to skip and not perform well. A neat, very inexpensive trick is to spritz the CD or DVD with some alcohol and wipe with a clean, lint free cloth. The finger prints will literally dissolve when the alcohol hits it!

# 4 Use for Rubbing Alcohol - Getting Rid of Permanent Marker and Pen ink!

When my son wrote his name on my walls, I was fuming mad. Have you been in this situation before? Well, take a cotton ball moistened with some rubbing alcohol and gently wipe the ink away. As a note of caution, the paint may start removing as well from the alcohol, so get the job done ASAP with as little pressure on the walls as needed. You can also soak a garment that has ink on it with a little alcohol for a half hour and wash as usual.

# 5 Use for Rubbing Alcohol - Removing Hair Spray and Tooth Paste from the Mirror

Does your bathroom mirror attract sticky messes from hair spray and toothpaste? Mine does! It seems not long after I wipe my mirrors clean with Windex a new sticky spot appears. Well, just use some magical rubbing alcohol! Well, actually your regular bottle is the magical potion, but you get the point. If you have a spray bottle, fill it up with some alcohol so as soon as a splat appears on your mirror, its just a spritz and wipe away! Just spritz the sticky mirror mess and wipe a few seconds later. You may need to repeat the step for stubborn toothpaste, but it definitely does the trick!

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