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A member asked:
Please advise what is the difference between ethyl and isopropyl rubbing alcohol?
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Both types : are excellent cooling and soothing rubbing fluids. Isopropyl alcohol is a different chemical. It is poison to drink. Rubbing ethyl alcohol is the same kind that is in liquor, but it has been "denatured " by adding chemicals that make it undrinkable. Filtering or "straining " denatured alcohol does NOT make it safe to drink.
Answered 6/1/2017
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