Alcohol is not a panacea!

Many people like to use alcohol to remove mildew. They think that alcohol, as a common disinfection product in daily life, is bound to achieve the effect of removing mildew, and it is more convenient to obtain. However, even in the case of standardized operation of alcohol, there are only most bacteria. Can be eliminated, and mold is a fungus, which is difficult to kill with alcohol.

Ethanol is an organic compound, the structural formula is CH₃CH₂OH or C₂H₅OH, the molecular formula is C₂H₆O, commonly known as alcohol. Ethanol is a volatile colorless transparent liquid with low toxicity at normal temperature and pressure.

Ethanol with a volume fraction of 70% to 75% is commonly used as a disinfectant in medicine. Industry experts say that the reason why alcohol can kill bacteria is that the appropriate concentration of ethanol can penetrate the bacterial cell wall, dissolve the cell membrane, and directly drive it into the cytoplasm to destroy the important living substance-protein, thereby inhibiting the activity of bacteria and fungi and achieving sterilization. It does not kill the spores, and it is not that the higher the alcohol concentration, the better the bactericidal effect.

Studies have shown that the higher the alcohol concentration, the stronger the protein aggregation. 95% alcohol can quickly coagulate the protein coated on the surface of bacteria, forming a protective film to prevent alcohol from entering bacteria, so it cannot completely kill bacteria. If the alcohol concentration is lower than 70%, it can enter the bacteria, but it cannot coagulate the protein in the body and cannot completely kill the bacteria. Only 75% alcohol can enter the bacteria smoothly, and can effectively coagulate the protein in the bacteria and kill the bacteria.

Higher concentrations of alcohol have a certain inhibitory effect on most filamentous fungi and fungal spores, but they are often difficult to completely kill and require a longer time. The mold mainly relies on the production of various asexual or sexual spores to reproduce. If the spores cannot be killed, the mold will continue to reproduce. In addition, ethanol is flammable and its vapors can form explosive mixtures with air. Therefore, it is not recommended to use alcohol to remove mildew.

Therefore, for moldy walls, shoes, clothing, bags, etc., we recommend using ANTI-MOLD AGENT. ANTI-MOLD AGENT is a contact type mildew control, that is, it needs to be in direct contact with the product to play a mildew-proof effect, and the operation is simple. , after use, the anti-mildew factor still continues to play the anti-mildew effect on the product.