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Homebrewing disinfectants & How-to add "Death-Ray Apparatus" to your entrance.
Being confined to my home, and the following is happening around us
(1/3 of the cases below in the Greater Stockholm area, where we live):
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Whilst having my morning coffee I wondered: "What's already around the apartment that could be of use for disinfection?"
Now, this is just me "winging it" - not particularly scientific, but 100% DIY.
"Everyman their own Mad Scientist!" Use this "info" at your own discretion, and YMMV!
Found items:
MEK-Denaturated alcohol (window cleaner): litre and a half, Sodium Hypochlorite (Household Bleach): same amount,
Liquid Soap, Citric acid and D-Limonene, "Orange Oil" (cleaner, de-calcifier & aroma...)
So: To one litre of booze, add 4 tsp of citric acid crystals, some liquid soap and half a dozen drops of "Orange Oil",
these will add wetting capacity to the booze and also take some of the MEK smell/ taste away. Put in spray bottle.
Dilute the bleach 1 part to 30 parts water, add some soap and drops of orange oil -
put in spray bottle for bathroom use & shiny, hard surfaces. Smells Clean & Safe...
Next: -Why not make the entrance hallway a DIY "virological lock"?
I salvaged an (UV light) Ozone generator from the electronics bin at work a few years back,
pimped it with a small computer fan for better output,
and added another 12 VDC computer fan to the hallway floor for circulation (as ozone is heavier than air).
All running thru a discarded coffee-machine timer, 1 hour after each entry will suffice.
"-IT WERKS!" This is the running "Insta-Kil" generator on top of the hallway cupboard:
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The pedestal-mounted tray for hats, gloves, keys etc below the unit:
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Kludged shower curtain rod with PE sheet in doorway to apartment: Efficient and sexy-looking too...
Coathanger to the right, airspace between each hanging item:
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When entering: take off clothes, shoes, hats & gloves and put where intended.
Go thru lock, start "the Apparatus", then into bathroom for cleaning/ disinfection of hands...
EDIT: Everything entering gets an hour of treatment,
including groceries, mail, the morning paper etc.
This might seem excessive, but as the rate of cases in our area rises, and the longevity of virus on surfaces,
this is a pretty easily executed, simple and hopefully effective precaution.
Check out: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20080213125A1/en/End EDIT/
Well - time will perhaps tell if this was successful or not - but at least I wasted a few hours of confinement!
All the best from Johan