Can I use this for sterilization mycology?
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Richard Drysift
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ISO alcohol has been harder to find since covid. While that wintergreen stuff might be ok for sanitizing your gloves and work area I suggest using a solution of 10% bleach, a drop or two of anti microbial dish soap and warm water to spray onto the walls of your SAB. You cannot really ever fully sterilize a SAB but you can sanitize it in there. Leaving the walls kinda soapy will allow most contaminants to stick to the walls; away from your work area.
Dreminen169
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What about Lysol? For cleaning tent walls?
WubbaLubbaDubDub
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In Canada our farm stores(UFA) sell 99.9% iso for $30-$35 for a gallon.
Might want to check your local feed stores
Might want to check your local feed stores
Richard Drysift
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All the local health stores that used to carry ISO around here are still out of stock. I asked the Cvs manager why...she told me the hospitals, testing, and vaccine workers buy it all up as soon as they get more. I had to order from amazon just to clean my bong
Slyclyde1991
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Everything I've read and everyone ive heard from says 70% ISO ... 99 evaporates too quickly to have any real effect
Bagginski
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Well, could be...my experience is that if you’re spraying enough to be effective (2-3 sprays should be more than enough) and it’s an actual SAB, it won’t evaporate before you’re done, and it will be more effective than twice as many sprays of a dilute solution. Alcohol evaporates at its own rate, not water’s, though water will slow it down - the same way water limits its effectiveness.
Anyway, those are my thoughts. If/when Shroomery comes back on line, there’s plenty of threads and videos there about how to prepare and sterilize an SAB.
Anyway, those are my thoughts. If/when Shroomery comes back on line, there’s plenty of threads and videos there about how to prepare and sterilize an SAB.
Billytheluther
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Depends what you Plan on doing with it bro... if you plan on sterizing a needle then yes you could burn it to get a flame, can you use it on your surroundings??? Yes i would use it... it depends what you plan its use for but long story short for most aplications yes you could
Billytheluther
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I fo bulk aswell but find the standard pf tek easy and with large enough fruiting chamber and pc you can fit in a couple cakes in...i find it easier than grain... i know both but pf tek is just easier... plus with two cases of jars (24) youll have more fruits than you would know what to do with...
