What to use if no Dettol spray?

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Dettol kitchen spray kills bacteria AND viruses but is obviously nowhere to be seen online. It's something that's worrying me and I'm down to me last inch or so. I'm in isolation as pregnant and asthmatic so I'm being super careful and spraying handles, keys, phones, surfaces etc.

Any ideas where you can buy anti - viral & bacterial spray? Amazon has one for £35! Although I could afford that it makes me so sick that people are cashing in so I would refuse to give them the business.

If all Dettol supplies are forever gone, are there any alternatives you can use that kill viruses?

Milton in the blue bottle (baby aisle). You can use it neat or dilute it and put it in a spray bottle (instructions on the back of the bottle). It kills corona viruses and goes a long way when diluted. Just be careful though as it can bleach fabrics.

Washing up liquid. It breaks down fats, including the fatty out shel the virus uses to protect itself.

Don't take baby steriliser!!!

the fatty out shel should read 'the fatty outer shell'

It’s coming back into stock so check your supermarket first.

There were loads at my small Tesco express earlier so I managed to get one and had been worrying like you last few days.

Soap. Use washing up liquid, star drops, that sort of thing diluted in a spray bottle with water. Far more effective than antibac sprays in the first place.

Bleach diluted in water is effective and very cheap

I've been using anything that said anti bacterial because I couldn't get dettol. I use diluted zoflora because it's a disinfectant, they had plenty of this is in the shops

soapy water

For god sake, DO NOT buy Milton if you don't have a baby! I am struggling to get hold of it as it is for sterilising my babies bottles.

Yes, bleach in water is a billion times cheaper and works the same. Dettol spray etc is in the same category as liquid hand soap as far as I'm concerned, (although of course useful in public toilets etc - I'm talking about the home). Manufacturers thought 'what can we make which is mostly water, use clever advertising to make it seem greatly superior, while charging vastly inflated prices for?'

I'm in isolation as pregnant and asthmatic so I'm being super careful and spraying handles, keys, phones, surfaces etc.
If you are ‘in isolation’ (Not going out/ no-one visiting) then why you need to keep disinfecting things?

Soap powder in water is good as a last resort, some brands have bleach in them as well.
I remember my mum using shampoo when she ran out of washing up liquid so that might work as well.
Also saline (salt dissolved in boiling water and allowed to cool is pretty good for general cleaning, though I don't know about viruses.

Don't use bleach or Milton in this way, as they strip colour, even when diluted. They are also not safe for pets.

Open your windows, wash down commonly touched surfaces with soap and water, unless you need to keep the item as dry as possible, in which case carefully swab with (properly made up) dettol or bleach.

Make sure everyone gets into the habit of washing their hands first thing when they come in, and at intervals during the day.

Unless there are other reasons you require chemical sterilization, its perfectly fine to use heat alone to sterilize baby bottles. Just pop them into a pot of boiling water. www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/sterilising-bottles/

Zoflora states the same as dettol I think.

Washing up liquid and a scoosh of bleach in the water, or any antibac spray is probably fine you live in a home it doesn't have to be sterile get the family to wash their hands when they get in.

Just a bit of soapy water surely..?

A PP is correct. If no one is coming into your home, you don't need to sterilise every surface!
However, hot water with washing up liquid is as good as any anti bacterial spray you can buy because it too is anti bacterial and far far cheaper!

Hot water & fairy liquid.

Zoflora

Finally found a use for it

I am a bit staggered by this as I try not to use chemicals in my home for many many reasons. Advertisers have got you by the short and curlies. Have you noticed they ALL kill 99% of known germs haha. Use soapy water ant was down surfaces regularly and hands frequently. You dont need dettol, hand sanitisers etc. Even baby bottles can be boiled or sterilised in the microwave, this virus is fooling us into thinkin we are safer with chemicals and facemasks. Just wash it wash it wash it

But soap and water of any kind will work so long as you clean it thoroughly. It's not just a quick wipe, the combination of the soap and movements breaks down the virus, so a good scrub with any kind of soap will work better than a quick wipe with dettol. Fairy liquid, shower gel, shampoo, bar soap, hand soap, doesn't matter

I’ve got a steamer and just spray the door handles and surfaces regularly. Dettol is not necessary!

FYI, soap (and water) are ‘chemicals’, @NoMorePoliticsPlease.