Is it safe to mix hydrogen peroxide and 80% alcohol?!
Question:
Is it safe to mix hydrogen peroxide and 80% alcohol?
Because i did and my fingers turned chalk-like white.
Answers:
it's never a good idea to handle peroxides... generally, peroxides are very explosive because the oxygen that evolves from peroxides produces an explosive environment. HOWEVER, the hydrogen peroxide that's sold in pharmacies is very dilute (less than 3%) so that hazard isn't really relevant.
The white fingers probably would've happened even if you hadn't added the peroxide. If it happened with the peroxide but not without, you probably had something on your skin that bleached easily with the peroxide. It's not really a problem but best not to do this repeatedly.