This clear liquid, also known as isopropyl alcohol, is an antiseptic often used for cleaning cuts and wounds. But you may be ...

When pests invade, most people resort to expensive sprays or professional exterminators. But there’s a budget-friendly solution already sitting in your medicine cabinet: rubbing alcohol (isopropyl ...

Ticks are one of the most common arachnids found across the United States, making tick safety to avoid bites a very real concern. Many people wonder whether rubbing alcohol is an effective solution ...

A gloved hand cleaning the back of a leather couch with a towel and a bottle of clear liquid. - Navinpeep/Getty Images Rubbing alcohol is a household product that can clean your leather furniture, but ...

When it comes to cleaning your mattress, there are plenty of ‘experts’ shouting their cleaning hacks from all corners of the internet. If you’ve watched an online tutorial where someone has cleaned ...

Isopropyl is pure alcohol with no other ingredients. Rubbing alcohol is a mixture of isopropyl and water, sometimes containing additional ingredients. Unlike rubbing alcohol, undiluted isopropyl is ...

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, ...

Rubbing alcohol can damage wood, painted surfaces, natural stone, and delicate fabrics by stripping finishes, causing discoloration, or degrading fibers. It can dry out materials like leather and ...

Rubbing alcohol kills bed bugs on contact, but doesn’t reach eggs or hidden bugs and stops working once it dries. Use 70% alcohol for best results on a small infestation; remember that it is flammable ...

A man was arrested after allegedly dousing an NYPD officer with rubbing alcohol in an East Harlem subway station — and then threatening to light the cop on fire, police said. James Murphy, 58, of ...