Homemade Travel Hand Wipes
Materials Needed:
1/4 cup vodka
1/4 cup water
Juice from 1/2 lemon
Paper Towels (use a thick, sturdy towel)
Large Ziploc Bag
Directions:
- Fold the paper towels in half and lay them in a shallow dish in a single layer.
- Mix the liquid ingredients together then pour over top the towels. Repeat as needed until you have the amount of wipes you require.
- Stack the saturated towels in a large Ziploc bag, make as many as you like. Store the sealed bag in your vehicle while traveling.
- Store any unused liquid in an airtight container to use next time.
Note: You can use strips of flannelette if you prefer (then launder and reuse), as well as paper towels cut in half.
I just make amounts that I would use during a road trip, I haven’t made big batches of wipes at a time so I’m not sure how long they would last. These are very nice on road trips to keep your hands clean–think: public washroom sink taps and door handles, yuck!
You might also like the homemade baby wipes. You could use that same technique for these travel hand wipes:
Place paper towel rolls in the liquid and seal containers. Wait 5 minutes then flip the containers over to evenly distribute the solution on the paper towels. Make sure to use containers that are airtight.
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10 Jan 2008 at 8:40 am
Those little bottles of Hand sanitizer are so much easier!
takes up less space–in my purse, in glove box
better for environment–no garbage-except plastic bottle–You could recycle it
quick, no mixing
inexpensive to purchase–(how much is the cost to purchase ingredients, ziploc bags, papertowels…?)
10 Jan 2008 at 1:24 pm
Can you replace the vodka with regular isopropyl alcohol?
I like the flannelette idea, it makes these wipes more environment friendly.
Do you have a homemade recipe for liquid hand sanitizer?
10 Jan 2008 at 1:50 pm
I think you could Hilda, works for homemade glass cleaner so it should be fine for hand wipes (the rubbing alcohol).
Do you mean the gel type of liquid hand sanitizer? Because both the vodka or rubbing alcohol mentioned here would sanitize. I don’t think I have a gel recipe, but if I do I’ll drop a link in here.
Good points Beverly, sometimes though there’s a need to use up extra vodka on hand (I know! How could anyone have a need for that, lol!). This is a great solution for those cases. I also prefer wipes to gel/air dry cleaners. Probably a psychological thing–to me it feels more cleaner wiping your hands with a clean cloth.
21 Apr 2008 at 4:52 pm
Or u could just use hexistat hand wipes. They’re indiviually packed(easy to carry), non toxic(good for use with children or when eating) and u can carry them through airplane security!! thank god for that.. theres alot of germs in airports. check out there site.