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10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol

Feb 16, 2017 · Leave a Comment

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Rubbing alcohol is a necessity to have around the house, and not just for first aid! Check out these 10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol to get the most out of your bottle!

10 Awesome Uses for Rubbing Alcohol - Rubbing alcohol is a necessity to have around the house, and not just for first aid! Check out these 10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol to get the most out of your bottle!

Uses for Rubbing Alcohol

Most people's first aid shelves contain a bottle of rubbing alcohol, but many of those people don't use that bottle for anything other than disinfecting wounds. In fact, rubbing alcohol can be used for so much more than just first aid! Take a look at these 10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol!

 

10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol

1. Remove Ticks -  There are few things grosser than finding a tick holding onto your pet's skin, or onto yourself! To potentially ease the trouble of removing the nasty insect, try rubbing a cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol onto the tick and surrounding skin. If you're successful, the rubbing alcohol will make the tick let go and you can easily get rid of it with tweezers! Putting some rubbing alcohol on the tick-free area afterward can help clean the resulting small wound, as well.

 

2. Remove Nail Polish - If you run out of nail polish remover, you can take advantage of one of the many uses for rubbing alcohol! Just put the rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and rub at the nail polish until it comes off.

 

10 Awesome Uses for Rubbing Alcohol - Rubbing alcohol is a necessity to have around the house, and not just for first aid! Check out these 10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol to get the most out of your bottle!

3. Remove Ink Stains - A simple way to remove ink stains from fabric is to soak the stained area in rubbing alcohol for 5 minutes. Then wash the outfit as usual, and watch the stain fade or disappear!

 

4. Stop Fruit Flies - Don't spray insecticide in your kitchen! Instead, a spray bottle full of rubbing alcohol is all you need to get rid of fruit flies when you see them. Give them a spray, then you can sweep them up and throw them away!

 

5. Clean Up Permanent Marker - Whether you got permanent marker on your hand or your kid doodled on a non-porous surface, rubbing alcohol can help clean it up! Just put the rubbing alcohol on the marks, then wipe clean!

 

6. Gardening Tool Sanitizer -  If you're a gardener, you may know that a disease that killed one plant can easily spread to another on your gardening tools. To prevent this, after washing possibly infectious tools with soap and water, let them soak in rubbing alcohol for a few minutes. Then wipe them dry and they should be nicely disinfected!

 

7. Remove Stickers - Another one of the many great uses for rubbing alcohol is a homemade sticker removal agent! All you need is to soak a towel in rubbing alcohol and lay it on the sticker for about 10 minutes. The sticker should come off easily and not leave any glue behind!

 

10 Awesome Uses for Rubbing Alcohol - Rubbing alcohol is a necessity to have around the house, and not just for first aid! Check out these 10 Great Uses for Rubbing Alcohol to get the most out of your bottle!

8. Stop Bug Bite Itches - It doesn't have to be the middle of summer for you to get an itchy bug bite! Easily stop the itch by putting rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball and rubbing it on the itchy area!

 

9. Deodorize Shoes - You can still have smelly shoes even if you're not an athlete! Even slippers can smell bad over time. Luckily, shoe deodorizing is another of the many uses for rubbing alcohol! To deodorize your family's shoes, fill a spray bottle with rubbing alcohol, then heavily spray the inside of the shoes until the lining is damp. Leave the shoes to dry out, and when they're dry they won't smell anymore!

 

10. De-grease Surfaces - It's easy for surfaces, particularly in your kitchen or garage, to get greasy. Help clean the grease away by first spraying rubbing alcohol on the greasy surface and then wiping clean!

 

Remember, rubbing alcohol is not at all related to drinking alcohol. You should never consume it, and it's always safest to use it in a well ventilated area.

Do you use rubbing alcohol around your home?

 

 

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