# Improvised disinfectant?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [July 30, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215 "2015-07-30T22:53:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Malkeus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/malkeus/32/12037_2.png) [@Malkeus](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Malkeus)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215/41 "2015-12-20T00:40:48Z")

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If at first you don’t succeed, smash your head on the keyboard. Then get a new keyboard and try again. 😉 I have a stack of busted keyboards in the garage…

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**Author:** ![Arek\_PL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Arek\_PL](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Arek_PL)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:32am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215/42 "2015-12-20T01:32:09Z")

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most simple and sane way of makeshift disinfectant is alcohol soaked cotton ball, more sane than just pouring it on wound (and more effective because you do not need that much alcohol)

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**Author:** ![Ashtray\_Gray](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/ashtray_gray/32/9399_2.png) [@Ashtray\_Gray](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Ashtray_Gray)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215/43 "2015-12-21T07:25:23Z")

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This link seems to suggest that hard liquor would work fine as disinfectant:

> **[Can liquor be used as an emergency antiseptic?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2978/can-liquor-be-used-as-an-emergency-antiseptic/)**
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> I’m glad to hear you’ve never needed to try this, Mario. You know your camping trip really isn’t going well when you find yourself hoping to stave off sepsis with a six-pack of Ic…

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**Author:** ![Pthalocy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@Pthalocy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Pthalocy)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/improvised-disinfectant/10215/44 "2015-12-25T04:43:30Z")

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Things I never thought I’d find useful to know.

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