About Rubbing Alcohol
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FAUX TIE DYEYou will need:
Pre-washed white cotton t-shirt
Sharpie® Permanent Markers
Plastic Cup or large piece of cardboard
Rubber Bands
Rubbing Alcohol (70% from the Drug Store)
Dropper Bottle, Medicine Dropper, or Spray Bottle
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If you have a piece of cardboard that is big enough to fit all the way across the inside of the shirt you can do the whole shirt at once instead of in circles. You can also just do certain parts of the shirt and not the whole thing. Get creative and think up some patterns.
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Instructions:
~Place the plastic cup inside the middle of the t-shirt. Position the opening of the cup directly under the section of the shirt that you want to decorate. Stretch the rubber band over the t-shirt and the cup to secure the shirt in place.
~Take your Sharpie markers and make dots or designs of different colors in the middle of the circle. Remember that the design will bleed and blend some.
~Slowly squeeze approximately 20 drops of rubbing alcohol into the center of the circle of dots. As the rubbing alcohol absorbs into the fabric, the ink spreads out, expanding outward from the center. The result is a beautiful flower-like pattern, however, students often remark that the design looks like the colorful surface of a compact disc.
~Apply as much or as little rubbing alcohol as desired. The more rubbing alcohol the more the colors will spread and blend. Allow the developed design to dry for 3 to 5 minutes before moving on to a new area of the shirt.
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To set the color in the shirt you will need to let the shirt fully dry. This step is important because rubbing alcohol is also flammable. When the shirt is fully dry put it in the drier for about 15 minutes to heat set it. To do this as a class at school or somewhere with no drier available you can dip the shirts in a solution of vinegar and water.
Rubbing alcohol is a great way to clean out a cut or scrap.
If you ever get something on your hands, that is unbelievably sticky like tree sap or honey, put rubbing alcohol on your hands.
Remove Harsh Odors from Your Hands.
Rubbing alcohol isn't just for cleaning and sanitizing. It is also a great substitute for massage oil. The next time you give your partner a massage, use rubbing alcohol. The sensation is cool to the skin at first, but then warms up quickly. The heat is wonderful for aching muscles.
Rubbing alcohol will dry out mosquito bites so that the itch subsides.
An easy way to clean CDs and DVDs is to wipe them down with a rag that has a small about of rubbing alcohol.
Clean slatted blinds with rubbing alcohol. Wrap a flat tool like a spatula or a drywall knife in a cloth and dip it in rubbing alcohol. Slide it along each slat.
Whisk hairspray from bathroom mirrors in no time. Soak a cotton ball with rubbing alcohol and rub over the mirror, then clean the mirror with window cleaner and paper towels.
Keep windows frost-free all winter with a solution of one quarter of water and a half-cup of rubbing alcohol. Wash the windows with the solution and polish with newspaper to prevent frost from building up.
Make a soft ice pack with three parts of water and one part rubbing alcohol in a self-sealing plastic bag. Freeze the solution to a soft slush that will conform to the injured body part, unlike a rigid ice pack.
Remove ticks from dogs. Use a cotton swab and dab rubbing alcohol on the tick before removing it. Grab the tick as close to the skin as possible and remove it. Dab alcohol on the wound to disinfect it. Use the same method when removing ticks from people, too.
Wipe down the phone with rubbing alcohol. Remove grime and disinfect at the same time.
Eradicate ink stains. Soak the spot in rubbing alcohol for several minutes, then launder.
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