"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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On 05/03/2020 10:17, Roger Hayter wrote:
wrote:

On 04/03/2020 18:04, Brian Gaff (Sofa 2) wrote:
I'm going to just use fairy liquid. IPA dries skin out, not what you
really
want to do, the skin will crack.
Brian

'tain't going to work. All the advice is that 60% alcohol content is
needed

But, of course, you only need the alcohol if you haven't got running
water available to wash your hands. The gel is sufficiently unpleasant
that it is best to wash your hands as soon as possible to remove the
residue.

That is in fact the point. If you want to really sterilise your hands,
wash them in bleach. Or Dettol or any other of a number of pretty vicious
anti-viral and anti-bacterial chemicals

Soap is pretty good.

Just found out yesterday that the reason its
pretty good is that it gets rid of the fat and
oil on the hands which is a harbour for what
you want to avoid remaining on your hands.

Its what surgeons use IIRC