1001 Uses for Hand Sanitizer

I was using ethanol hand sanitizer long, long before the CV situation. It's:
- A degreaser, for anything oily
- A personal cleanup aid when camping (stings, but effective!)
- A first cleanup pass cleanup of thrift shop and take-it-or-leave-it items
- A waterless cleaner in below freezing temperatures (like when you spill a little gas on your hands while fuelling the snowblower -- slather immediately with hand sanitizer and then scrub with snow, ... ow, ow, ow, and cursing, but your hands won't stink like gas when you go inside

And now , in our post-CV hangover, there's a ton of this stuff available for free. Nobody knows what to do with it.

I think it would make a dandy firestarter. Or weed killer? Dunno.

What would you do with it?

(No politics please.)

You have to work quickly, but if you use a paintbrush to make designs with it, then flame it off, you get slightly burned in patterns on wood.

And if it's a clean type, no added stuff, it cleans glasses and the windshield of your car well. Test in a small area first, some of that stuff has some weird things in it, rarely labeled.

Most formulations have added components designed to reduce the harsh effects on skin -- because repeated alcohol treatements will rip your hide right off. The concentrations vary. But these are all water soluble compounds that can be rinsed off.

Is this stuff much different from "Sterno" which is a gelled alcohol used in restaurant buffets and such? It probably stinks when burned though.

I react badly to insect bites, not at first but a day or two later they start to itch infernally, and I've found hand sanitiser gives me some relief.

I use it to get permanent marker off of non-porus surfaces

Very basic, but I use it to start fires.
Years ago I was a germaphobe and I carried my own spray bottle of alcohol.
Later, as a service plumber I almost bathed in it between jobs.
I still prefer alcohol as a sanitizer inside the fridge and on electronics.