How to make your own hand sanitzer that is CDC compliant for use!

We are actively working on developing a hand sanitzer to bring to the marketplace.  We are dialing in our scent profiles and label designs which will take a few weeks to come together.  In the meantime, we want to teach you how to make your own and how to safely use/dilute your alcohol so that the final product is above 65% alcohol content as the CDC recommends. 

Here is what you'll need. You can cut this in half, quarter, etc.  Just be sure to reduce all parts accordingly.  Below I explain the how to dilute your Everclear (or isopropyl) if they are above 70%. This will make your alcohol stock last longer and is safer to apply to the system than those with higher content. 

750ml (3 cups) - 190 proof (95%) Everclear 

210ml (Almost 1 cup)  - Aloe Gel ( you can also use soft soap here)

60ml ( 4 Tblsp) - Lavender essential oil (Or whatever EO you like, or combine up to 60ml)

Add all ingredients together and blend well. Distribute into your container of choice.  Label and use!

I can hear you - "But I don't have graduated cylinders and don't know how to measure this!"  This is an easy fix.  Google has all the conversion options you will need, I included the conversions above so its easy for you.

More details, including how to dilute your alcohol if needed.

First, you must have at LEAST 65% alcohol. Options here can be 70% Isopropyl, 91% Isopropyl (You MUST dilute this before applying to the skin), or Everclear 95%.  Starting with ANYTHING that has less than 140 Proof or 70% will not be effective. example, adding 'more' vodka because it's content is 50% does NOT increase that potency.  

The formula to dilute is as follows: C1*V1 = C2*V2 where C= Concentration and V = Volume.  So our example will include a 750ml bottle of 190 proof Everclear( 95%).  I want my final concentration at 70%.

We will plug these numbers in to the formula to find our final volume:

                                               C1 = Everclear 95%

                                                     V1 = 750 ml 

                                             95% * 750ml = 70% * V2 

                                                    Do the multiplication

                                                 712.5 = 70% * V2

                                           Divide both sides by 70%

                                                   V2 = 1,017.9 ml  - This is the total volume of our hand sanitizer.  Subtract V1 (the starting volume of our Everclear) 

                                          1,017.9ml - 750ml = 267.9ml 

So, by adding a volume of 268 ml of water, aloe gel, and/or soft soap and essential oils (not more than 6% by content!) you are diluting the alcohol to the 70% concentration.  Adding more of anything other than Everclear dilutes the alcohol content reducing how effective the sanitizer is.