On Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:01:24 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 24 Feb 2021 07:17:28 -0800 (PST),
" wrote:

On Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 10:08:09 AM UTC-5, Wade Garrett wrote:
Since the pandemic started, I've used credit cards/Apple pay rather than
cash for my very few face-to-face transactions. But yesterday, I had to
pay cash and received change- five bills of different denominations in
US currency.

I put them into a plastic bag and am wondering how to sanitize them.
Various websites seem to recommend against the obvious- Lysol, Clorox
wipes, alcohol, soap and water.

I had the opposite problem, paying cash when this first started, and
then wondering what to do with the change. Some of it I just left in my
car, covered by a newspaper, for several days. I figured everything
would die. Then I put it in my wallet.

But the signs went up asking for exact change or a cc. So I do that.

I think just waiting 4 days is good enough.

I'm not sure about the plastic bag. Probably a bad analogy but I keep
thinking of a wet bathing suit in a plastic bag, until it stinks. Do
viruses grow when confined?

No. Bacteria do. Virii canot duplicate themselves without a suitable
host.
Do you have an iron?

Or you could put them in a 200 F oven for, say, 15 minutes.

That would work, I think. Fahrenheit 451 reminds one of the burning
point of paper, I guess.

But I'd start with a one dollar bill, just to be sure.

Cindy Hamilton