IPA alcohol

[dbesins]

I Usually use 90% IPA rubbing alcohol but my wife bought me some 70% from walmart...2 bottles.

Will it still remoove oils, wax etc easily? should I just use less distill water with it? like 70 alcohol/30 water? what do you think?

[jb1]

I Usually use 90% IPA rubbing alcohol but my wife bought me some 70% from walmart...2 bottles.

Will it still remoove oils, wax etc easily? should I just use less distill water with it? like 70 alcohol/30 water? what do you think?

I`m certainly no expert, but before I bought the 91%, I`ve used the 70% and mixed it 1:1 with distilled water and it worked fine. Maybe someone with more experince will chime in.

[DETAILKING]

70% will work fine!

[dbesins]

great thanks guys

[94GTStang]

I Usually use 90% IPA rubbing alcohol but my wife bought me some 70% from walmart...2 bottles.

Will it still remoove oils, wax etc easily? should I just use less distill water with it? like 70 alcohol/30 water? what do you think?

The only difference between the two is the water and IPA conntent so if you want to adjust to the same formula of how you`ve been mixing before then just do the math. In order to get a 50% mix of IPA with the 90% product you need to add 9 ounces of the IPA to 7 ounces of distilled water. With the 70% product you will use 12 ounces (this wasa rounded up for simplicity) and then add 4 ounces of distilled water. Both formula`s will yield you 16 ounces of an approximately 50% pure alcohol solution.

[phamkl]

Trivia:



IPA stands for isopropyl alcohol so your title is a little redundant. Isopropyl alcohol is tough to say and long to type out so you can simply say, "isopropanol" which means the same thing.