Before the world blew up, Clorox wipes were some of my best friends. I’d use a container every 2 weeks just to keep things sterile enough to stay healthy. But now, like everyone, I need to use them for everything. I didn’t stock up before my hospital stay because I didn’t think our stupid government would let things get this bad. I have:
1/4 container of Lysol wipes
1.5 bottles of isopropyl alcohol (70%)
1 bottle of Fantastic bathroom spray (foaming that leaves residue on everything)
I wasn’t thinking when tomatoes were dropped off and sprayed them with Fantastic and rinsed, which ruined them. So then I thought I might make a dilute solution of isopropyl alcohol to spray food and food boxes which could have been handled by others, but then I thought I’d read you had to use 70% solution to kill the virus? Since Fantastic and Lysol sprays need to stay on undisturbed for 10 minutes that kind of makes them not good candidates for boxes food items or bags of chips and stuff. No one has any of the things I need in stock, and no way to know if they’re be available. I could really use some ideas.
Have to scroll to read what they have to say dated March 17th (I would summarize it as clean everything the way you normally do - so not much). But they are saying in other things I have watched that soap and water kills it (destroys the lipid like membrane) scrubbing for 20 seconds so I would imagine that would work on food. I would try to do more research before using something that might hurt you.
Yeah, don’t dilute alcohol below 60% or it isn’t useful as antiseptic.
But if you can get bottled bleach (sodium hypochlorite) you can dilute it to make a lot of spray solution. 4 tablespoons in a quart of water or something? Look it up to be sure.
Here is the govt official list of sanitizing products to use.
I’ve washed produce in soapy water for years…started with risks with melons and moved on from there. No worries about not knowing though. My parents never washed them. I picked it up solo.
