Or would a 1.75 liter bottle of everclear be the better bet?And if this is in the sticky's on the right I couldn't find it.Just gearing up to start so be easy on my bottle hole.
Everclear. It's safer and has no shitty chemical flavor left by residue. And it's also safe for consumption.
Safe for consumption is a very relative term when it comes to Everclear.
Also not sold in Ohio without a prescription (I kid you not). I usually rinse with with distilled water first then vodka, which allows me to re-use the vodka for a while.
Alcohol doesn't leave a residue.
Isopropyl leaves a shit taste*
Except that it doesn't. And I read your rubber band finger comment and can only conclude that you're retarded.
Pour some on some clean glass, let it evaporate. Look at the glass, notice no residue, touch glass, feel no residue, taste glass, taste no residue.
My ABC store switched there 190 proof with 151 and still charges an insane price. Cheap 100 proof vodka works just as well.
If you do choose to use isopropyl, use 70%. It's actually proven to sanitize better than 99% because it evaporates slower.
70% solutions of isopropanol do a better job of killing bacteria because the water present in-solution effectively opens pores in bacterial membranes and allows the alcohol to penetrate the cell. Higher % solutions are much less effective for sanitizing, but much more effective as solvent.
Isopropyl is nasty nasty to inhale. As long as you're 100% sure it's all gone, in theory, it's ok. Let a good bit evaporate on a piece of clean glass and make sure it doesn't leave a film. I love iso for cleaning but I wouldn't use it anywhere near my liquid touching surfaces.
While anhydrous isopropanol should leave nothing behind, "99%" means that 1% of that is something else, usually water, and in the case of drugstore preparations, that water may contain impurities from manufacturing. Place a drop on a clean, glass plate, allow it to evaporate, check for residue. If there is any residue, your isopropanol is adulterated.
Plain old distilled vinegar is great for cleaning, and the worst that'll happen is you'll end up with a faint vinegary taste (and that's if you do a shitty job rinsing the stuff off.) I'll soak atties in it if I get one that hangs on to a flavor from a previous juice. Then just rinse and dry.
I'll use rubbing alcohol for cleaning stuff too (91% from my local Kroger), I just make sure to rinse it off really well. My cleaning schedule is generally: soak in hot water with a bit of dish soap (or alcohol, or vinegar) for a couple hours (basically till I remember to take them out.) Then give a quick rinse, and soak everything in plain hot water for a little while (an hour, two hours, this is not rocket surgery ;) .) Rinse again with hot water and dry. Probably overkill, but I never have to scrub anything and it makes me feel like I'm doing a lot more work than I actually am xD .
Where would you get 99% isopropyl alcohol? I'd sooner use a mild bleach solution.
My brother was able to procure it from his job.A layer of a pallet so like 12 boxes of 12 bottle cases.One of the shop monkeys was told by a super to put them in the dumpster.Getting the proper permission he loaded up his car with them.