Smart uses for a simple mix.

Isopropyl alcohol (IPA; aka 2-propanol, but never “isopropanol”) is a common solvent, reagent, and disinfectant. It is flammable, with a characteristic odor that is similar to ethanol’s, but more ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

Rubbing alcohol can be an effective insecticide and herbicide, but it's indiscriminate in that it kills both weeds and any plants you want to keep alive. The most common types of alcohol are ethanol, ...

Is it safe to POUR isopropyl alcohol over electronics such as a dirty motherboard? ...or should you only apply it to a q-tip or something? I was thinking that it would be safe as long as you cleanup ...

Some people use rubbing alcohol to treat various ear conditions, such as swimmers’ ear or middle and inner ear infections. Rubbing alcohol is also known as isopropyl alcohol or ethyl alcohol. People ...

The Spanish oil and chemical firm Cepsa will spend $80 million to build at its site in Huelva, Spain, what it calls the world’s first plant for producing sustainable isopropyl alcohol. Scheduled to be ...