Food Grade Ethanol Knowledge Base Blog by Culinary Solvent

Follow this recipe to make your own 70% alcohol solution using 91% isopropyl alcohol.

Before you get started:  This recipe is calls for 99.9% isopropyl alcohol to make an alcohol solution.  If you didn't purchase Culinary Solvent for...

Follow this recipe to make your own 70% alcohol solution using 95% ethyl alcohol (190 proof ethanol).

Follow this recipe to make a 70% Alcohol Solution using 100% ethyl alcohol (200 proof ethanol).

Follow this recipe to make disinfectant spray from 151 proof Everclear®

Follow this recipe to make disinfectant spray from 190 proof Everclear®

If 70% isopropyl alcohol is what you have, follow this recipe to make a surface disinfectant spray with a final ABV of 70%.  Spoiler, you just pour from one bottle into another.....

If 91% isopropyl alcohol is what you have, follow this recipe to make a surface disinfectant spray with a final ABV of 80%.

Before you get started:  This recipe is calls for 99.9% isopropyl alcohol to make a disinfectant spray with an alcohol concentration of 80% ABV.  I...

Answer: No, dilution with water is not required. Culinary Solvent 200 Proof can be used full strength to make an effective disinfectant spray.  Rea...

Excerpts from the infographic, source linked below: "Log” stands for logarithm, which is the exponent of 10.  For example, Log-2 represents 10^2 ...

The answer is a "yes", depending on the concentration and contact time, however sometimes the answer is No. Please read more to understand when ethyl alcohol can be used as an effective disinfectant.