Disinfecting car

JurassicF · Post by **JurassicF** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:11 am

My wife wants me give her car a thorough disinfecting.
Question, will the alcohol hand gels damage a leather steering wheel?

scm · Post by **scm** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:45 am

Why? Has she let anyone else drive it?

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:49 am

Leave it for 72hrs and the virus be dead... on all surfaces.

Tel · Post by **Tel** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:38 pm

Alcohol pulls all oils out of whatever it contacts.

The interior most probably wouldn't suffer if you did I'd it once, but why bother... 3 days, virus dead.

scm · Post by **scm** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 1:49 pm

Easiest to just wash your hands before and after using the car.

JurassicF · Post by **JurassicF** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:29 pm

It's car she uses for shopping and is concerned re contacts with shopping trolleys etc., even though she wears gloves.

Tel · Post by **Tel** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:18 pm

Once you've in fin shed your shopping, alcohol gel the gloves then remove them. Gel your hands thereafter. Cross contamination is reduced.... That said the virus is most probably present on the plastic containers from the supermarket!

JurassicF · Post by **JurassicF** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:07 pm

That is the process we both follow, but she just asked for additional cleaning.
Even shopping bags left in the basement/garage store.
As you say plastics and tins from supermarkets???
How far do you go?

scm · Post by **scm** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 4:30 pm

Try this - says to leave packaged items for 72 hours to be really safe.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-52040138

Tel · Post by **Tel** » Mon Mar 30, 2020 6:17 pm

Realistically Rob, disinfecting the gloves and washing therafter is as far as we go.

If you really wanted nill exposure you wouldn't realistically be able to shop!

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