How to Make Your Own Disinfectant, Protect the Environment from Corona Covid-19

Kapanlagi.com - Disinfectant liquid is believed to prevent the transmission of the corona virus or covid-19. Many people are currently using disinfectant liquid as a preventive measure. Unfortunately, this liquid is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. If you are experiencing this situation, you can make your own disinfectant liquid. So how do you make your own disinfectant?

The impact of efforts to prevent the corona virus is the depletion of antiseptics, hand sanitizers, masks, and disinfectant liquids. If you are experiencing this condition, you can easily make your own disinfectant liquid.

You can use household products to make disinfectant. Here's how to make your own disinfectant as reported from various sources.

1. Materials and Tools to Make Disinfectant

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Currently, disinfectant products that actively eliminate the corona virus are not yet available on the market. However, other disinfectant products that have virucidal activity against enveloped viruses like corona can be used. The basic ingredients to make this disinfectant can be made from household products such as bleach, carbolic acid, and floor cleaners.

These household products contain active ingredients such as sodium dichloroisocyanurate, sodium hypochlorite, benzalkonium chloride, pine oil, and other active ingredients that eliminate viruses. However, you must first perform general cleaning using water and detergent on objects that may potentially become a source of the virus.

The tools you need to prepare when making your own disinfectant are plastic or glass bottles, flannel lab measuring cups, rubber gloves, and N95 masks.

2. Making Disinfectant Measurements

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There are specific measurements needed to make disinfectant. These measurements are necessary to ensure that the disinfectant is capable of eradicating viruses and safe to use. The recommended measurements for making homemade disinfectant are:

• Bleach: if you are using bleach to make your own disinfectant, the recommended measurement is 2 tablespoons per liter of water.
• Carbolic acid: if you choose carbolic acid disinfectant, use 2 tablespoons per liter of water.
• Floor cleaner: for floor cleaner, use 1 bottle cap per 5 liters of water.

There is a recommended formula for making homemade disinfectant. According to a press release published by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), the dilution formula for disinfectant is as follows:

• Initial solution volume = (Desired final concentration x Final solution volume) / initial concentration of the product
• Volume of water added = Final solution volume - Initial solution volume

For a 20 ml product solution, you can add it to 1000 ml of tap water.

3. How to Make Disinfectant Liquid

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Making your own disinfectant is relatively easy to do. If you have prepared the materials and tools as mentioned above, you can immediately add various formulas according to the recommended measurements.

• Pour the solution into a plastic or glass bottle.
• Add clean water and stir until well mixed.
• Transfer it into a spray bottle.
• The disinfectant liquid is ready for use.

You should pay attention to additional precautions for each product. Usually, products such as bleach, carbolic acid, and floor cleaners are marked with specific letters. For example, they can be corrosive to metals and highly flammable at high concentrations.

These additional precautions are taken to ensure the safety of the disinfectant you make. Additionally, make sure to use the disinfectant in a well-ventilated area. This is to prevent the effects of active ingredients in the solution.

Use personal protective equipment such as shoes, gloves, and masks when using the disinfectant. Avoid getting the disinfectant liquid in contact with sensitive eyes and skin.

Usually, disinfectant liquids have an unpleasant odor. To overcome this, you can add natural fragrances such as lemongrass, ginger, and orange.

4. Able to Eradicate Disease-Causing Germs

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Disinfectant solution contains chemicals that are used to eliminate disease-causing germs. Disinfectants do not have penetration power, so they can only kill microorganisms that are directly exposed to the disinfectant.

The Head of Clean Technology Research Center at LIPI, Ajeng Arumsari, revealed that disinfectants can damage the lipid layer of viruses. This weakens the virus, such as corona (Covid-19).

"Disinfectants can damage the lipid layer, making the corona virus weaker compared to the norovirus, which is an enveloped virus, and other viruses that have stronger protein shells," she explained in a LIPI press release on Monday (23/03/2020).

5. Preventive Measures

The increasing number of people infected with the corona virus (Covid-19) makes everyone take preventive measures. One of them is spraying disinfectant liquid at home, companies, and public facilities. This effort is part of breaking the chain of corona virus spread (Covid-19).

The above method of making disinfectant liquid can be applied if you have difficulty obtaining the liquid. However, disinfectant is not the only way to prevent the corona virus (Covid-19). Therefore, implementing additional self-protection such as maintaining cleanliness and maintaining body immunity is necessary.

Good luck, hopefully this article can help you make your own disinfectant liquid that is easy and cheap.

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