Methylated Spirits or Denatured Alcohol is a widely used cleaner. It beats the standard cleaning products in the market that are filled with chemicals and harmful VOCs.
Even the Bond Cleaning Sunshine Coast professionals ask us to use denatured alcohol for cleaning.
Denatured alcohol or methylated spirits are the normal alcohol mixed with 10% methanol and pyridine. They are good cleaners and are the choice of many professionals as mentioned earlier.
You can use it to avoid chemical-based cleaners in your house to avoid compromising your health.
In this blog, we will help you learn about the uses of methylated alcohol and how it helps in the green cleaning of your house.
How to use Methylated Alcohol to clean your house?
Here are the tips to enhance your house cleaning with methylated alcohol:
- Cleaning Glass Surface: Denatured Alcohol is helpful in cleaning the glass surface without consuming toxic glass cleaners containing ammonia. Make a solution of 70% methylated spirits solution and water. Wipe the dust off from the surface and then use this solution, to clean it with a microfibre cloth.
- Remove Stains: To remove stains from carpets, upholstery, curtains, covers, bedding, etc. Take a bowl, and pour alcohol into it. Dip cotton bowls, and wipe the stains with the same. Let the alcohol evaporate, and the stain disappears. Before directly applying the solution, test it on a side-chick area to avoid any damage to the surface.
- Ink Marks and sticky messes: If we have kids in our house, then we can’t stop ink marks and messes from being created. But we need to clean it for the bond cleaning inspection. Take methylated spirits or denatured alcohol mixed with water. Dip a cloth into it and wipe the stains through it. Clean it with a towel, if the spots are stubborn then keep it for a longer time and then clean it with a paper towel.
- Stainless Steel and Chrome fixtures: To degrease your stainless steel and chrome fixtures like faucets, sinks, showerheads, stoves, appliances, refrigerator doors, etc. take an alcohol and water solution with a ratio of 10:1. It will disinfect the surface along with removing the grease. The alcohol evaporates itself you don’t need to wipe it with a wet wipe.
What are the Do’s and Don’ts while working with Methylated Alcohol?
Here are the Do’s and Don’ts suggested by Bond Cleaners Toowoomba services:
- Don’t use it directly: If you use it directly, you can lose the shine and the texture of the surface. Just like plastic can lose its color and fade with time and even wooden surfaces can lose their shine.
- Keep away from sunlight: Never keep alcohol in direct contact with the sunlight, it will burn. Even if any ingredient contains alcohol, you need to keep it away from the sunlight. It is not good to keep it in direct contact with the sunlight.
- Wear a Mask and gloves: If you have sensitive skin, don’t allow alcohol to touch it directly to your skin, it may cause burns. Even if you don’t have sensitive skin, do not risk it. Wear protective gloves and a mask to take precautions.
- Ensure ventilation: While working with alcohol, you need to ensure ventilation. Make sure there are proper air vents for the alcohol to evaporate as if it will stay in the area, then it may catch fire.
- Don’t inhale: Do not dare to inhale the fumes of alcohol, you can damage your mucous membrane. Wear a mask every time, you are using denatured alcohol.
- Out of reach from children: Methylated Spirits contain ethanol and they are not good for children, pets, or elder people. Keep it out of reach from children. It may be harmful to them.
Conclusion
Methylated spirits or denatured alcohol are useful in cleaning spots in our house. In this blog, we have discussed where and how to use it to make it spot-free. You can clean the glass, remove stains, ink marks, sticky mess, stainless steel and chrome fixtures.
If you think it is a risk to use alcohol directly then hire a professional to make it done for you nicely.
